Nigerian Eagle Airlines, the national airline of Nigeria, has signed a code-share and interline agreement with Kenya Airways, the flag-carrier airline of Kenya.

Delta Air Lines has started two flights a week between New York in the United States and Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria.

EgyptAir, the flag-carrier airline of Egypt, has announced that it would start flights between Abuja in Nigeria and Cairo in Egypt from June 1, 2009.

The United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has started security and safety assessment of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport located in Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria, as a part of the measures to enable airlines based in Nigeria to fly to the United States.

Virgin Nigeria Airways, Nigeria’s flag-carrier airline, has decided to suspend its long-haul flights from Lagos to London’s London Gatwick airport and to Johannesburg in South Africa from January 27, 2009.