Nigerian government to evacuate 200 citizens from Canada
The Nigeria High Commission in Canada has disclosed its plan to evacuate Nigerians stranded in that country due to coronavirus travel restrictions, adding that towards this, a Boeing 777 aircraft operated by Air Peace had been arranged to fly the intending returnees home on Thursday.
Penpushing reports that, the High Commission in a statement said the plane would pick the prospective passengers from two locations in Canada, namely Toronto and Alberta, adding that as at the time of report had received no fewer than 200 requests.
The mission explained that it could be the only special evacuation flight for Nigerian nationals stranded in Canada due to the pandemic, adding that the flight schedule, the aircraft is expected to pick the first set from the Pearson International Airport, Toronto.
Penpushing further reports that, the statement said,from there it will fly to the Calgary International Airport, Alberta, a distance of 2,915 k.m., to load the second set of passengers, stating that the aircraft will depart Alberta for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, where the evacuees would be moved into isolation for 14 days.
Meanwhile, the one-way flight will cost each prospective evacuee between 1,130 dollars (N452,000) and 2,000 dollars (N800,000) depending on the class.
