Airlines divert, cancel flights over poor weather

Flights from Lagos to most northern States were on Saturday morning delayed, diverted and cancelled over low visibility as a result of the poor weather condition.

For instance most airlines on Saturday morning diverted their Kano bound flights and made air returns to Lagos.

Air Peace on Saturday morning diverted it’s Lagos-Kano and Lagos-Ilorin flights.

A source at Air Peace said in the last new days, the airline has had to delay flights to the north as a result of low visibility.

Other airlines operating northern routes are also delaying and cancelling their flights.

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Air Peace had on Saturday morning issued a weather advisory alerting passengers of flight delays due to weather.

In a circular by the airline to it’s passengers, it stated, “The weather in some of our destinations is currently below operating minimum and this has inevitably created delays across our network today.

“The poor visibility also led to the diversion of Lagos-Kano and Lagos-Ilorin flights this morning.

“While weather is beyond our control, we regret the inconveniences caused by these disruptions as we work hard to minimise the impact on our operations.”

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.