Keyamo negotiates direct flight resumption to U.S

Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, is on a working visit to Houston, Texas, United States of America, on his ongoing quest to solicit investors for the Aviation industry.

The Minister was a guest of honour at the Fidelity International Trade & Creative Connect that was held at the George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida de las America, Houston, Texas, where he met with the Mayor of Houston, Texas, Sylvester Turner and his team members.

In a statement by Tunde Moshood, Special Adviser Media and Communications to the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, it was stated that at the epoch meeting attended by some eminent members of the Nigerian community.

Keyamo discussed issues of bilateral relationship regarding the resumption of direct flights from the US to Nigeria.

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“I spoke with the Mayor of Houston, Texas, and his team to advance talks regarding the resumption of direct flights from Houston to Nigeria“, the Minister informed.

“Another interesting diplomatic consideration the two envoys looked at is the opening of a Nigerian consulate in Houston,” the minister was quoted to have said.

The Mayor, Sylvester Turner, visited Nigeria sometime early this year, 2023, to initiate discussions on the possibility of having a mutually beneficial diplomatic relationship of the United Airlines flights resumption and the opening of the Nigerian Consulate in Houston.

The visit also saw the Minister touring the developing Aerospace of the city in Elington, “during my visit to Houston, I also took time to visit the fast developing Aerospace of the city in Elington. I met Arturo Machuca, Director of Ellington Airport and Houston Spacesport and his team who did a detailed presentation to us and conducted us around the Aerospace. We were well guided on the development of our own Aerospace”.

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.