NO fewer than 1,739 foreigners have been evacuated from Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos since the evacuation exercise began about 10 days ago.
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This is as Delta Air Lines from the United States yesterday evacuated 200 Americans at the airport.
Mrs. Victoria Shin-Aba, the Regional Manager, South West Airport, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), disclosed this to aviation journalists said since the evacuation exercise commenced with the airlifting of French and European citizens by Air France late March, several airlines including two Nigerian carriers have participated in airlifting foreign nationals
Statistics provided by Shin-Aba indicated that Air France had evacuated 399 French and European nationals, Lufthansa; 238, Air Peace crew); six, Middle East Airline (MEA); 140, Ethiopian Airlines; 148, 137 (Canadians), 375 (U.S), Jed Air; nine (Liberians and crew), Air Peace; 87 and Delta with 200 Americans.
