The Federal Government says civil aviation authorities will determine the resumption of domestic flights in the country, according to reports .

The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID- 19 , Sani Aliyu , stated this during a briefing in Abuja .

Aliyu had on June 1 said that “ the aviation industry is requested to start developing protocols to allow for domestic flights to resume anytime from the 21 st of June onwards . ”

However , while giving an update , he said the PTF was yet to receive any update from the aviation sector on its preparedness to restart commercial flight operations.

The national coordinator said , “ What we said to the aviation authorities is; you need to let us know from the 21 st of June onwards if you are ready to start opening the skies . We didn ’ t say 21 st of June skies open .

“ We gave them a window of three weeks to prepare and I believe they are still preparing . We did not ask them for updates on how things are going but we expect them to get back to us .

“ The aviation industry is highly regulated . There are certain things they have to do before they start flying such as retraining of pilots , recalibrating the aircraft , and ensuring safety at the airports to make sure people are safe .

“ We don ’ t have an update on that yet but we expect them to come to us by the 21 st of June . If they come back to us by the 21 st of June and they say , ‘ we are ready’ , we will open the skies for domestic travellers and that ’ s when we will address the issue of interstate restrictions and curfew but at the moment, there is no plan right now to say , 21 st of June , here we go . It’ s aspirational if anything . ”