Niger airspace closure prompts air cargo diversions, cancellations
Flight times increasing by 60 to 90 minutes
Carriers are diverting flights this week after coup leaders closed Niger’s airspace in anticipation of violence spurred by efforts to reinstate the country’s deposed president. The National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP), the coalition of generals that ousted Niger President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26, closed the country’s airspace Sunday after rejecting […]
