DAILY TRUST
The military junta in the Republic of Niger has banned French aircraft from flying across the nation’s airspace, according to the website of the Agency for the Safety of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA).
The airspace over Niger is “open to all national and international commercial flights except for French aircraft or aircraft chartered by France including those of the airline Air France,” according to a statement released late Saturday.
The air space would remain closed for “all military, operational and other special flights”, unless receiving prior authorisation, the message said.
Air France told AFP simply that it was “not flying over Niger airspace”…
