Grounded by COVID, Nigerian diners glean a model of air hump

By Abraham Achirga

ABUJA (Reuters) – Missing the fun of air hump for the length of the coronavirus lockdown? A Nigerian restaurant is now offering its prospects the semblance of flight without them ever having to fade away the bottom.

The diners at Urban Air within the Nigerian capital Abuja sit down on plush white seats and recognize a flight-themed cocktail menu beside residence windows illustrated with blue skies and puffy white clouds.

Some prospects remove selfies as personnel fade away the ‘cockpit’ to profit them.

“The ambiance is that if truth be told improbable inquisitive about this corona stuff,” said IT worker Fatima Garba for the length of her second discuss over with.

“It is been some time since we have all got to sit down down internal of an airplane and this vivid reminds us of that.”

Nigeria has suspended all global commercial flights since slack March. It moreover curtailed home flights for a total lot of months, even though they’ve since resumed.

Restaurant proprietor Ugo Young said even his accomplice, who is moreover head chef, had puzzled whether or no longer a flight-themed restaurant would work. Undaunted, Young spent bigger than 10 million naira ($26,281) changing the residence to maintain a study vivid adore an airplane.

Since opening on August 15, it has served roughly 100 adventure-hungry Nigerians on an on a customary foundation foundation.

Young said the eatery offers a get, cheap trip for nostalgic fliers.

“This COVID interval, where of us haven’t gotten to hump… they’ll moreover contrivance here and feel as even though they’re within the air,” Young said.

For some, the restaurant, whose meals originate at 2,000 naira, might perhaps be the closest they glean to the skies for some time. While global flights are place to resume on Sept. 5, returning to Nigeria will entail costly coronavirus tests, apart from to to the airfare.

Divine Akufu, a 20-year-former student, said her selfies at Urban Air made her watch adore a predominant-class adventurer.

“It appears to be like to be adore a non-public jet here,” she said.

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