Anyone have any info on traveling through Lagos with firearms? We are looking a United flight out of Houston, change planes in Lagos to SAA to JoBurg. Bags checked through.

Mark

I can pick up my lottery winnings and the money I inherited while in Nigeria.

My daughter and son-in-law transited through Lagos last fall changing from a Delta flight to SAA on the way to JNB and the reverse on the way home. This routing was due to using FF miles. Without going into great detail they will never, ever, ever voluntarily go through the Lagos airport again. These are two experienced international travelers with considerable flexibility regarding the vagaries of travel.

I guess one benefit of flying through Lagos would be that afterward you'd never complain about the problems and shakedowns at OR Tambo ever again.

Thanks for the info.
I had thought the situation would be poor.

Mark

Been throught that airport many times and all I can say is that it truly sucks, especially arriving. I would avoid it like the plague unless I had no other option.

I would avoid ANY flight going through Nigeria.

Looks like a unanimous thumbs down.
Many places are best avoided, not surprised Lagos made the list

Mark
Thanks for the warnings

Looks like you guys are right again.
The Ebola victim in Dallas was likely on the same flight

Mark

I travel to Nigeria frequently, currently having a project in Calabar and clients in Abuja.

I avoid Lagos like the plague (or do we now say Ebola?). I don't even go through Lagos when flying to Calabar if I can avoid it (and travelling from the international airport to the domestic airport is its own adventure). In the last few years, because of flight cancellations or weather conditions, I've had to go through that airport a number of times and it is a royal pain. There are a lot of airports in Africa I don't like (Monrovia and Freetown come to mind) but Lagos actually makes me nervous and I would never do it with firearms.

In the event I'm not making myself clear, DON'T DO IT!

right now i don't think that i even want to fly over nigeria at 35000 ft or so

When we came up with the Lagos idea it was just to take a different route and see another country. Plus the United flight is the 787.
The country was bad at the time we considered it but now had reached the depths of hell with Ebola and Boko Haram.
I think we as going to stick with the traditional routes, there are good reasons they are used.

Mark

Good plan, Mark.