Nigerian restaurant presents the fun of air journey as worldwide flights stay suspended amid coronavirus – journey

Lacking the fun of air journey through the coronavirus lockdown? A Nigerian restaurant is now providing its clients the phantasm of flight with out them ever having to go away the bottom.

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

Some clients take selfies as workers go away the ‘cockpit’ to serve them.

“The setting is basically wonderful contemplating this corona stuff,” mentioned IT employee Fatima Garba throughout her second go to.

“It’s been some time since we’ve all received to sit down within an airplane and this simply reminds us of that.”

Nigeria has suspended all worldwide industrial flights since late March. It additionally curtailed home flights for a number of months, although they’ve since resumed.

Restaurant proprietor Ugo Younger mentioned even his companion, who can be head chef, had questioned whether or not a flight-themed restaurant would work. Undaunted, Younger spent greater than 10 million naira ($26,281) changing the house to look identical to an airplane.

Since opening on August 15, it has served roughly 100 adventure-hungry Nigerians every day.

Younger mentioned the eatery supplies a protected, inexpensive expertise for nostalgic fliers.

“This COVID interval, the place folks haven’t gotten to journey… they might come right here and really feel as if they’re within the air,” Younger mentioned.

For some, the restaurant, whose meals begin at 2,000 naira, could possibly be the closest they get to the skies for a while. Whereas worldwide flights are set to renew on Sept. 5, returning to Nigeria will entail expensive coronavirus exams, along with the airfare.

Divine Akufu, a 20-year-old pupil, mentioned her selfies at City Air made her seem like a first-class adventurer.

“It seems like a non-public jet right here,” she mentioned.

($1 = 380.5000 naira)

(This story has been printed from a wire company feed with out modifications to the textual content. Solely the headline has been modified.)

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