Ethiopian Airlines evacuated 187 Canadians and Resident permit holders from Nigeria on 21 May from Lagos airport on B787 to Addis Ababa onward transfer to Canada. Ethiopian Airlines has been operating regular flights between Addis Ababa and Toronto, Canada for years.

More Canadians will be evacuated as arrangements are ongoing. The airline said it was ready to operate any flight as an evacuation when requested by the respective government and agencies. As at now the Airline has already operated such flights and is having an on going  discussion to evacuate Canadians and Canada resident permit holders from Nigeria. It said it has not evacuated Nigerians from Canada as  it was the responsibility of the Nigerian government and its agencies to choose partners for such evacuation.