The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has commenced the rehabilitation of the runway at the Akanu Ibiam International Airpo...
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has
commenced the rehabilitation of the runway at the Akanu Ibiam
International Airport, Enugu.
Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, General Manager, Corporate Affairs,
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, confirmed the development to
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday.
NAN reports that FAAN had on August 24 announced the
closure of the airport, which is the only international airport in the
South East region, for the reconstruction of its runway.
Yakubu told NAN that work had finally begun at the airport
ahead of the December 2019 deadline set for the completion of the
runway repairs and other renovation works.
NAN reports that following the closure of the airport,
international flights have been diverted to the Port Harcourt
International Airport in Rivers by Ethiopian Airlines.
Similarly, domestic flights were diverted to the Sam
Mbakwe Airport, Owerri, the Port Harcourt Airport and the Asaba Airport
in Delta.
Hadi Sirika, the Minister of Aviation, had in a meeting
with South East governors assured them that the Enugu Airport would be
reconstructed to meet the Abuja International Airport standard.
Sirika had also disclosed that the runway repairs and other renovation works would be completed by December 2019.
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