ABUJA AIRPORT OFFICIALLY OPENS FOR OPERATIONS AFTER 6 WEEKS
Ethiopian Airlines A350 get water salute as the first aircraft to land on the newly rehabilitated Abuja International Airport The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja is now open for operations and has been certified to accommodate international and local flights. This is according to the Minister of State for aviation, Mr Hadi Sirika, who told journalists at the airport in the nation’s capital that the rehabilitation of the runway is 100 percent complete. The minister landed at the airport at about 11.15am on board a Caverton helicopter from Kaduna, coming a day to the date scheduled for the reopening. Minister of state for Aviation, Mr Hadi Sirika (dark brown caftan) speaking to other officials and reporters. was the first to land on the runway to test it. The Federal Government had on Monday said the runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport Abuja, is 100 per cent complete and set for reopening to airlines on Wednesday, April 19...