Abuja Airport Set To Resume Commercial Flights On Wednesday
After its runway was shut for forty one days for major repairs, the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NNIA), Abuja, will re- open today, and resume commercial flights on Wednesday.
This was made known by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Managing Director Saleh Dunoma said yesterday.
Dunoma stated that everything about the Abuja Airport runway was ready and awaiting the certification of the aerodrome by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to ascertain compliance with operational standards.
According to him, the certification will be completed in two days, before the airport runway will open for commercial flights on Wednesday.
He noted that "We will be ready by Monday (April 17, 2017). But, we are leaving the remaining two days for the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). This is because the NCAA has to certify the airport that what we have done is in accordance with their standards.
"After the NCAA does that, we will bring in the traffic. But if they do not, we have the opportunity of making corrections with the two days we have saved.”
While reacting to the reopening of the runway on Wednesday, Dunoma stated that "No doubt about that, we will open it as scheduled. Just as I have said, we have been working with the NCAA throughout the period. They have been
making corrections. But, for formality, we need to check and make sure that all the necessary corrections meet the requirement of the civil aviation authority.
“All the critical items of work are hundred per cent ready, except may be two items, which of course is the markings and the cleaning. Other critical item which is not serious work is the inspection by the NCAA who will come and certify that the repairs that had been carried out is satisfactory and give us the go ahead to
bring in traffic to Abuja.
“Asphalt work is hundred per cent complete; markings have reached almost seventy per cent; and the airfield lighting system has attained eighty per cent completion.”
This was made known by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Managing Director Saleh Dunoma said yesterday.
Dunoma stated that everything about the Abuja Airport runway was ready and awaiting the certification of the aerodrome by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to ascertain compliance with operational standards.
According to him, the certification will be completed in two days, before the airport runway will open for commercial flights on Wednesday.
He noted that "We will be ready by Monday (April 17, 2017). But, we are leaving the remaining two days for the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). This is because the NCAA has to certify the airport that what we have done is in accordance with their standards.
"After the NCAA does that, we will bring in the traffic. But if they do not, we have the opportunity of making corrections with the two days we have saved.”
While reacting to the reopening of the runway on Wednesday, Dunoma stated that "No doubt about that, we will open it as scheduled. Just as I have said, we have been working with the NCAA throughout the period. They have been
making corrections. But, for formality, we need to check and make sure that all the necessary corrections meet the requirement of the civil aviation authority.
“All the critical items of work are hundred per cent ready, except may be two items, which of course is the markings and the cleaning. Other critical item which is not serious work is the inspection by the NCAA who will come and certify that the repairs that had been carried out is satisfactory and give us the go ahead to
bring in traffic to Abuja.
“Asphalt work is hundred per cent complete; markings have reached almost seventy per cent; and the airfield lighting system has attained eighty per cent completion.”
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