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All critical facilities have been put in
place in the rehabilitation of the runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe
International Airport, Abuja, which dilapidated state prompted the
closure of the airport six weeks ago and now is ready for flight
operations.
The Managing Director of Federal
Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Saleh Dunoma, while carrying out
the last inspection of the facility, assured Nigerians that the runway
would be ready by April 17 two days before the reopening date of the
runway for air traffic.
We will be ready by Monday, the April
17, but we are leaving the remaining two days for Nigerian Civil
Aviation Authority (NCAA), because they have to certify the airport that
what we have done is in accordance with their standards. If they do
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,” he
said.
On the reopening of the runway on April
19, Dunoma said: “No doubt about that, we will open it as scheduled.
Just as I have said, we have been working with 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.”
Details later…
