RUNWAY REPAIR WORKS FORCES TEMPORARY CLOSURE FOR ABUJA AIRPORT
February 1st, 2017
THE FEDERAL Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has confirmed to Jane's Airport Review that Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport will be closed for six weeks while construction crews repair its pitted and potholed runway.
The closure – which was scheduled to begin on March 8 – will cause flights to be diverted to Kaduna Airport, which is 250km away from the Nigerian capital, and where construction work on a second terminal is still underway.
Henrietta Yakubu, acting general manager corporate affairs department at the FAAN explained that the extended ...
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