The new international terminal that is being constructed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja will begin operations in October this year, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria announced on Thursday. FAAN also stated that the remaining facilities at the terminal that should be in place would be ready by next month, while the inauguration […]
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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, says that no fewer than 1.02 million passengers travelled through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja during the first quarter of 2018. FAAN’s First Quarter Report obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria, on Monday, in Abuja showed a 38.9 per cent growth from 623,727 recorded during the same […]
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The six-week closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja has resulted into the decline in the number of air travellers by 983,705 or 28.2 per cent, according to figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics. The Abuja airport was closed by the Federal Government on March 8 in order to carry out repairs […]
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The Minister of State for Aviation Hadi Sirika, has said that he will resign if the Abuja International Airport is not opened by April 19, 2017. The minister made this known at a meeting between the Ministry of Information and an Aviation Industry Pressure Group, round table in Lagos. The Minister said the level of […]
Read More Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Julius Berger, the contractor handling the repair of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja runway, have said that the work is 40 per cent completed. The duo gave made this known in Abuja on Monday when members of the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation led by its Chairman, […]
Read More Commercial helicopters can fly in and out of Abuja airport while its runway is repaired, Nigeria’s aviation minister said on Wednesday. The capital’s airport closed for six weeks last Wednesday, with flights diverted to Kaduna, a city about 160 km (100 miles) north of the capital. After landing at Kaduna, passengers travel on guarded buses […]
Read More The Federal Government Monday said it has conveyed 1,890 air passengers by road since the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport runway was closed. This is contained in a statement in Abuja Monday by the Deputy Director of Press of the Ministry of Aviation, James Odaudu. The statement did not state whether passengers used the free train transport […]
Read More About 4, 300 out of the 8,694 flights to and from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja in the next six weeks may have been cancelled following the diversion of flights to the Kaduna International Airport. While seven out of the eight international airlines plying the Abuja airport have suspended flights to the Kaduna airport, […]
Read More Nigeria’s capital was cut off by air on Wednesday, as Abuja airport closed for at least six weeks for repairs, forcing flights to divert and lengthening travel times for passengers. Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport shut to all domestic and international flights from midnight (2300 GMT Tuesday), pending the start of long overdue work to resurface […]
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