Four years after work had started at the new passenger terminal at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, the joint committee of the National Assembly on Aviation on Tuesday declared the $ 200 million facility being built by Chinese Civil Engineering Construction (CCEC) 80 per cent completed. The terminal is projected to be completed in February […]
The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja is now ready to resume operations and the planned date, April 19, is a reality. 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 […]
The Nigeria aviation industry, in the first quarter of 2017, may have lost its verve in terms of passenger traffic, but the government and its agencies are under pressure to chart a new course for the industry. One of the major things that characterised the aviation industry in the last three months of this year […]
Three weeks into the diversion of flights from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) to Kaduna International Airport, for runway rehabilitation at the Abuja Airports, it would seem that the programme is going on as scheduled. Scores of flights have operated in and out of the airport showing its capability to handle international operations, in […]
Foreign travellers planning to reach the Nigerian capital, Abuja, next month have two choices: make a 15-hour drive from the southern commercial hub of Lagos or fly to the northern city of Kaduna and ride through an area plagued by kidnappers and gunmen. The authorities plan to close Abuja’s airport for six weeks on March […]