The Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has said that if the Enugu state government takes urgent action to enforce the directive given to address safety concerns at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, the federal government may reconsider the downgrading of the airport. Sirika on Friday said the federal government had resolved to […]
• Enugu State Government takes steps to rectify anomalies The federal government has announced that it would downgrade the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, for not meeting required safety standards for international operations. By this development, Ethiopia Airlines will stop operations to the airport. Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika disclosed this yesterday during the […]
Recently many pilots operating flights to the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu have called the attention of concerned authorities to the dilapidated nature of the runway, which they described as death trap. Chinedu Eze writes that the Enugu state government and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria need to collaborate to improve facilities on the […]
The Enugu state government has failed to provide land for the installation of safety critical landing aids at the AkanuI biam International Airport, Enugu. The state government had in March, assured the Minister of State, Aviation, HadiSirika, that it would clear the area where approach light and other equipment would be installed to upgrade the […]
The federal government has said that it has concluded plans to carry out comprehensive rehabilitation of the runway of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. This was disclosed by the Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Muhtar Usman who said that the runway has gone through a lot of short term […]
