While hundreds of highly placed Nigerians and others from the South East attended the reopening of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, there were many others from the region who criticised the reopening because work was yet to be completed on the projects. There was the runway, which has been expanded and totally upgraded. There […]
The Chairman of House Committee on Aviation Hon. Nnolim Nnaji, has expressed concern over the planned closure of Enugu Airport, saying it will have adverse effect on the socio economy of the South-east. Nnaji, regretted that the closure was coming at a time travelling by road in region has become a nightmare due to the […]
Last week, the Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Muhtar Usman led a team from Lagos to inspect the runway and other safety critical facilities at the AkanuIbiam International Airport, Enugu. Usman, who was accompanied by the acting Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Salisu Daura, was […]
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 […]
The Senate has raised the alarm over the dilapidated state of the runway of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport Enugu, warning that the facility is now a threat to the safety of air traffic passengers. Punch newspapers reported that while debating a motion entitled ‘Need for Emergency Reconstruction of the Runway of the Akanu Ibiam […]
