Standup9ja - Abuja airport runway for 18-week upgrade
The Presidency has disclosed that the upgrade work on the
runway of the Nnamdi
Azikiwe International Airport Abuja will continue for
another 18 weeks.
A highly placed presidency official disclosed this in a
statement made available to State House correspondents on Sunday.
The official, who pleaded anonymity, said the second phase
of the upgrade work would be done at night to avoid disruption of flight
schedules.
The Abuja Airport, shut down on March 8, 2017, is expected
to be reopened on April 19.
The official hinted that a media tour to assess the progress
on the Abuja Airport runway repair would hold this week.
"After the Abuja Airport reopens for operations on
April 19, upgrade works on the runway will continue for another 18 weeks. This
second phase of upgrade works on the runway will be carried out at night, with
no disruption to flight schedules," the official said.
He said the latest report submitted to the Presidency by a
federal government's committee overseeing showed that over 43,000 passengers
passed through the Kaduna Airport in its first 11 days of operations as the
alternative to the Abuja Airport.
He said that was more than the 41,000 passengers the Kaduna
Airport recorded in the entire first quarter of 2015, and the 21,000 in the
first quarter of 2016.
The official also stated that within this period, about
10,000 passengers took advantage of the free bus shuttle organised by the
Federal Government to transport passengers between the Abuja and Kaduna
Airports.
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