SAN FRANCISCO, April 18, (THEWILL) – The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA Abuja, has officially reopened for traffic after a closure for repairs on the runaway scheduled to last for six weeks.
A test flight from the Kaduna international airport landed in the Abuja facility at about 11:05am on Wednesday.
The minister of state for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, was on board the plane. He expressed delight that the facility got ready before the deadline
“Runway friction test, the final activity, concluded. Just landed on the runway, everything is perfect. We beat the deadline. We thank you.
“Abuja runway 100% completed and certified by Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. Consequently the airport is open for operations. Thank u,” Sirika
tweeted.
Meanwhile, the first international flight, an Ethiopian Airline A350, brand new airbus landed on the runway at exactly 12:07pm.
It would be recalled that Ethiopian Airlines was the only foreign airline that made use of the Kaduna airport during the period that flights were diverted from Abuja.
