24HOURS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE: ETHIOPIAN AIRLINE PLANE LANDS IN ABUJA AS AIRPORT REOPENS (PICTURES)

Ethiopian Airlines’ Airbus 350 plane was the first aircraft to land at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja after the airport opened for use 24 hours ahead of schedule. The plane touched down at the airport at 12.10p.m. to mark the reopening of the facility after repair works were carried out on its ‘ dilapidated’ runway for six weeks. Domestic […]

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ABUJA AIRPORT CLOSURE: NIGERIAN AIRLINES LOSE N10BN IN THREE WEEKS

Nigerian airline operators have put at about N10 billion, the lost they have incurred in the first three weeks the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja was closed for the rehabilitation of its runway. These losses, according to the airlines, were a result of low passenger traffic, more fuel consumption and increased remuneration due to crew’s extra flight time. Some of […]

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ABUJA AIRPORT CLOSURE: FOREIGN AIRLINES RECONSIDER BOYCOTT OF KADUNA AIRPORT

Some foreign airlines have reversed their boycott of Kaduna International Airport as alternative aerodrome during the temporary closure of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja, for repair works. Reports have it that following an inspection of the refurbished Kaduna Airport, carriers like Lufthansa have now expressed their intention to fly to Kaduna. Meanwhile, Ethiopian Airlines’ Boeing 787 Dream Liner was […]

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