Ahead of the
April 19, 2017, scheduled reopening of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
(NAIA), Abuja, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has said it
is
awaiting clearance from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to resume
full commercial operations.
This is
sequel to a letter written by FAAN to the regulatory authority asking it to
inspect and certify the runway and other facilities okay as required by law
before local and foreign flights can be welcomed into the facility that was
shut on March 7, 2017, for repairs.
Managing
director of FAAN, Saleh Dunoma, stated this at the weekend after inspecting the
airport.
“All the
critical works have been completed except for cleaning and, of course,
inspection and certification by the NCAA.
“We have
written to them that preliminary inspection will be done on Sunday, April 16,
by 10am. They will inspect the airport, especially the runway, to ascertain
that the works we carried out are in line with laid down standards.
“In case
they find anything we need to fix, we still have ample time to do that before
the airport is opened on April 19.
“After the
inspection, NCAA will give the clearance needed to welcome flights into NAIA,”
Dunoma said.
The FAAN
boss also stated that all airfield lighting locations were being leveled so
that all the installations there were in rhythm with the ground surface.
“This is so
because in the event of an airplane skidding, there would be no concrete
projections above the ground surface,” he explained.
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