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Abuja Airport ready for operation, FAAN converts Terminal D to departure hall

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Usman Muktar, the Director-General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority NCAA, has announced that the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, runway is ready for operation and can be opened on Wednesday.

Muktar disclosed this while speaking with newsmen during an inspection of the airport’s runway on Monday in Abuja. The Abuja airport was closed on March 8 for six weeks to enable rehabilitation of its 3.6 kilometres runway to be carried out.

Muktar further stated that NCAA had concluded the second phase of inspection as follow-up to the recommendations made to the contractors to correct some areas of concern earlier identified by a team of experts.

According to him, they inspected, made some observations but the findings that were found were not safety critical and today it is found that they have been rectified.

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Muktar said that the agency had already issued “Notice to Airmen (NOTAM)’’ to all aviators worldwide that the airport was ready for reopening on Wednesday as scheduled.

Meanwhile, the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), says it is putting logistics in place to commence operations at the Terminal D of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja from April 19.

The Managing Director of FAAN, Engr. Saleh Dunoma, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday.

He also said that the authority took advantage of the six week closure of the airport to expand operation at the terminal.

Dunoma, however, assured that all the ongoing works at the terminal building would be completed before Wednesday, adding that Abuja airport would reopen as a brand new airport.

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At the airport on Monday, contractors were seen  putting finishing touches to the terminal in preparation for the reopening of the airport on Wednesday.

Terminal D, which was hitherto used as ticketing area by Arik Air, Air Peace and Dana Air, will henceforth be used as departure hall for domestic passengers in addition to the existing Terminal B.

FAAN’s spokesperson for the Airport, Mrs Faithful Hope-Ivbaze, said the terminal would continue to serve the three airlines, adding that their passengers would henceforth board flights from there.

Hope-Ivbaze also said passengers of Arik, Air Peace, and Dana Air would no longer have to go to Terminal B to wait for their flights.

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Also at the Terminal B, lift has been installed to help physically challenged persons who travel through the airport.

All the seats at the terminal, including the protocol lounge, have been changed to new ones ahead of the reopening.

At the arrival section, all the seats have also being replaced with new ones, while  all the toilets have been fixed and cleaned up.

The entire terminal building has been renovated; the international wing rehabilitated and cleaned up for operation.

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