Ahead of the Christmas and New Year festivities, the Federal Airports Authority, (FAAN) has said it will soon commence repair work on the bad portions of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu runway.
The authority noted that in the course of the repair work which is expected to start two weeks before Christmas and last 10 days, the time of operations at the airport would be reduced.
However, it would not entirely affect flights operations to the airport, FAAN Managing Director, Engr. Saleh Dunoma has assured.
Daily Trust reports that that the joint National Assembly Committees on Aviation during their oversight visit to the airport queried why the runway had not been properly maintained to accommodate wide-bodied aircraft.
Enugu Airport is one of the designated international airports in the country with foreign carrier- Ethiopian – flying to the state.
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Speaking on the sideline of the just concluded International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) World Aviation Forum in Abuja, Dunoma said the agency had designed measures to minimize inconveniences the repair work might cause to passengers.
He said, “I was in Enugu last week and we are just planning to have a two-week break just before the Christmas to make sure that we take care of that runway but this has to be properly planned. We want to plan it in such a way that the inconveniences would be minimized”.
He explained that after inspecting the runway during his visit to Enugu state, he reached out to the Enugu state government on what they intend to do to enhance safety of the runway.
“So I have spoken to the people of Enugu precisely the Government so that they know what we intend to do. We are not going to close it. But what we intend to do is to maybe shorten the time of operations, so that we can take ten days and fix it but operations would continue”, he said.
