Flights to be Diverted for Rehabilitation of Abuja Airport

“Government is making urgent effort to start the rehabilitation of the runway at the Abuja airport and government has provided funds for the work, which could start anytime from now.
“The committee is expected to schedule the maintenance dates, which are expected to run from days to weeks.
“It is expected to also decide whether the runway would be closed daily or some hours of the day so that work could start on the facility”, the source added.
According to the source, Mr. Sirika had designated Kaduna airport as alternative to Abuja so that flights would be diverted to Kaduna while work is ongoing at the nation’s second busiest airport