An aircraft belonging to Ethiopian Airlines has landed in the Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport in Abuja.
The aircraft touched down some minutes past 12pm.
Firiehiwot Mekonnen, traffic and sales manager of the
airline, had earlier told NAN that the decision to fly the new aircraft to
Abuja is because of the belief in the Nigerian market.
Ethiopian Airlines was the only foreign airline that
made use of the Kaduna airport during the period that flights were diverted
from Abuja.
The Abuja airport was closed on March 8 to enable
repairs on its runway.
Earlier, Hadi Sirka, minister of state for aviation,
joined a test flight from the Kaduna international airport.
Speaking with reporters at the Abuja airport, Sirika
expressed delight that the facility got ready before the deadline
“Runway friction test, the final activity, concluded.
Just landed on the runway, everything is perfect. We beat the deadline. We thank
you,” he tweeted.
“Abuja runway 100% completed and certified by Nigerian
Civil Aviation Authority. Consequently the airport is open for operations.
Thank u.”
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