NAMIA Closure: FAAN To Increase Kaduna Airport

By Oladapo Sunday

In a bid to accommodate the upsurge in human and cargo traffic to Kaduna International Airport, The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria on Monday said it will increase the capacity of the  Airport as soon as the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja closes for repairs.
The Managing Director of FAAN, Saleh Dunoma, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Abuja on Monday.

The Federal Government has recently announced the closure of the Abuja airport for six weeks beginning from March, for repair works to be done in the middle section of its runway and taxi pavement.
According to FAAN MD;  “All we need do is increase our manpower in order to take care of the additional traffic. This is very easy for FAAN because FAAN can move some staff from Abuja airport since Abuja airport is going to be closed.
“By the time we move some aviation security, safety staff and operational staff to Kaduna airport that would assist them in handling additional traffic.

He disclosed that FAAN began making reparations for the airport in Kaduna to handle the flights that would be diverted from Abuja long before the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, announced its closure.
Dunoma said FAAN began making the preparations much earlier because it knew in advance that the Kaduna Airport would be the alternate airport that would be used as soon as the Abuja was closed for repair works.
He however assured that the authority would ensure that the aviation industry continued to contribute substantially to the country’s economy.