Chinua Achebe Airport In Anambra Ready For Round The Clock Yuletide Operations…MD
The management of Chinua Achebe Airport, formerly Anambra Passenger and Cargo Airport, says it was ready to render optimal quality services to travelers during the Christmas and New Year period.
Mr Martins Nwafor, Managing Director of the airport told journalists that lightings are being installed to allow for night landing and takeoff barring bad weather conditions.
He revealed that the Chinua Achebe Airport had had remarkable traffic with no fewer than 250,000 air passengers and over 4,000 flights since it was inaugurated for commercial operations on Dec. 7 2021.
He said the first four months of inauguration had low activity as it was the route building period.
He said the airport had two major flight operators using the airport on full scheduled commercial operations with a number of private operators.
Nwafor said compared with the peers of the airport and considering how young it was in the industry, the airport was faring badly
“We started operations here on Dec. 7, 2021, that is about one year and 11 months and so far, we have had 4,000 flights with about 250,000 passengers passing through this airport.
“We are still working to improve our services, we hope that passengers will increase and that will lead to more airline companies coming down here.
“The Chinua Achebe Airport is ready for the yuletide, our services will be available for both day and night operations and we have about 76 airport taxi operators who have been screened by the DSS, so safety of passengers is guaranteed,” he said.
Nwafor said air transport remained the most economical way to travel considering the safety, speed and comfort it gives to passenger
According to him, air transport is not elitist, when you consider the condition of our roads, the safety environment and how they affect businesses negatively, you will realise that additional cost to travel by air is far less than its numerous benefits,” he said.
