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ANAMBRA AIRPORT UPGRADE : GOVERNOR OBIANO VISITS FACILITY, ANTICIPATES FURTHER UPGRADE. (PHOTOS).#PRESS RELEASE.

 


Anambra Airport Upgrade: Governor Obiano Visits Facility, Anticipates Further Upgrade


Following approval by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to Anambra State government to operate Boeing 737-700 aircraft and its equivalent at Anambra International Cargo and Passenger Airport, Umueri, Governor Willie Obiano paid a visit to the facility to ensure that things are working according to scheduled plans.

The Governor inspected some facilities being mounted including the escalators, conveyors, among others, pending further upgrade.

Speaking to the press at the VIP waiting section shortly after, Governor Obiano who expressed gladness that Ndi Anambra and others who have been flying through the airport since it’s commissioning, explained that the upgrade implies that bigger aircrafts that can carry between three hundred and three hundred and fifty passengers per time.

According to the Governor, the fire category of the airport has been upgraded from category five to category six, pointing out that when the fire trucks from Germany arrive, it will be further upgraded to category nine.

While describing it as a first class facility and the best in Africa with its good finishing, beauty and facilities, the Governor who stated that aviation fuel is now being sold in the airport, called on ndi Anambra to continue to patronize the facility, saying that soon, the lighting arrangement at the tarmac will be fully done and launched.

He emphasized that it is the best because the DVR and ILS have been energized to guide planes, pointing out that code for the satellite landing system will soon come, afterwhich they will commence the calibration, making Anambra Airport the only airport that have those equipments in Nigeria.

Recall that in a later dated 24th January, 2022, the Airport regulator communicated the Governor about the latest upgrade based on satisfactory inspection carried out by the aerodrome safety inspectors to ascertain the preparedness of the airport to for the upgrade in fire cover from category five to category six.
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