Ethiopian Airlines says it will land a
brand new Airbus 8350 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,
Abuja, on Tuesday to mark the reopening of the airport on Wednesday.
The Airline’s Traffic and Sales
Manager, Mrs Firiehiwot Mekonnen, said that the aircraft land in
Abuja on its first day of operation from Addis Ababa and that it
would remain on Abuja route.
She particularly stated that the
arrival of the aircraft in Abuja marks the first time an airbus
would be permanent on the Abuja route.
She said that the decision to celebrate
the inaugural flight to Abuja was because of the airline’s
commitment to the Nigerian market.
According to the manager, the
313-passenger capacity aircraft that landed at 11.15 am is the
first aircraft to land at the newly rehabilitated Abuja runway.
“The Ethiopian’s brand new Airbus
8350 is landing in Abuja airport is the first aircraft to land on the
newly rehabilitated runway and first airbus to land in Abuja.
“From now on, we are going to operate
airbus on Abuja route,’’ she said.
Recall that when Abuja airport was
closed on March 8 for repairs on its runway and flight operations
diverted to Kaduna International Airport, Ethiopian Airlines was the
first to land its new Boeing 787 in Kaduna.
The airline, being the only
international carrier that agreed to operate at Kaduna, had
maintained consistent operation at the airport since the beginning of
the six weeks operation.
Gov. Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State had
also requested that the airline maintained its Kaduna operations even
after the reopening of Abuja airport.
Mokennen said that the airline was
seriously considering the governor’s request.
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