Turkish Airlines Commences Flights to Port Harcourt Tomorrow * Wike upgrades facilities at airport

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The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced that Turkish Airlines will on Tuesday commence international flights to the Port Harcourt International Airport.

This is as Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, stated that the state government would make critical interventions at the Port Harcourt International Airport to improve  the international acceptance of the facility.

Addressing Wike during a courtesy visit at the Government House in Port Harcourt yesterday, the New General Manager of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) for South-south and South-east Region, Felix Akinbinu, the  maiden International Flight of Turkish Airlines would land at the Port Harcourt International Airport tomorrow.

While commending the airline for expanding its route in Nigeria to include the Port Harcourt International Airport, Akinbinu appealed to the Rivers State Governor to assist in the dualisation  of the access road  to the airport and the reconstruction  of the VIP Lounge 


He said the Port Harcourt and Kano International Airports were being posted for aerodrome certification, adding that the airport  requires the assistance of the Rivers State Government.

In his response,  Wike aexpressed  happiness  that Turkish Airlines would commence international  flights to the Port Harcourt International Airport.


He said the Rivers State Government was committed to making the Port Harcourt International Airport the destination of choice in the country.


He said: "I will dualise the access road to the Airport from the Owerri Road Junction  into the airport.  I will also reconstruct the road leading to the VIP Lounge  at the Airport.


"The State Government  will also demolish  the existing  VIP Lounge and construct  a befitting Lounge. The new lounge will be a storey building.  You have made these requests, which I have granted".



Wike said that in addition  to dualising  the access road to the airport,  the Rivers State Government  would install streetlights  on the road.


The governor called on the Federal Government  to complete  the construction  of the Domestic Terminal of the Port Harcourt International Airport.


"In the beginning,  I pleaded that I be allowed to intervene  in  the completion of the Local Terminal of the airport, but they declined  because  of politics.  Why can't  they complete the construction of the local terminal. Is it because  it is Rivers State?", he said.


He urged the authorities  to forget political  considerations and complete the local terminal in the interest  of Rivers people and other users of the facility.



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