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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