The airport was opened for commercial services on December 7 last year.
The newly inaugurated Anambra Cargo Airport has recorded 142 flights with 3,865 passengers landing and taking off from the airport after one month of the opening of the facility.
The airport was opened for commercial services on December 7, 2021.
The Anambra Commissioner for Works, Marcel Ifejiofor, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Umueri, near Awka, where the airport is located.
He said that although the flight and passenger figures surpassed projections when compared with the airport’s contemporaries, it would have been more, if more airlines were using the airport.
NAN reported that so far, only Air Peace and United Nigeria Airlines are landing and taking off at the Anambra Airport.
Mr Ifejiofor, who is also the head of the Anambra State Airport Project Committee, said the airport contributed significantly to easing passenger traffic during the…
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