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Port Harcourt airport opens
By Wole Shadare (Lagos) and Kelvin Ebiri (Port Harcourt)

http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/news/article04//indexn2_html?pdate=251207&ptitle=Port%20Harcourt%20airport%20opens


THE Port Harcourt International Airport, Amagwa, was formally re-opened yesterday for daytime flights pending the restoration of its Category Three Airfield Lightings.

At the event, which attracted dignitaries from the state, Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, disclosed that he had sent a proposal to the managing director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on how the state could buy over the facility.

In his address, Amaechi said the closure of the airport in August last year for a comprehensive refurbishment caused hardship to air travellers into and out of the state, considering the attendant risks associated with travelling over two hours to the Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri to catch flights to other parts of the country and the outside world.

According to him, Port Harcourt serves as the nerve centre of activities in the Niger Delta, stressing that it was pathetic that the airport was closed for such a long time.

He, however, charged FAAN to speed up action in restoring the airport to 24-hour service before the end of next quarter to ensure that international airlines like Air France, Virgin Atlantic and Lufthansa resume operations in the airport.

His words: "Today, we will be able to move to other parts of the world. I have asked the managing director of FAAN and the minister of Transportation to make sure that international airlines begin operations here. I have also told FAAN's managing director whether the airport can be bought from the Federal Government."

Some projects were approved for the airport, prior to its closure in August last year. These included runway resurfacing, Category Three Airfield Lighting System, improvement of power supply and improvement of water supply and hydrant system.

Others were the refurbishment of terminal building, car park and passenger apron expansion.

At the event, Minister of Transportation, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, who arrived at the airport at about 9.30 a.m. in a Bombardier aircraft, said the airport was critical to economic activities in the region.

She said: "It is critical we open the airport for the yuletide and other activities in the area. We will make sure that the airport remains fully functional before the end of next quarter, next year. We shall be re-commissioning this airport for full flight by the end of next quarter."

Managing Director, FAAN, Mr. Richard Aisuebeogun, listed some of the projects in the airport that have been completed and ready for use as the runway resurfacing, improvement of water supply and hydrant system, car park expansion and the refurbishment of the terminal building.

According to him, the Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI), which is essential for safe flight operations, is already in use as it has since been installed and calibrated.

Aisuebeogun, however, stated that the Airfield Lighting System project would be completed in April 2008, "and until then, flight operations into the Port Harcourt International Airport will be restricted to daylight Visual Flight Rules (VFR) and to aircraft in the weight category of Boeing 727 and other aircraft types below this category."

At the event were former Minister of Aviation, Alabo Tonye Graham Douglas; Deputy Governor, Rivers State, Tele Ikuru; Director-General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Harold Demuren and Managing Director, Skypower Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL), Chike Ogeah, among others.

Islander:
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Same to you princess  

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darkroll:
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I eat greens (lettuce, spinach etc) almost daily

It is a must that I keep up with Naijaa news

Kashif:
I went to the best computer engineering school in Nigeria and I know we did not do only installation and troubleshooting! There was a lot of logic array programing. Though not comparable to what you get in the western world, you will know all the basics. You will have to know electronics well because you face a lot of practicals. Cheers.

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computers while Computer Science is the software component. So, it depends on which of the two you
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it.

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comp engr so you are better informed as to which of the two would best suit you.

Good luck.

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I ban you for not being forthcoming with your location - are you really in lagos or ibadan ?

I 'm not sure I support Dangote ruling Nigeria.  I don't want to risk him cornering the bulk of Nigeria's lucrative businesses.

It'll actually harm Nigeria if he monopolizes everything. He should just stick to running his business empire.

I ban you for not realizing that the "ii's" in her user name are actually "LL's"

I ban the previous poster for making fun of my brain

I ban you for using big big grammar

tollu:
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I have told you to stop referencing me. Carry your dirty behind comot for my face.

I ban you for being rotten

ravenzord:
thinking what am i doin up this late

Thinking (on your behalf) having fun on Nairaland

tollu:
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Swthrt Arnold - Honestly, i don't have time for your kind of shit.

Go and find a diick to suck and stop referencing my name.

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tollu:
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What you said was insultive, not humorous. There is a distinction between the two.

Like I said earlier, go and find a diiick to suck.

I ban you for not being brought up properly by your parents and talking nonsense to people unprovoked.

tollu:
I ban you for jumping in before i could ban Arnold1 for being jobless and posting in this thread!

My goodness ! Why the harsh words ?

I ban you for lacking home training and not being courteous. I have never come in contact with you in my life
and this is what you are saying to me ?

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I ban you for not banning the person ahead of you

because he has a short attention span


Would you like to have twins ?

I am a son of " I am who I am"

Thinking what is going on on this thread

Thinking why can't our ladies get along

Thinking I wonder what Islander looks like in person

WHAT IS THIS DOING IN THE POLITICS SECTION 

[quote author=handsome_ link=topic=92727.msg1717169#msg1717169 date=1196022092]Each time I fly to Nigeria - I see loads of people coming from America - white people - and they are all going to Nigeria - on all flights I had been lately -[/quote]Thanks oo my brother. I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed this. The last time I travelled home, it was the same way too; lots of whites going to Nigeria. One white guy told me on the flight that his white counterparts in Nigeria told him it's really not as bad as the US. state dept depicts it. He said he was going to work with a telecom in lagos (for some expansion project).

awon boiz:
I sorry for you, you dey claim another country as yours abi?

OMO ALEE!!!!!!

[quote author=handsome_ link=topic=92727.msg1717169#msg1717169 date=1196022092]As its always said - it is the bastard who uses the left hand to point to his/her fathers house [/quote]Laughing my butt off 

Demand/Supply; Speculation (e.g. futures market)

Thank God for his grace

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Radiant

(thanks, you too )

@topic

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