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Anyone knows how much it will cost to roof a 2 story building in Owerri with:

Stone coated roofing sheet

I just need an estimate on average the cost of the stone coated roofing sheet, and possibly an estimate of the Labour cost...

What is the best gauge/thickness of the roofing sheet?
Which is the best brand?

@Spyder, how much do you think it will cost to roof a 2 story building in Owerri with:

Stone coated roofing sheet

I just need an estimate on the cost of the stone coated roofing sheet, cost of labour and the planks?

What is the best gauge/thickness of the roofing sheet?
Which is the best brand?

Can I learn android mobile app development on Windows laptop or do I need a Mac?

uzoma213:
How about someone that wants to become a hacker, which language should he start with?

You star with sql injection...there ate few YouTube videos on how to do it

For web development, start with html, css and bootstrap for static front end web site development(though they are not programming language). Then learn php for server side scripting.

I have been learning php for close to a month online for free and I have been able to build a site with login, registration, password reset and email verification pages connecting to Mysql backend.

Php has been one of the easiest language for me to learn
for someone who has been in the I.C.T. for 13 years.

You can learn php basics and other languages for free from this site. You can also run your code on the site if you do not have code editors

[url] https://www.w3schools.com/ [/url]

For code editors, you can download sublime text, visual studio code, Athom or notpad++...They are all free to download

Port Harcourt to Istanbul Turkey, direct flight from PHC...starting in June

Are there any colleges or Universities in U.S.A specifically in North Carolina that doesn't require prospective international student to complete the "certificate of Finance" form as it looks like a prerequisite before form I-20 can be issued for certain schools?

Student wants to study nursing.

Are there any colleges or Universities in U.S.A specifically in North Carolina that doesn't require prospective international student to complete the "certificate of Finance" form?

‘FG should play international aero-politics to help airlines’

The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Nigeria’s biggest domestic carrier, Mr. Allen Onyema, in this interview, aska the Federal Government to get deeply involved in international aero-politics to protect its airlines and welcomes the suspension of the national carrier project.



Considering the achievements of Air Peace in less than four years of operation, how will you describe the state of Nigerian airlines?

You have been told that the reason for certain things is because Nigerian airlines are not capable, that Nigerian airlines are weak; that domestic airlines can never ever get it right; that there are a lot of gaps in the system both on the domestic scene and the international level; that these airlines are heavily indebted and we will not be able to do anything. Nigerian domestic airlines have been demonized to the heels and this is very unfair. I want to tell you that those are lies. One airline has emerged that is very ready and supported within and outside this country to succeed. There are so many financial institutions all over the world wanting to do business with Air Peace and that is because they have seen serious integrity in this company.

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Part of our business plan was to establish integrity with the banks and we have done that 1000 per cent. The problem in Nigeria is that most people borrow money without any intention whatsoever to pay back. Air Peace is different. We borrowed money when we were floating this airline, some from Zenith, majority from Fidelity, they are my equities. We made sure we paid off our loans. We borrowed money to buy more than 10 aircraft from Fidelity. Fidelity told you how it was, that we honour our obligations to the letter. We have never been found wanting for one day.

But where did our airlines got it wrong?

Like I said, the aviation industry world-wide is contacting Air Peace, why won’t Nigeria for once say, ‘how can we get it right with this airline? It is not true all Nigerian airlines are weak. What these airlines need is the support of government to move forward. We are not asking government to give us money. It is the duty of banks to lend money to these companies. I won’t subscribe to asking government at any level to give airlines money, I will never subscribe to that. I will never want to use taxpayers’ money to run Air Peace or any airline for that matter.

So I am telling you that the Nigerian banks and financial institutions want to collaborate with this emerging star coming out of Nigeria to succeed. Why can’t we, as citizens of Nigeria and government of Nigeria, support this airline to represent this country very well?

I am not calling to be made a national carrier. Air Peace will never call to be made national carrier. We are already a flag carrier for this country, Med-View is a flag carrier for this country; Arik is a flag carrier for this country; Max Air is a flag carrier; Azman is a flag carrier, they have all gotten destinations to fly. What I am doing in all honesty, is calling on government, now that they have withdrawn the national carrier thing that has really affected our businesses, that they should support these airlines to succeed.

You believe suspending the national carrier project was a welcome decision?

The President Muhammadu Buhari regime has challenged Nigerian airlines by its suspension of Nigeria Air to rise to the occasion; to show that they have strength; that they can fill that gap which the government in the first place thought of by floating a national carrier which is a moribund idea.

So the government has truthfully challenged us. The rest is left for Nigerian airlines to live up to the expectations of this government which has done something most governments would never do by retracing its step. When they saw something was going wrong, it doesn’t mean that our president does not care about political correctness, he cares about the future wellbeing of the entire nation called Nigeria because many countries are leaving the national carrier thing and our president also decided to halt it.

So this government indirectly and inadvertently has challenged Nigerian airlines to start getting it right and I think they are all going to do that. All we need is for the government to help us fight international aero-politics, this is what is lacking here. The moment government starts helping us by taking charge of the aero-politics, Nigerian airlines would get it right.

Now that Nigeria Air has been suspended, what will it translate to?

I want to point out that Air Peace did not wait for national carrier to be suspended before getting it right. Air Peace’s growth with over 20 planes is not a sudden growth. It was planned. We had a business plan and we are following our business plan from inception till date. We never deviated from that. Part of the business plan is to make sure we establish integrity with the banks and we have done that 1000 per cent.

Now, whatever number of planes we bought, those things are in our business plan. We never laundered money, we never ploughed the money into real estate, whatever we are getting in aviation we are putting it back, that is why we are buying planes and the banks have seen the governance structure in Air Peace; they have seen the financial discipline.

If the banks are ready now to support us, it means that we are going out there to face the world on behalf of this country and we are going to succeed by God’s grace. So what we are asking the government now is to support us; nobody should demonize us. Support us to make sure we get it right. We are going to make this government very proud. We are going to make them not regret the decision they took to call off Nigeria Air whether indefinitely or suspension. Air Peace is going to block that gap and I am sure Med-View is coming out strong too and I am sure other airlines have now heaved a sigh of relief because of the fear of being run out. Businesses outside Nigeria started developing cold feet because of that. What President Buhari has done with that announcement was to restore confidence in the mind of the international community to start doing business with us again.

It is said that you have been allocated international destinations but you are not ready to commence operations?

It is true we were given six international destinations to fly. These are Johannesburg, South Africa; Guangzhou in China; London in UK; Dubai and Sharjah in UAE; Mumbai in India; Atlanta in US and Houston also in the US. Again, we have been given about 17 African countries especially in the West Coast to fly to. I learnt that we are being demonized for not being capable. You and I know that it is one thing for your government to give you the flag carrier status to fly to any country, and another thing for that country to also give you the permit to fly to there. What has happened? We started with the West Coast to use the West Coast region to mop up passengers and bring them here so that we can use Nigeria as a hub. Togo had the effrontery to write to us that they would not allow us. Meanwhile Asky Airline from Togo comes here about four times a day. It took Senegal almost two and half years to allow us in.

I support those countries, there is nothing wrong in that; their governments were trying to protect their own airlines. I now threatened to go to court, I was trying to file a case before Togo now wrote to us to apologize and eventually gave us permit. When we got there, there was no airport office and they slammed us with almost $10,000 as charges.

Air Peace has lost over a billion in six months flying the West Coast. When they presented this to me few days ago, I felt like crying. What we are making here, we are expending in the West Coast region because of their charges. Mind you, some of these airlines are receiving assistance from their governments; some of them are not even paying any tax. Air Peace, right from day one, started paying tax.

The kind of charges we have in our home country, they don’t have it in their countries and when we get there, they put their own which is five times over our own. How do you expect Nigerian airlines to succeed? People should hear our cries, Nigerian airlines are suffering, not because they can’t get it right.

We need to protect indigenous investments that are providing jobs for the teeming masses of this country, we need the government to help us do international aero-politics; it is not within our power to do that. You have given to me the right to fly, I have applied to all the countries and I am ready. I pray for the right support to succeed on the international scene so that Nigerians will begin to enjoy the right fare. Air Peace will make this country proud, that is our promise.

So what are your plans on the international scene?

On the international scene, Air Peace is going to fill those gaps that government is worried are not being filled, that was why we bought four 777s and ordered 10 Max aircraft. With those 737 Max, we don’t want Nigerians to be flying through London to get to Amsterdam. We don’t want Nigerians to fly through Ethiopia to get to Milan, we don’t want Nigerians to pay through their noses in order to get to Frankfurt. Air Peace decided to bring the state-of-the-art 777, brand new Max 737, the latest invention of Boeing in order to do these destinations direct from Nigeria.

We want to start flying Lagos to Paris direct with the Max. We want to deploy another Max from Lagos to Frankfurt; we want to deploy the Max from Lagos to Amsterdam; we want to deploy to Milan; Abuja to Jeddah; Kano to Dubai; Enugu to London and we will deploy our 777 from Lagos to London where majority of our people travel to and from.

So the 777s are meant for the London route, the US route because of its range, China because of its range too and cargo. In some days Johannesburg, because of the traffic there but most of the works like Mumbai and all that would be done by 737 Max which can take about 180 passengers.

But many people say Nigerian carriers have not been able to surpass the feats of the defunct national carrier, the Nigeria Airways, how true is this?

Don’t let anybody deceive you that Nigerian Airways did 1600 routes, it is a lie. All sorts of lies were peddled this period. Nigeria Airways never did 1,600 destinations. With how many planes? In all their years of operations, the maximum equipment they had was about 32 from 1962 till the time of liquidation. And people were singing Nigeria Airways as if it was a success.

Nigeria Airways was a monumental failure which we should not be proud of. This was an airline being heavily subsidized. It never made money of its own. They had budget for Nigeria Airways in the national budget and you said it was a success. Is that how to run business? They saved the country a whole lot by even liquidating it. What they should do is take care of those who worked there because I don’t support people losing their jobs.

If Nigeria Airways had about 30 aircraft in all their years of operations, Arik and Air Peace have surpassed that in few years. We are ready to compete with the best airlines in the world. Government should support us. All we ask now is for government to improve the local infrastructure. President Muhammadu Buhari, to the best of my knowledge wants us to succeed and everybody working for him should look at our president. That is why he gave us waiver on importation of aircraft and spares, that’s why we got waiver on VAT.

In terms of training of pilots, how far have you gone?

We are training a lot of people. We are training indigenous people to go into aviation. Air Peace has trained over 40 pilots in less than four years of operation. And my training and support to the industry cuts across the length and breadth of this country. We do not discriminate, not even against gender. I am an Ibo man from South-East part of the country, Anambra, I have trained over 17 northern pilots and the Yorubas. I believe we are all one nation.

Government wants to concession four airports, what is your advice on this?

I call for the concession of these airports to the indigenous people of Nigeria, not to outsiders because we have people who can afford them. If you concession to foreigners, there would be capital flight. Maybe 80 per cent of the money would go out of the country and we will remain impoverished. I support the Federal Government’s intention to concession these airports and it should be done very urgently. This is the first thing to be done if we want to grow this country.

What plan do you have to partner with airlines outside the country as you start international operations?

Part of the reason we have not deployed our 777s is because I don’t want to operate international route with one aircraft. Air Peace does not want point-to-point international operations. As I talk to you, a very formidable airline has signed up with Air Peace. They are integrating their system with Air Peace so that when Air Peace drops you at the destination, the airline which is one of the Gulf carriers, would pick you. When we drop you in Dubai or Sharjah, another airline picks you. If for instance you are going to Malaysia, they are going to about 36 cities in India.

Everywhere we are trying to go, we are trying to align with other international airlines. We are going to have the same partnership with other airlines in the US. This is why we are taking our time to do it so that when we hit the ground running by November this year, we would make this country.




[url] [https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/fg-should-play-international-aero-politics-to-help-airlines.htmlurl]

Air Peace to Commence Dubai/Sharjah Operations in November

Nigeria’s largest domestic operator, Air Peace has announced that it would commence operations to Dubai and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, UAE by November this year.

The airline which has acquired aircraft to operate the destination, said it would be its long-haul service before embarking on other international destinations.
This was disclosed by the Chairman of the airline, Allen Onyema in Lagos at the weekend.

According to him, Air Peace has been designated on long-haul flight to London, Houston, Mumbai, Dubai, Sharjah, Guangzhou-China and Johannesburg by the federal government.
Onyema, said the airline was expected to fly directly from Lagos-Paris, Lagos-Frankfurt, Lagos-Amsterdam , Milan, Abuja-Jeddah, Kano-Dubai, Enugu-London.

The Air Peace boss said the airline was ready to compete with international carriers with modern aircraft and efficient service and make Nigeria proud by giving Nigerian travellers what they yearn for, noting that Air Peace is an airline they can call their own with the best of services and pocket friendly airfares.

He promised to be consistent on the route, assuring that Air Peace will not fall by the wayside like other airlines that have entered the route but did not survive though might not be a fault of theirs.

Onyema emphasised that the airline is ready to fill the gap that government was worried about, saying that was the reason the airline acquired enough aircraft.

“We want to fill those gaps being occupied by international carriers coming to Nigeria, we want to represent this country proudly, Nigerians will be proud like Americans are proud of their indigenous airlines, flying the flag of America outside America proudly,” he said.

He explained that a formidable airline out of the Middle East is presently interlining and code sharing with Air Peace and currently integrating their system with the indigenous carrier.

“When we drop you in Dubai or Sharjah, another airline picks you from there; maybe, you are going to Malaysia, they are going to about 36 cities in India, so people will buy Air Peace ticket if you are going to Malaysia, India, some other Gulf States, Indonesia and others. You buy Air Peace ticket, check-in your luggage, you get your luggage in Singapore, we take you there, we have signed an interlining and code-share”.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/10/01/air-peace-to-commence-dubai-sharjah-operations-in-november/

Air Peace to Commence Dubai/Sharjah Operations in November

Nigeria’s largest domestic operator, Air Peace has announced that it would commence operations to Dubai and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, UAE by November this year.

The airline which has acquired aircraft to operate the destination, said it would be its long-haul service before embarking on other international destinations.
This was disclosed by the Chairman of the airline, Allen Onyema in Lagos at the weekend.

According to him, Air Peace has been designated on long-haul flight to London, Houston, Mumbai, Dubai, Sharjah, Guangzhou-China and Johannesburg by the federal government.
Onyema, said the airline was expected to fly directly from Lagos-Paris, Lagos-Frankfurt, Lagos-Amsterdam , Milan, Abuja-Jeddah, Kano-Dubai, Enugu-London.

The Air Peace boss said the airline was ready to compete with international carriers with modern aircraft and efficient service and make Nigeria proud by giving Nigerian travellers what they yearn for, noting that Air Peace is an airline they can call their own with the best of services and pocket friendly airfares.

He promised to be consistent on the route, assuring that Air Peace will not fall by the wayside like other airlines that have entered the route but did not survive though might not be a fault of theirs.

Onyema emphasised that the airline is ready to fill the gap that government was worried about, saying that was the reason the airline acquired enough aircraft.

“We want to fill those gaps being occupied by international carriers coming to Nigeria, we want to represent this country proudly, Nigerians will be proud like Americans are proud of their indigenous airlines, flying the flag of America outside America proudly,” he said.

He explained that a formidable airline out of the Middle East is presently interlining and code sharing with Air Peace and currently integrating their system with the indigenous carrier.

“When we drop you in Dubai or Sharjah, another airline picks you from there; maybe, you are going to Malaysia, they are going to about 36 cities in India, so people will buy Air Peace ticket if you are going to Malaysia, India, some other Gulf States, Indonesia and others. You buy Air Peace ticket, check-in your luggage, you get your luggage in Singapore, we take you there, we have signed an interlining and code-share”.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/10/01/air-peace-to-commence-dubai-sharjah-operations-in-november/

Has anyone paid an Air peace flight ticket booked online from overseas with his international credit card and had no issues in boarding his flight in Nigeria? Is it safe and secure to pay with your credit card?

Reason why I am asking is that I will be travelling home this december and will like to book for my flight and pay online now that it is cheaper rather than buying the ticke when I am in Nigeria and it will be expensive by then.

www.budgetoffice.gov.ng/index.php/hmbnp-2018-approved-budget-breakdown-presentation-final-draft-iii

Download 2018 budget file from the above link

We dontvknow who to believe.

christejames:
The better reduce the fare cause a large chunk of their passengers are from the East.

I think they have already adjusted\reduced the fare. Check on their website

Just checked Ethiopian Airlines website, looks like they have amended their price from enugu...looks like there isn't much price difference when flying from enugu compared to flying from Lagos. For example, flying from enugu to Kuala Lumpur is about 30,000naira dearer compared to whem flying from lagos.

Someone can also confirm. Please umunna, fly directly to enugu. I and my family will be fying directly to Enugu from Australia using ET this December.

Elombah News

Igbo Ekunie Knocks Ethiopian Airline Over Fare Disparity

By ElombahNews on June 15, 2018

The Igbo Ekunie Initiative, an Igbo socio-cultural organization of professionals in Nigeria and the diaspora had written to the Ethiopian Airlines and tasked them to reverse the wide disparity in fares charged to passengers flying to and from Enugu when compared to other airports in Nigeria.

In a letter made available to ElombahNews, the organisation noted that after undertaking a research of the airfare charged by Ethiopian Airline in Nigeria, the organisation noticed that there existed a very wide array of disparity between the fares passengers pay to different destinations from Enugu compared to other International airports in Nigeria.

Igbo Ekunie noted that a situation where a passenger from Kuala Lumpur pays N343, 000 to fly to Enugu, while the same passenger would pay N170, 000 to fly to Lagos or N192, 000 to Kano is highly discriminately against Ndigbo who mostly fly to and from Enugu.

Disparities were noticed on other routes as well.

Igbo Ekunie further noted that beyond being a monopoly on the Enugu route, there was no other logical justification for such wide fare disparities by the same airline flying to the same country.

Maazi Tochukwu Ezeoke and Mr Agu Onwuamaeze the head of the Economic Directorate, made their stance clear in the letter signed by the President of the organisation

They argued that the fare disparities have forced a lot of people to travel to other cities rather than go through Enugu to save cost.
n responding to the letter addressed to the company CEO, the Ethiopian Airline manager at Enugu airport, Mr Solomon Mekonnen, thanked Igbo Ekunie for taking the time to write.

He promised that they have immediately started reviewing all their fares to Enugu and making the necessary adjustments.

“we are working with our pricing department for some adjustments on our fares, and within few days we will adjust our fares where we have a huge fare difference compared to Lagos or Abuja” he said.

In a recent communication to Igbo Ekunie, the Ethiopian Airline confirmed that they have lived up to their promise by reviewing the fares and adjusting them to reflect fair pricing comparable to other routes in Nigeria.

The Airline further informed the organisation of their new route to Enugu from  Manchester United  Kingdom,  Chicago United States, and Barcelona Spain effective this December, and also their plans to increase their services to Enugu from three to four days a week.

It will be recalled that the Ethiopian Airline started flying into Enugu since August 2014, and they recently landed a Boeing 787 900 series in Enugu in January this year as a testament to its growing customer base.

They carried the most international passengers from Nigeria of any airline in 2017.

Igbo Ekunie, therefore, calls on all passengers from the South East and surrounding states to increase their patronage of Ethiopian Airline via Akanu Ibiam International Airport since the fares have been adjusted to reflect fair pricing comparable to other routes in Nigeria.

The organisation also reasons that improved patronage through Enugu will also help keep the airfares competitive, and lead to further increases in the frequency of Ethiopian Airline international flights to Enugu.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ_4G97zHz4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfLyPng7Bfg

Enugu airport obstructing masts to be dismantled.

At last the Enugu state government has given approval for the dismantling of two obstructing masts on runway 08 and a community market at the other end to ensure security. The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria FAAN Engr Saleh Dunoma disclosed this in a chat with aviation journalists at the gateway forum of the League of Airports and Aviation Correspondents in Lagos. According to Engr Dunoma, the governor of Enugu state last week during the visit of aviation Minister to the governor ordered the dismantling of the two masts and relocation of the community market to give way for proper expansion and to ensure security of the airport. Dunoma explained that restiveness from communities around the airport has warded off contractors installing the lighting facilities at the airport adding that all the lighting facilities were on ground but could not be installed as a result of hostilities from the communities around the airport. It will be recalled that concerned authorities in the aviation sector had on several occasions called for actions in the dismantling of two obstructing masts on the runway 08 of the Akanu Ibiam international airport Enugu as it posed as danger to safety. The masts which remained threat to air safety are located at the take off end of the runway 08 of the Akanu Ibiam international airport Enugu making it difficult for aircraft to ascend directly. Daily Times carried out investigation with a visit to the manager of Akanu Ibiam International Airport Enugu, who disclosed that several letters have been written to both NCAA and the Enugu state government to dismantle one of masts belonging to Enugu State Broadcasting Service (ESBS) while the NCAA should carry out its oversight functions. A source told our correspondent that the people charged with the responsibility of bringing down the masts were either playing politics or waiting for the worst to happen before they take action. “We can not continue like this and watch things go bad. For goodness sake, we have the authorities in charge of this and they are waiting for calamity to occur before they swing into action, it’s really bad” International flight operations commenced in Enugu in 2013 with the introduction of the only international airline, Ethiopian Airlines which led to the expansion of the runway from its original condition of 2,500 metres length to 3,000 metres length or 3km to be able to accommodate medium size and big aircraft. It was gathered that the Enugu state government has done little or nothing to improve the status of the airport by constructing facilities such as Very Important Personality lounge like the Kaduna sand Imo state governments did to compliment the contributions of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria. It was gathered further that the airport risks certification hence the government especially the Enugu state, must work with the FAAN management to dismantle the barriers.

Read more at: https://dailytimes.ng/enugu-airport-obstructing-masts-dismantled/

Looking forward to Enugu to Guangzhou-China direct flight with the delivery of airpeace 777-200 aircraft.
Haters will keep hating while Enugu international air traffic will keep increasing.

Air Peace Takes Delivery of New B777 Aircraft

Nigerian carrier, Air Peace, has taken delivery of one of its newly acquired Boeing B777-200 aircraft in preparation for its commencement of international operations.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 274 capacity aircraft, christened “Ikechukwu “, touched down at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 3.30 pm on Friday.

The aircraft, which was flown in by Capt. Victor Efionu and his team, was received by the Chairman of Air Peace, Mr Allen Onyema and other top aviation personnel.

Onyema said Air Peace recently began flights to Banjul, Freetown and Dakar in the West Coast of Africa, stressing that it would soon start flights on international destinations including Dubai, Guangzhou-China, London, Houston, Mumbai and South Africa.

“Air Peace is ready to begin operations on these routes as soon as we get the cooperation of our aviation agencies, our home governments, and the outside governments of the countries we are going to .

As soon as we get their cooperation, we will make it happen, ” Onyema said.

According to him, what Air Peace has done in less than three years of operations shows clearly that Nigerian airlines can compete and even perform better than the legacy airlines if there is a level playing field.

” This is the first time a Nigerian carrier is acquiring a B777. What we have had in the past is through leases which were not favourable to the airline operators.

“So, I don’t believe that Nigerian airlines cannot compete favourably with the others. What we have been lacking is the necessary support.

“Within the last three years, we have been able to increase our fleet size to 24 aircraft. That is rapid growth and we are still growing stronger,” he said.

Onyema further dispelled insinuations that Nigerian airlines were not safe, noting that Air Peace spent up to $2.5 million annually in maintaining a single aircraft on its fleet.

“So, in terms of safety, we can assure our guests of the very best because even our technical partners is a firm from the United Kingdom.

“Air Peace cannot be said to be weak or indebted and if there are airlines that are going through that, they should come out and name them instead of generalising, ” he added.

The Air Peace chairman also reiterated his opposition to the Single African Air Transportation Market (SAATM), stressing that it was of little or no benefit to Nigerian airlines.

He said currently, the treaty does not favour Nigeria because other countries use high charges to discourage Nigerian airlines from operating to their cities.

According to him, when their own airlines come to Nigeria, they pay relatively less charges than what they level Nigerian carriers.(NAN)

ChimaAdeoye:
Please stop responding to that Afonja. The more you do, the more he thinks you are dumb and he has deceived you by merely claiming he is igbo. Let him use google translate to also write Igbo and think nobody knows about that too. Biko, Stop being deceived by their antics to be Igbo this or that. Just ignore them to spew their bitterness and hatred. We share a country with horribly hateful fellows we call "compatriots"

If you scroll back this thread a few pages, you will see where they argued Enugu was more expensive. Then they argued, ET was unsafe. Now they are arguing it has layover. They are sooooooooooo bitter. You could see for yourself that they mischivously closed down the airport in it's busiest week in December. Please do not let them deceive you by claiming they are Igbo this or that. The same people that conspired to kill Onitsha seaport using similar deceitful and totally false talk are having sleepless night with AIIA, Enugu. They want Igbo to have no access whatsoever to the outside world without first going to their region. That is why you must ignore their silly excuses and just do what needs to be done.

I have flow that route from USA about 4 times now and you rarely stay in Addis Ababa for more than 3-4 hours. Notice that he deliberately chose to begin his trip on Tuesday or Thursday so that he would have missed the Enugu bound flight and would then have a long layover. If you book such flight on ET website, they immediately suggest alternate days for your trip. If he could start a trip on 13th, he could very well start it on the 12 or the 14th and he won't have any long layover, but he chose 13th because he was very mischievous to claim there is a long layover. I started the trip on March 12th instead of 13th he mischievously chose. You can see for yourself that it is only in the return flight that you have more than 3 hours layover.

Layover at Addis Ababa is the shortest compared to using Air France or Virgin to Abuja or Lagos from USA. Infact in one trip i almost missed the Enugu flight because the layover was just 30 minutes from when the plane that brought us from Washington touched down in Addis Ababa. Usually the one hour layover from Washington DC is like 30-40 minutes because the Washington flight is always delayed.
Please don't let these wicked people deceive you. NEVER believe any word they say. They are out to deceive you out of their senseless undiluted hatred.

I agree with your analysis 100%.

I agree with your analysis.

FAAN completes repairs of Enugu Airport runway



The repair of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, runway has been completed, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said in Lagos on Monday.
Mrs Herrienta Yakubu, the General Manager, Corporate Affairs, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the runway is now open for full operations following its completion.

She said FAAN’s team of engineers led by the Managing Director, Mr Saleh Dunoma, inspected the project and certified it as meeting the required standards.

Yakubu apologised to travellers and other stakeholders for the inconveniences caused by the partial closure of the runway to pave way for its rehabilitation.

NAN reports that the first phase of the repairs was executed from Dec. 14 to Dec. 21, 2017 while the second phase started from Dec. 27, 2017 to Jan. 4.

During the period, the airport was open for operation only between 7.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. to enable the contractor to use the working hours to do the job to ensure a “stable and even surface” of the runway.

The project was, however, delayed for a few days before the runway was finally opened for full flight operations.


https://guardian.ng/business-services/aviation-business/faan-completes-repairs-of-enugu-airport-runway/

PDPGuy:
^^
The 787 only needs a 1.9km runway, which is its minimum landing distance. The landing distance is always longer than the take-off distance.
And Enugu's runway is about 3km long, so there won't be problems for that plane to operate in and out of Enugu.

On 18th of January, boeing 787-900 dreamliner landed at Enugu airport.

Which other type of aircraft cant land at enugu because of the distance of the runaway apart from A380?

Boeing 787 departing Enugu Airport on 20-01-2018.
Passenger traffic isvreally increasing.

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Boeing 787 arriving Akanu Ibiam International Airport Enugu on 20-01-2018

Who said that large aircraft can't land at Enugu airport runway?
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Cjrane2:
Oga mi,
I know a flight landed today in Enugu and took the passengers who had been stranded since Tuesday. it's not today's flight that were referenced to in the previous post.

They diverted Enugu flights to Lagos on last Tuesday January 2nd 2018 and again on Tuesday December 26th 2017.
They made a lot of people trying to fly out of Enugu last Tuesday stranded at the airport as they asked them to board a flight to Lagos or come back on Thursday (Today). They had suddenly diverted the flight to Lagos as it approached Enugu without even informing Ethiopian airlines. So we had to take back our already checked in luggage.

They also diverted the flight of Thursday December 28th 2017 to Port harcourt and then recalled it back to Enugu a few minutes before it landed in Port harcourt.

The diversion could have been due to the wheather condition (harmattan) at the airport or due to the so called palliative work on the runway?

Does anyone know if the palliative work on the runway has been completed as it was meant to be completed on the 4th of January?

Cjrane2:
These wicked people are still diverting Enugu flights to Lagos!

Didn't they say their runway "repair" was going to last from 22nd of december to 27th december 2017 and only after 3:00pm?

This is now January , 2018 and they are still diverting Enugu bound flights to Lagos and not even Port Harcourt as they stated in the announcement?

So, how will the passengers get to Enugu if they were not told they will be going to Lagos until the last minute?

Flights are landing. It is just that it is beign delayed (sometimes lands in Lagos before proceeding to Enugu) due to the harmattan.

Below is from Wilson Uche facebook post showing the arrival of the flights at Enugu Airport.I think he is the Etiopian Airline marketing manager based in Enugu

Todays 4th of December at Ajanu Ibiam International airport.
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PDPGuy:
^^
I thought the airport is closed. Or have they opened it without the knowledge of the media?

BTW, it’s nice that Ethiopian Airlines has brought the A350 to Enugu, which is a sign of increasing passenger numbers.

The airport is partially closed to enable the useless FAAN complete some work on the runway