The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) reopened the Port Harcourt International Airport Omagwa in Rivers State.
The reopening was announced by the General Manager, Corporate Affairs, FAAN, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, in a statement on Sunday, January 5, 2020.
The statement reads; “The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria wishes to inform the general public that the Port Harcourt International Airport has now been re-opened for operations.
“This is following a careful evaluation and mitigation of the impact of the bush fire earlier reported around the airport and the dissipation of smokes around the air side,” she said.
According to her, normal flight activities have therefore re-commenced at the airport, and assured that FAAN was committed to its core values of safety, security and comfort of passengers and airport users.
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