Asaba Airport Will Be Air Peace Airline's Operational Hub — Okowa
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Wednesday
The governor said this while presenting the 2019 budget proposal to the state House of Assembly in Asaba.
"The management of Air Peace Airline has indicated interest to make Asaba Airport its operational hub where it can quickly build its maintenance hangers.
"We have made considerable progress in our quest to make Asaba Airport an international gateway following the successful completion of the runway rehabilitation work.
"The airport has been approved and upgraded to a Category 6 Airport to receive and dispatch large aircraft by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority.
"Nigeria's premier carrier, Air Peace Airline, resumed daily scheduled flight operations in and out of Asaba Airport on Monday, 8th
The governor said that plans to concession the airport had also reached
"We are confident that the concession will ensure that we
"We have received strong interests from both local and international investors in the concession exercise and we expect the airport to be fully concessioned in 2019.
"In this regard, we published a formal "Request for Proposal" in national newspapers on Tuesday, 9th October, 2018," he said.
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