- September 11, 2021
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Marine & Aviation, Tourism
Ethiopian Airline has finally announced resumption of flights to Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, would now commence October 1st , 2021 contrary to earlier date of September 15, this year.
The Ethiopian Airline said on Sunday it would resume flights to Enugu as from October 1, two years after it suspended flight to the South-Eastern state.
The airline’s General Manager, Shimeles Arage, who confirmed the proposed resumption in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday, said that every week there would be a flight on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, with B787 Dreamliner.
“Oct. 1 is Nigeria’s Independence Day and the flight to Enugu on that day will reinforce Ethiopian Airline good relations with Nigeria since the first flight to Nigeria in 1960,” he said.
Arage recalled that the airline stopped flights to Enugu in 2019 when the Nigerian aviation authorities closed the airport to refurbish the runway.
He said before the closure of the airport for runway repairs, Ethiopian was the only international airline flying to Enugu
This would be a 3x weekly service (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) to Akanu Ibiam International Airport Enugu.
The Airport was closed for two years for international flights, first for the runway repairs in 2019/2020, later due to COVID-19 restrictions 2020/2021