The aircraft with aviation
registration number, NAF 961 made it safe landing in the afternoon; onboard the
plane was the Chief Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar.
registration number, NAF 961 made it safe landing in the afternoon; onboard the
plane was the Chief Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar.
History was made on Friday in Yobe
State as an aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Force, (NAF) made first safe
landing at the Damaturu International Cargo Airport.
State as an aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Force, (NAF) made first safe
landing at the Damaturu International Cargo Airport.
International Cargo Airport when
completed will connect the state with the rest of the world, Governor Mai Mala
Buni said.
completed will connect the state with the rest of the world, Governor Mai Mala
Buni said.
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal
Sadique Baba Abubakar said the airport will serve as a springboard for the air
force to efficiently and effectively execute the ongoing counter-insurgency
operations in the northeast.
Sadique Baba Abubakar said the airport will serve as a springboard for the air
force to efficiently and effectively execute the ongoing counter-insurgency
operations in the northeast.
Although, another aircraft with
aviation registration number N100EK conveying some passengers made another safe
landing at the airport and later took off.
aviation registration number N100EK conveying some passengers made another safe
landing at the airport and later took off.
The multibillion Naira cargo airport
is now about 80% stage of completion and it is the first of its kind in the
northeast sub-region.
is now about 80% stage of completion and it is the first of its kind in the
northeast sub-region.
Aviation stakeholder who witnessed the
landing and taking off of the aircraft at the airport, believed that the
facility has the capacity to propel and turn around the economic fortunes of
the state by creating job opportunities for teeming unemployed youth and
improving the state’s Internally Generated Revenue, (IGR).
landing and taking off of the aircraft at the airport, believed that the
facility has the capacity to propel and turn around the economic fortunes of
the state by creating job opportunities for teeming unemployed youth and
improving the state’s Internally Generated Revenue, (IGR).
