Asaba International Airport, front view. |
Asaba International Airport today,
Sunday, December 15, 2019, hosted the successful landing of an indigenous
airline, Azman Air, a Boeing 737 aircraft, on its maiden commercial flight.
The aircraft, marked SN-AIS touched
down the airports runway at exactly 4.25 p.m. operated by Captain Ibrahim
Mamman who described the landing experience as “okay and very comfortable. So
far, so good,” he said, adding that “This is airport is one of the best
airports in the country.”
In the flight was the Managing
Director of the Azman Air, Dr. faisal Abdulmunaf, accompanied and the Chief
Policy Adviser to the Governor of Delta state, Prof. Sylvester Monye.
Abdilmunaf expressed delight at the
commencement of operations in Delta, saying four flights a week to and from
Asaba would be on Abuja route while two flights a week would be via the Lagos
route.
According to him, the airline has
aircraft that with capacity for 148, 124 and 110 passengers at a time. He was
later conducted round the airport facilities, an experience he said he greatly
appreciated.
Commissioner for Information, Mr
Charles Aniagwu, described the AZMAN flight, which heralds the commencement of
official use of Asaba airport by the airline as one of the payoffs from the
development efforts of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.
He said with the new airline coming on
board and prospects for others to join increase the flight options to and from
Asaba, the investment by the governor in upgrading facilities in the airport
was well made.
Prof. Monye who said he appreciated
the Managing Director of Azman Air, Dr. Abdulmunaf for the prompt way he went
about getting the aircraft to commence its flight operations, saying: “We spoke
about two weeks and he called me to say they were coming to Asaba.”
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