Apparently unfazed by the viability hurdle facing airports nationwide, Abia and Edo State governments are warming up to invest state resources into new aerodromes in their domains. The Guardian learnt that the current administration in Abia, in its twilight, had inspected a proposed site in Ikwuano Local Government, while Edo has lately secured Federal Government’s approval to build Auchi Airport.
Apparently unfazed by the viability hurdle facing airports nationwide, Abia and Edo State governments are warming up to invest state resources into new aerodromes in their domains.Apparently unfazed by the viability hurdle facing airports nationwide, Abia and Edo State governments are warming up to invest state resources into new aerodromes in their domains.
He said: “The charting of the airport is already ongoing to ensure the safety measures required for an approval of the airport project as safety is the main consideration. We want to make sure that the approaches for landing into the airport runway are clear and safe for landing, and will not endanger the aircraft.
“From the transportation standpoint, it makes a lot of commercial sense to have an airport in Edo North. More importantly, there are emerging businesses, particularly in the areas of mining, and academia. There are two cement companies producing over six million tonnes of cement in this axis. There are a lot of activities to support an airport in this area,” he said.
The International Air Transport Association had stated that for an airport to be viable and self-sustaining, it must have at least five million passenger traffic a year. Today, only Lagos and Abuja airports could boast of at least five million passengers in a year. He said the plan in Edo would have made a better sense if the state government had revisited the ruins that have become a once glorious Benin Airport.
“This is very absurd, and a shame on MMIA in 45 years of its existence. Transit or transfer passengers dread Lagos Airport, especially in the evenings. We should be addressing that, not building new airports,” he said.
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