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Okpolupm Etteh, the state commissioner for special duties, made this known during a tour of the airport in Uyo, the state capital, on Thursday.
The construction of the terminal building which is modeled after Istanbul’s airport terminal in Turkey began in July 2019.
Etteh said when completed, the terminal building would handle both domestic and international flights.
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He said the project was earlier projected to be completed in December 2021 but added that COVID-19 disrupted the plan.
“If not for COVID-19, we were looking at completing this project by December this year, but now, we are looking at the middle of next year, there is nothing we can do. Even the roofing sheets, we are still expecting them from Turkey,” he said.
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Ibom Air takes delivery of two new Airbus A220 aircraft soon
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By Chioma Onuegbu Uyo
NIGERIAN Airline, owned by Akwa Ibom State government, Ibom Air, has concluded arrangement to take delivery of two brand new Airbus A220 aircraft this month, bringing the number of aircraft in the fleet to seven.
The Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Ibom Air, Mr. George Uriesi, disclosed this on Friday, during the ceremony of the signing of “Dana-Ibom Air Alliance”, the first-ever domestic airline codeshare agreement at the Corporate headquarters of Ibom Air, at the Victor Attah International Airport Uyo.
Uriesi also disclosed that Ibom Air which operates multiple daily flights between Uyo, Lagos, Abuja, Calabar and Enugu would be launching the Port Harcourt destination from June, 7, 2021.