Ebonyi International Cargo Airport will commence its maiden test flight operations in the next few days.

Site Manager of the project, Engr. Frank Ngwu said that the Airport was ready for continuous flight operations.

Ngwu, Special Assistant to the Governor David Umahi on Infrastructural Development noted the airport has the largest terminal in the country.

“We are ready for the test flight, as you can see, we are here at the runway, and you can see the level of the marking of the runway. We can say that 95 percent of the runway has been marked and it will be concluded in the next 3 days”.

“The level of infrastructure that has been put in this place, you will be amazed at the level of modern equipment here, they are all made in Europe and the best and latest equipment in the aviation industry.

“You can see also that the terminal building that we have here is the single largest terminal building in Nigeria, our apron is also the single biggest apron in Nigeria, 133 thousand square meters.

“The International wing is 60, 000 square meters, the domestic wing apron is 60,000 square meters”.

He stated that everything has been put in place like the Emergency Operation Center(EOC), the police post, and Immigration office.

“Other buildings within the airport like substations, halls, the switch rooms they are all completed. The metrology equipment both those within and outside the airport have been installed”, he said

Ngwu commended Governor David Umahi for the vision of the project which he noted has been constructed to be the best, and biggest in Africa and sub-Saharan Africa.

‘Governor David Umahi has big heart, his quest for speedy development of his State and people as demonstrated here and around us is unprecedented. (The Nation)