The Federal Government has barred
airlines from flying into the Maiduguri airport until March 2014;
documents obtained by our correspondent have shown.
According to a Notice to Airmen sent by
the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency to airline operators, a copy of
which was obtained by our correspondent, the carriers were told that the
airport would no longer be available for flights until March 2014.
In the NOTAM, which was filed through
NAMA’s Aeronautical Information Services, and sent to some Control
Towers across the country, pilots were informed that the Maiduguri
airport was shut during the first week of December and would not be
available until early March next year.
Further investigations by our
correspondent revealed that the Federal Government decided to shut the
airport after Boko Haram insurgents destroyed some equipment belonging
to NAMA.
