Akwa Ibom State is on its way to becoming an international airport.
This has become necessary as a result of high demands by Cameroonians to fly directly into Nigeria.
Speaking to IgbereTV correspondents shortly after the last State Executive Council meeting for 2019, the Secretary to the Akwa Ibom State Government, Dr Emmanuel Ekuwem, maintained that “there’s a demand from our neighbouring country, Cameroon, for Cameroonians to be connected directly to Lagos or Abuja instead of flying to Lome(Togo) before connecting a flight to Abuja or Lagos.”
He said that Cameroon to Uyo, Abuja or Lagos was within the approved routes of Ibom Air, adding that the airline will connect Douala with Abuja, Lagos or Uyo in its flight operations.
“As you can see, the International Terminal Building of our airport is coming up very soon; we are going to have our international terminal ready for international flights before the year 2020 runs out.”
