Nigeria Has A New International Airport In Asaba
Aero Contractors is one of a couple of airlines currently flying into Asaba. Photo: Pedro Aragao via Wikimedia Commons. Asaba, the capital city of Delta State in Nigeria, is ready to receive international flights again after the Nigerian Government gave it the tick of approval. According to a report in CH-Aviation, the Government has fast-tracked this approval. Hadi Sirika, Nigeria’s Aviation Minister is reported as saying the airport met “requirements” and that the Government did not want to wait any longer. Asaba is located nearly 500 kilometres due east of Lagos. A census held 13 years ago put the local population at about half a million people. Whilst Asaba has long had an airport, it was previously a ramshackle affair and most locals used Benin City. The ‘new’ airport was rebuilt between 2008 and 2011 by the state government. While the idea of the airport was fine – connecting Asaba locals to wider Nigeria and the world, it was also very mu...