Maiduguri -The Borno government on Tuesday said it was hopeful that prospective Muslim pilgrims from the state would be airlifted to Saudi Arabia for the 2015 Hajj from the reopened Maiduguri International Airport.
The Deputy Governor, Alhaji Zanna Mustapha, expressed the hope while inspecting facilities at the airport.
He said facilities at the airport had been certified by regulatory authorities for flight operations.
He added that Medview Airline would begin daily commercial flights at the airport on Lagos-Abuja- Maiduguri route in few days time.
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Mustapha said other private airline operators had also signified interest in running commercial flights at the airport.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the airport was reopened in June since it was shut
in December 2014 because of insurgency and insecurity issues. (NAN)
