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The Delta State Government on Friday said it was making plans to upgrade the Asaba International Airport to a category 9 Airport to enable it to receive bigger planes.
A Category 9 airport is one whose Rescue and Fire Fighting Services (RFFS) are capable of handling aircraft as large as the Airbus A330/A340 or Boeing B777.
Austin Ayemidejor, a special projects director of the airport, disclosed this to reporters shortly after the arrival of United Nigeria Airline’s maiden flight to Asaba.
The airline, marked 5N-BWZ, which carried passengers from Lagos, touched down at the Asaba airport at 11.40a.m.