Abuja's Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport handled almost 5,000 domestic flights in December alone, making it the second busiest airport in the country. Temporary homeDuring the closure, flights will be re-routed to the much smaller Kaduna airport around 200 kilometers north. 🇳🇬 pic.twitter.com/uuhjTChjAj — Hadi Sirika (@hadisirika) March 3, 2017A free shuttle bus service to Abuja will be provided for arrivals at Kaduna airport. A new train line connect Abuja with Kaduna, but the capital's economy is still likely to suffer during the airport closure. "But I think it is hugely embarrassing that the nation's capital will have no airport for six weeks -- that's the disaster."

Source: CNN March 08, 2017 04:52 UTC