The Ebonyi State Government has announced that the installation and connection of airfield lighting to electricity is progressing rapidly and that full operations at the Chuba Okadigbo International Airport will resume in August 2025.

The Commissioner for Aviation and Transport Technology, Mrs Ngozi Obichukwu, made this known in a statement signed and issued to newsmen in Abakaliki on Saturday.

She emphasised that the expert in airfield lighting installation and connection, along with other engineers handling the project, is working at full speed to complete the connection within two weeks.

The commissioner, however, urged air travellers, particularly customers from Ogeb, Obubra, Itigidi, Boki, Okigwe, and surrounding areas, as well as other parts of Abia, Abuja, and Lagos State, to purchase their tickets and fly through the Chuba Okadigbo Airport, Onueke, Ezza South LGA.

The statement reads in part: “The expert in airfield lighting system installation and other engineers handling this project are on the fast lane, trying to maximise two weeks to conclude the installation and hooking up of the airfield lighting system to electricity powerhouse.

“As a result of the above, we shall resume our usual flight lifting on 19th August, 2025. We urge our esteemed customers to purchase their tickets and fly through the United Nigeria Airline to Chuba Okadigbo International Airport, Onueke, Ezza South LGA.

“The United Nigeria Airline flies Abuja to Abakaliki and Abakaliki to Abuja, likewise from Lagos to Abakaliki and Abakaliki to Lagos,” she inferred.