The Maiduguri international airport in Borno State, has been reopened for flight operations almost two years after it was closed.
The federal government has re-opened the Maiduguri airport in Borno State, just about two years after it was shut as a result of insurgenecy in the region.
It was learnt that the re-opening of the airport became necessary because of the movement of the headquarters of the army to the state capital in order to ease logistics in the fight against insurgency.
Before the reopening, the airport was used just for military air operations, however, with the re-opening, civil aircraft movement could take place at the airport in the form of charter services, personal aircraft flight and helicopter services.
Since the airport was closed, it had had adverse effect to the economic activities of the state as government officials, business organisations among others found it extremely difficult traveling to Maiduguri as road transport became more precarious due to the activities of the terrorists.