An aircraft maintenance repair facility and a flight training school for young pilots and auto engineers will soon commence operation at the Gateway International Agro Cargo and Passenger Airport.
The facility, when fully operational, would ensure that aircraft would no longer travel outside Nigeria for routine maintenance.
President of Air First Maintenance and Repair Facility, Gbolahan Abatan, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen shortly after meeting with the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
Abatan noted that the company was looking forward to working with the state government in the development of the aircraft maintenance facility at the agro-cargo airport.
According to him, the company plans to start aircraft assembling at the facility, adding that when fully operational, would create jobs for the locals and indigenes from other states.
He commended Abiodun for building a world-class airport in the state.
In his remarks, the state’s Commissioner for Transportation, Gbenga Dairo, said that the facilities at the airport are first class with the longest runway in the country, adding that the technology being deployed at the airport for aircraft and airport management is the best.
Dairo, while noting that Air First has a track record of excellence in aircraft maintenance, said that the state is delighted with the citing of the foremost aircraft maintenance company at the airport.
