As plans are underway to commission the Gateway International Airport (GWI), Iperu, Ogun, for commercial flight operations, ValueJet has announced commencement of flight operations from the airport on Oct. 7.
The Accountable Manager/ Managing Director, valueJet, Capt. Omololu Majekodunmi made the disclosure in a statement on Friday in Lagos.
According to Majekodunmi, the carrier will be operating two weekly flights to Abuja for now on Tuesday and Thursday at 8.30 a.m. and from Abuja to GWI at 4.00 p.m.
He said tickets would be available as of Sept. 25 online, through travel agents and at the airport.
According to him, as part of its expansion programme, the airline will serve the growing demand in Ogun and offer an alternative to Lagos and Ibadan for those within the GWI, Iperu catchment area.
He added that the GWI, Iperu’s strategic location is in Ilishan/Iperu, Ogun, Nigeria, near the Sagamu Interchange and the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
“This prime position offers easy access from key economic centres, functions as an alternative to Lagos’s Murtala Muhammed Airport, and places it adjacent to an agro-industrial processing zone and a free zone.
“Positioning it as a major hub for both cargo exports and regional trade,” he said.
Majekodunmi expressed the airline’s excitement to operate to the GWI Airport as soon as it is commissioned for take-off of flight operations.
He also highlighted its growth trajectory in the past three years of its flight operations, affirming that it had leveraged passenger trust, partnerships and team work to redefine the travel experience in the routes it connected across the country.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that GWI Airport, Iperu Illisan-Remo, Ogun, was granted Aerodrome Operational Permit by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Aug. 15.
The approval allowed the airport to operate scheduled commercial air transport flights.
Recall that the facilities at the airport shows a 4-kilometre (4,000-metre) long and 60-metre-wide runway, which is one of the longest and widest in the West African sub-region.
This design allows it to accommodate wide-body and ultra-long-haul aircraft, including a Boeing 777, A350 and other aircraft types.
