By Uche Mbah
Airpeace, Friday, made history as the first airline to land its aircraft at the newly approved Anambra International Cargo Airport at Umuleri, Anambra state.
This was done when the airline landed two aircraft- a Boeing 737 and an Embrear 145-at the newly constructed, and approved airport.
The flights were demonstrations for the unveiling of the Airport in Anambra state.
The Boeing 737 is different from the 737 Max that was grounded worldwide due to computer glitches that resulted in few crashes.
The Aircraft, however, has been given a clean bill of health and has resumed flights.
Speaking at the event, the Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, thanked the Federal Government for the speedy approval of the project, noting that the Umuleri Cargo airport is one of the ‘fastest airports to be approved, even for a test-flight’.
“What we have here is the widest runway ever and could land a Boeing 777 and an Airbus 380. This is the first time an airport would be doing a test-run with a Boeing 737. It used to be very small planes before”, he said.
Hundreds of excited and happy people were present to welcome the first flights to the Anambra airport.
The Airport is expected to generate lots of jobs for indigenes of the state.
