Med-View Airline (Kano) and Arik Air (W3, Lagos) have confirmed that they will both switch their respective Abuja Abuja Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport operations to Kaduna for the duration of the former's closure on account of runway upgrade works.

In a statement, MedView Airline said flights to Abuja from each of Lagos, Maiduguri, and Yola would be switched to Kaduna from March 8. The change is likely to end in mid-April when Abuja reopens to traffic.

Arik Air's Chief Executive Officer, Roy Ilegbodu, said separately his carrier would operate a 3x daily service between Kaduna and Lagos alongside daily flights to Accra, Ghana.

“Other destinations to be serviced by the airline from Kaduna are Port Harcourt Awolowo, Ilorin, Sokoto, Gombe, Yola, and Enugu, which will have one daily flight each," he told This Day newspaper.

As recently reported, Dana Air (9J, Lagos) has already confirmed it will be using Kaduna. Other carriers expected to fly into Kaduna include: Azman Air, Aero Contractors, Air Peace, First Nation Airways, and Overland Airways.