Chanchangi, IRS to Resume Flight Operations

Strong indications have emerged that Chanchangi and IRS are likely to resume flight operations by end of the month after several months of stopping operations following technical advise by the regulatory body, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).

Sources at Chanchangi, who preferred anonymity, said: “God’s willing we will be resuming flight operations either on the 12th or 13th of January, 2013.  We will operate Kaduna, Abuja and Lagos routes respectively as soon as we resume duty.

Meanwhile body languages from IRS airline ticketing stand said that they are also likely to re-commence flight operations once the airline’s aircraft is back from maintenance check.

In his words, “Once our machine is back from maintenance check, we will resume flight operations by end of January or first week of February,” he said.

However, a visit by our reporter to both airlines’ offices at Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA2), Ikeja Lagos, the offices were locked but some staffs were seen at their counter attending to official issues.

It could be recalled that both airlines were grounded for reasons which includes: owed workers salaries for month and not having minimum of two airplanes to continue to carry out their flight operations.