Minister petitions IATA over Osubi airport code ‘QRW’, orders airlines to drop ‘Warri’ label

Minister petitions IATA over Osubi airport code ‘QRW’, orders airlines to drop ‘Warri’ label

In a bid to resolve lingering geographic and operational misalignments in Nigeria’s airspace data, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has formally petitioned the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to review the three-letter location code assigned to Osubi Airport in Delta State. The airport currently operates under the IATA code QRW and the ICAO indicator DNSU. Keyamo argues that the existing IATA code leans heavily on the broader Warri identity rather than…

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