FG Plans New Terminals For Lagos International Airport
The federal government is planning two additional terminals to complement the existing ones at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos to accommodate the over 30 airlines operating international flights into the country.
he new terminal which are currently under construction by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, would on completion, run side by side with the old terminal to facilitate the growing member of passengers on international routes.
The old terminal, built over 40 years ago was for about 200,000 passengers but currently processing close to 10 million annually while the new terminal was said not to be enough to accommodate the country growing annual passenger traffic
The General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu said activities would continue in both.
“The MMIA is an edifice and it will be remodelled. We will move activities to the new terminal, then work on one module; upon completion, we will move to another module until it is completely remodelled.’’ She said.
The president, Aviation Roundtable Initiative, Mr Gbenga Olowo, said the old MMIA terminal was long overdue for expansion.
He said, “The terminal we currently have cannot handle the capacity of passengers into and out of the country; it is already overcrowded.
“The School Airport, which it was modelled after, has long been expended to meet passenger needs and now handles 70 million passengers annually, but we are still running the old one built for 200,000 passengers.”
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