SAN FRANCISCO, December 17, (THEWILL) – The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has stated that the newly completed terminal building at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, will process 15 million passengers annually when it begins operations.
This was revealed by Engineer Saleh Dunoma, the Managing Director of FAAN, on Sunday in Abuja, adding that the terminal building was designed essentially to transport passengers.
He said the terminal building would be inaugurated on Dec. 20 to enhance the operational capacity of the airport and
would bring about expansion to the airport.
The FAAN boss disclosed that the current carrying capacity of the airport was 7.5 million passengers per annum adding that passengers would begin to enjoy comfort and efficient services.
He said the terminal was built and equipped with modern facilities such as modern check-in, baggage handling and security facilities.
“Currently, Abuja is doing like 7.5 million passengers annually in the old terminal, both domestic and international.
“It is essentially designed for passengers, it is not the kind of terminal where you have several offices and aviances, it is just designed for passenger purposes and duty offices only.
“So, most of the offices are going to remain in the old facility and then we will provide posts for the agencies that will participate in the processing of passengers.
“All the passenger-handling facilities like the modern security equipment that are important for security are available in the new terminal.
“We have modern check-in facility, we have modern baggage handling facility, and we have modern security surveillance gadget in the terminal.
“It is a lot of departure from what we had in the existing facility and the arrangement is for the passenger-flow to be more efficient than what we had in the old terminal building,” he said.
Dunoma said that there were plans to make sure that the old and new terminals work together to ensure connectivity adding that the authority will change its modalities of operations by providing free trolleys and WiFi services for all passengers in the new terminal.
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