FAAN collapses make shift tent at P/Harcourt Airport
FAAN collapses make shift tent at P/Harcourt Airport
.........Moves local operations to old international terminal
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), said on Wednesday that it has collapsed the make shift tent at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, Rivers State.
Its spokesperson, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu disclosed to The Nation. She said the move was occasioned by the recent commissioning and movement of international operations to the new international terminal at Port Harcourt International Airport.
She said with the development, all domestic arrivals have now moved to the old international terminal.
Mrs Yakubu said the former local departure lounge will henceforth serve as local arrival hall, while the erstwhile international departure lounge has now been converted to local departure lounge.
Last week, three foreign airlines commenced flight services into the Port Harcourt International Airport.
The airlines include : Air France, Lufthansa and Cronos Airlines from Malabo, Equatorial Guinea commenced operations into the airport.
Yakubu said the terminal became fully operational when movement of agencies and installation of technical facilities were concluded.
Cronos Airlines arrived from Accra, Ghana followed by Lufthansa from Frankfurt and Air France from Paris .
According to Yakubu, the terminal, measuring 27, 000 square metres, has the capacity to process five million passengers per annum.
President Muhammadu Buhari, had in October 2018, inaugurated the new terminal, saying that it had become necessary for the government to take decisive action to ensure that the nation’s airport terminals met minimum international standards for the travelling public.
He said the construction of four new international terminals at Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt and Kano airports was embarked upon by the Federal Government with a view to modernising ageing airport infrastructure so that they could meet global aviation standards.
The President said with the increase in national population with the consequent surge in air passenger traffic, the capacity of the airport terminals had become woefully inadequate to cater to the increase in passenger traffic.
“Although palliative measures were periodically carried out, the facilities were fast giving-in to the effects of wear and tear. It, therefore, became necessary to take decisive action to ensure that our terminals meet minimum international standards for the travelling public,” he said.
The Minister of State for Aviation,Hadi Sirika, also stated that about $600m had been expended on the Lagos, Kano, Abuja and Port Harcourt airports since 2014.
According to him, the China Exim Bank provided a $500m loan in the same year, while $100m was provided by the Federal Government as counterpart funding.
.........Moves local operations to old international terminal
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), said on Wednesday that it has collapsed the make shift tent at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, Rivers State.
Its spokesperson, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu disclosed to The Nation. She said the move was occasioned by the recent commissioning and movement of international operations to the new international terminal at Port Harcourt International Airport.
She said with the development, all domestic arrivals have now moved to the old international terminal.
Mrs Yakubu said the former local departure lounge will henceforth serve as local arrival hall, while the erstwhile international departure lounge has now been converted to local departure lounge.
Last week, three foreign airlines commenced flight services into the Port Harcourt International Airport.
The airlines include : Air France, Lufthansa and Cronos Airlines from Malabo, Equatorial Guinea commenced operations into the airport.
Yakubu said the terminal became fully operational when movement of agencies and installation of technical facilities were concluded.
Cronos Airlines arrived from Accra, Ghana followed by Lufthansa from Frankfurt and Air France from Paris .
According to Yakubu, the terminal, measuring 27, 000 square metres, has the capacity to process five million passengers per annum.
President Muhammadu Buhari, had in October 2018, inaugurated the new terminal, saying that it had become necessary for the government to take decisive action to ensure that the nation’s airport terminals met minimum international standards for the travelling public.
He said the construction of four new international terminals at Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt and Kano airports was embarked upon by the Federal Government with a view to modernising ageing airport infrastructure so that they could meet global aviation standards.
The President said with the increase in national population with the consequent surge in air passenger traffic, the capacity of the airport terminals had become woefully inadequate to cater to the increase in passenger traffic.
“Although palliative measures were periodically carried out, the facilities were fast giving-in to the effects of wear and tear. It, therefore, became necessary to take decisive action to ensure that our terminals meet minimum international standards for the travelling public,” he said.
The Minister of State for Aviation,Hadi Sirika, also stated that about $600m had been expended on the Lagos, Kano, Abuja and Port Harcourt airports since 2014.
According to him, the China Exim Bank provided a $500m loan in the same year, while $100m was provided by the Federal Government as counterpart funding.
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