Foreign carriers relocate to new international terminal of Lagos Airport

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Foreign carriers relocate to new international terminal of Lagos Airport The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Thursday flagged off the redirecting of passengers processing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA ), Lagos through the New International Terminal. The new arrangement- expedited relocation to the New International Terminal of the MMIA, it was learnt came on the heels of the unfortunate fire incident that occurred at the International Terminal on Wednesday, September 6, 2023. Confirming the development, FAAN's Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Abdullahi Yakubu - Funtua said the airport is responding to speedy passenger facility and the need to give airport users a good deal. Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo last week during his maiden visit to Lagos airport directed FAAN to relocate airlines to the New International Terminal for the shutdown of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Terminal 1 by October 1, 2023 with a view to improving passenger experience and for total overhaul of the terminal. Yakubu - Funtua said :" We intend to make this movement as seamless as possible but appeal to all travellers to please be at the airport early enough to complete their check-in formalities on time in order not to miss their flight." But, passengers have described the relocation as agonizing as the facilities appears overstretched. Speaking in separate interviews, they said some carriers are adjusting their schedules to meet up with the new arrangement. Some of the airi b es b that have moved include : British Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways, KLM/ Air France and other carriers Before the ministerial directive five airlines - South AfricanAirways, Qatar Airways, ASKY Airlines, African World Airlines were already professing flights from the new terminal. Commenting on the development, Man aging Director , Sabre West Africa and former President , Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative (ASRTI), Dr Gbenga Olowo urged FAAN to relocate regional flights to the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2). Olowo said :" FAAN should hurry to move West Coast pasenders to MMA2 with all the logistics should their be capacity limitations resulting to delays. This is work in progress. Making use of what we have to get what we need." But, an industry player who pledged not to named said :" However, how does this accommodate airlines with alliances? Even within same terminal there are issues of facilitation. For example some airlines have interlines to take their pax to other destinations how do you navigate that from MMA2 especially with no connection between both terminals and the pepertual traffic between both axis?"

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