The Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos has been rated Africa’s 5th busiest airport and the fastest growing airport in the continent in terms of passenger volume. With passenger volume doubling to 15 million from the 2014 figure of 7.5 million, MMIA is rated as one of the fastest growing in Africa.
The Nnamdi Azikiwe Internation Airport, Abuja is rated as the 12th most busiest following Hurghada International Airport, Hurghada, Egypt which is 6th after MMIA, Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Tunis-Carthage Airport Tunis, and King Shaka International Airport, Durban, South Africa in that order.
It is also projected that with its current growth rate, the Murtala Muhammed International Airport and other major airports in the country would benefit from the increased passenger movement with the expansion of the terminal facilities.
Spokesman of FAAN, Mr Yakubu Dati explained that FAAN would be processing over 20 million passengers annually from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
He hinted that the existing 15 million passengers processed annually would be boosted when the new international terminal with the capacity for another 15 million passengers comes on stream late 2016.
Dati explained that the poor rating of Nigeria’s airports in the past gave impetus to FAAN and the Federal Government to reposition airport facilities and the result of that effort has improved the rating of the nation’s airports.
He said the new airport terminal would epitomise modernity with the latest flight information display system, the latest electronic gadgets and facilities for easy movement of check-in passengers.
