Passenger traffic up by over 23% in 12 years-Dunoma

The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority (FAAN), Saleh Dunoma, has said that in the past 12 years, passenger traffic at the airports increased from 4.4milion to 15million per annum (over 23 per cent), adding that the authority is expanding its capacity to accommodate envisaged growth.

 He also said the new international terminals being constructed simultaneously in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano and Enugu will increase capacity and improve passenger facilitation.

 Dunoma stated this in Abuja when President of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Dr. Olumuyiwa Aliu was inspecting the new terminal under construction.

 He reiterated the authority’s commitment to sustain the standards achieved following the recent ICAO audit.

 He described Aliu as an icon who has positively impacted the aviation globally emphasizing that his policy of, “No country left behind” has addressed the challenges faced by the sector especially in developing countries.

 The ICAO President was accompanied by Com Martins Nwafor, the Nigerian Representative at ICAO council, Mr Mam Saint Jalo, ICAO Regional Director for West and Central Africa, senior officials from the Ministry and heads of aviation agencies.

Meanwhile, Aliu called on aviation agencies to imbibe the culture of human capacity building in order to meet technological demands in the sector.