Terminal 1 Archives - Aviation metric

Our emergency response to MMIA Terminal 1 fire was very good-Capt. Mahmood

Posted on March 2, 2026 by Wole Shadare

Captain Abdullahi Zubeir Mahmood is the Director of Airport Operations at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). In this interview with WOLE SHADARE, he speaks about the fire that gutted the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Terminal 1 last week and how the coordination by various groups in the aviation ecosystem helped to avert what would have amounted to a national tragedy and other issues concerning the inferno The fire incident at MMIA last week caused significant…

Kuku justifies N712bn Lagos airport rebuild project, says Terminal I obsolete

Posted on October 6, 2025 by Wole Shadare

The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs Olubunmi Kuku, stated that Terminal One of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, is not only obsolete but also an infrastructure that has outlived its lifespan. She lamented that the facility that was built 50 years ago had not undergone major rehabilitation, stressing that it had not undergone rehabilitation ever since the facility was constructed. Kuku further stated that a lot of…

Why $447 million not much for Lagos terminal 1 reconstruction, other facilities-Minister

Posted on August 3, 2025August 3, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Kano, Abuja, P’H int’l terminal grossly underutilised with less than 30% traffic BPE scrutinised, fixed cost The Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, built to facilitate nearly 600,000 annual passenger traffic, has been over-stretched, coupled with decrepit facilities that have made air travel cumbersome despite all palliative measures over the years to give it a facelift. The terminal currently processes more than 12 million international and regional passengers annually; a situation that puts pressure on…