MMA Terminal One Records 14,079 Aircraft Movements In 12 Months

Terminal One of the Murtala Mohammed Airport (MMA), Ikeja recorded a total of 14,079 aircraft movements between July 2020 and June 2021.
The Terminal Manager, Mr. Adekunle Aderibigbe who disclosed this said the terminal has also recorded a total of 1.235,709 passengers, one year after the easing of the COVID-19 lockdown.
Aderibigbe stated that at the restart of operations after the lockdown, passenger turn out was low but it has been encouraging now. “We have appreciable turn out of passengers compared to last year during the restart of activities,” he said
Aderibigbe, who lamented the effect of the covid-19 revealed that activities within the terminal have been sanitized, adding that from the entrance gate to the terminal, sanity has been restored. According to him, the authority stopped ticketing agents from coming to the terminal building in order to reduce crowd and touting as passengers were encouraged to go online to buy tickets instead of patronizing touts.
He also explained that a lot of sanity has returned to the car park with the automation system of the park, adding that no individual would park vehicle at the car park indiscriminately.
Aderibigbe appealed to passengers to wear face mask while coming to the airport and observe physical distancing rules. He lamented that security escorts have continued to breach protocol by indiscriminately parking in unauthorized areas at the airport.