AON Applauds FAAN, Commits To Collaboration
“When government does what is wrong, you can say it, but what is happening in FAAN is commendable,” said the Vice President of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) and Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Dr. Allen Onyema, who added that “the desire to do good is very, very transparent. You can see it. So, why won’t we have confidence in the system? This is no more fighting time. This is time for collaboration.”
The AON Vice President gave this vote of confidence during a meeting convened yesterday by the management FAAN and held at the New Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos to discuss salient issues as it concerns the aviation industry. The meeting had executives from 20 airlines in attendance and the current management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), led by the Managing Director/Chief Executive, Mrs Olubunmi Kuku, was commended for its sincere efforts to bring about positive changes at the federal airports under its control.
The meeting was organized at the instance of Mrs. Kuku to enlighten AON on what plans the Authority had for airport development and to also listen to feedbacks from the operators in order to enable FAAN provide better services that will cascade to passengers.
The FAAN MD/CE kicked off the meeting with a presentation on her priority programmes of Safety, Security, Culture Transformation, Digital Transformation, Service Quality and Revenue Generation that are for immediate implementation. She expressed her desire to see FAAN be one of the top airport management companies in sub-Saharan Africa within the next decade and identified the need for collaboration with the AON to achieve the goal.
Responding, Dr. Onyema said AON members are happy to see how FAAN and the Honourable Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo (SAN), have approached airport management with a deep sense of responsibility.
Directors of the Authority present included the Director of Engineering Services, Engineer Abiola Muniru Adejare; Director of Airport Operations, Captain Abdullahi Mahmood; Director of Special Duties, Mr. Henry Agbebire; and Director of Aviation Security Services, ACP Afegbai Albert Igbafe (Rtd). They all took turns to enlighten all attendees as to what efforts are being made to improve service quality at the airport.
The Director Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Mrs Obiageli Orah, was in attendance with her media team for full coverage.
Some of the resolutions reached include the need for more frequent meetings, quicker response to AON correspondences, further improvements on airport infrastructure and the digitalization of revenue collection amongst others. The Authority was asked to keep up with the good work in the area of providing quality service, which the airline operators and passengers can attest to.
