SAN FRANCISCO, January 10, (THEWILL) –Â The Murtala Mohammed Airport Ikeja domestic terminal One (MMA) has recorded a total of 551,380 passengers movements with aircraft movements (landing and take-off) at 6,261 between July and December 2020.
The manager of the airport Mr Adekunle Aderibigbe, who disclosed this to journalists at weekend in his office, revealed that passenger turn-out was encouraging considering the effect of the Coronavirus pandemic.
According to statistics he released, inbound passengers recorded 270,828 while departures stood at 280,552 passengers.
A total of 3,068 aircraft landed at the airport between July and December 2020 while 3,193 aircraft took off from same airport during the period under review.
Aderibigbe explained that initially passenger turn-out at the commencement of flight operations after the easing of the lockdown was not too impressive but disclosed that it has gradually increased especially during the yuletide.
He noted that airlines last December witnessed a surge in passenger traffic and were able to deploy more aircraft to accommodate the travellers.
Aderibigbe explained further that safety, security and comfort of passengers remained their priority while complying with the COVID-19 protocols, adding that adamant passengers were forced to comply as directed by the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).
He, however, noted that sanity has returned to almost every point in the nation’s airports as the COVID-19 has made staff to sit tight on their jobs and maintain all protocols.
The terminal manager revealed that all the facilities put in place following the outbreak of the pandemic were being maintained and with the second wave, the compliance team to the protocols have been going round to ensure that nobody was left out.
Aderibigbe explained that the management has been holding meetings with stakeholders and will continue to do that especially with the second wave of the pandemic.
He explained that ticketing agents in the terminal have been sent out and online purchasing encouraged to reduce touting.
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