Abuja Air terminal records over 3.8million traveler traffic in eight months

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has cited that the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja has recorded over 3.8million passengers between January and August, 2022.

According to the Authority, as of August 2022, the airport processed 3,247,484 domestic passengers and 638,502 worldwide passengers.

The Managing Director of FAAN, Captain Rabiu Yadudu cited these in the course of the fortieth anniversary of the Abuja airport and the commissioning of the computerized park and pay service.

Yadudu, who was once represented through Director of Airport Operations, Captain Muktar Muye, said: “The airport was once commissioned on twenty ninth September 1982 and the first business flight used to be Kabo airways Boeing 727 running from Kano -Lagos en route Abuja, whilst the 2d was once Nigeria Airways Boeing 727 aircraft. The airport has endured to develop in leaps and bounds given that 1982.

Giving facts on the passengers and flights processed when you consider that closing yr at the airport, Yadudu said: “In the yr 2021, a complete of 5,323,905 passengers had been processed via the airport, which was once a whopping 37.23% enlarge on the 12 months 2020 figures.

“The airport at present has 5 terminals namely: domestic, International, pilgrims, cargo, and VIP terminals.

“The airport presently has eight home airways running with a every day common of sixty five flights and 11,774 passengers, and 12 global carriers with an common of 10 flights and 3034 passengers daily.