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FAAN: Abuja airport to get full automation in 10 years

The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, will soon be totally automated, according to hints made by the Federal Airport Autho...

Chima Joseph Ugo
Chima Joseph Ugo - Editor-in-chief September 23, 2022
Updated September 23, 2022 at 3:46 PM
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The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, will soon be totally automated, according to hints made by the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Wednesday. This will increase productivity, eradicate corruption, and enhance passenger experiences.

FAAN revealed this information as it unveiled the airport's 40th anniversary signage in Abuja.

On September 29, 1982, the NAIA, which had been operational for 40 years, was commissioned.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines shortly after the signage was unveiled, Mr. Kabir Yusuf Mohammad, Regional General Manager for North Central, and Airport Manager, made a suggestion that before the airport celebrates its 50th anniversary, all services and amenities should be entirely automated.

Mohammad said that the automation of the airport is to improve efficiency, eliminate corruption and improve passengers’ experiences, adding that the airport, which began with just a terminal, now became a flagship with four terminals, professing volumes of passengers.

According to him, “it’s worthy of being celebrated. But in 40 years, you will see that from one single terminal or one module at the airport, we have about four models now that are currently operational with domestic, regional and international flights.

“We began with operating from here and from a few numbers of airlines to almost about 35 airlines doing both domestic and international flights, operating in and out of the airport. This is inclusive of private operators.”

Mohammed further said: “Currently, we are automating our car parks. From the 29th of September, we’ll have a park and pay system.

“It is an automated car parking system whereby you drive in; you just pick up your ticket yourself, find the right location for parking, you park and when you’re leaving, you go to paying boots and pay.”

Speaking on touting at the airport, Mohammed said: “Well, touting like you may have known or you might have seen recently, the level of touting in this airport has been reduced drastically. I will say if we were raking it at maybe 100. Probably it’s about 25. Now, because all the areas through which people do tout have been abolished one way or another, and we are continuing to eliminate those aspects one after another.

“And as for passenger delays by airlines, with regards to the delays, we have been speaking with the airliners, we have been making them understand whenever they have challenges they should let their passengers know on time and like you know the airlines have total control over their own operations even though it does affect us whenever they have those delays.”
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