The General Aviation Terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja will be commissioned on Monday by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu.
This is the second terminal to be commissioned in the ongoing airport remodelling project, initiated by President Goodluck Jonathan.
The first was the Domestic Terminal One at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, which was commissioned on October 22, 2012.
This leaves nine more airports in the first phase of the Airport Remodelling Project to be commissioned.
Remodelling work started at the Abuja GAT started in October 2011 when domestic flight operations at the airport were transferred to the international wing of the airport.
The remodelling entailed the expansion of the left, right and frontal areas of the old Domestic Terminal to accommodate more modern facilities, including a conference centre, kitchen and dining area for VIPs.
The operational area for both arriving and departing passengers has also been substantially increased, to make provision for a pilot’s lounge, a food court of international standard, shops, offices for airlines, games room, etc.
For enhanced security, CCTV cameras have been installed at several points in the terminal, apart from X-ray scanning machines for the processing of passengers and cargo.
The new General Aviation Terminal is the first to be constructed at the airport since its inception in the early 1980s and will now handle all non-scheduled flights at the airport.
Domestic flight operations will continue to take place at the present location of the international wing of the airport.
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