PH Int’l Airport Wears New Look Soon

The re-modeling work at the Port Harcourt International Airport which has commenced in earnest will be completed in the next four months.

The Regional Manager, South-South/South-East of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr. Henry Anyanwu who disclosed this, said at the end of the re-modeling work, the airport would accommodate about 1,500 passengers.

According to him, “the capacity of the hall which barely takes four hundred passengers on arrival of an international flight will now be able to take about 1,500 passengers.

He noted that the sizes of both the arrival and departure halls would be expanded, stressing that the work would be done in phases in order not to disrupt activities at the airport.

“When completed, the terminal building will attract more screening points from its current one point of passengers screening, and will also accommodate more shops, lounges, offices, banking halls and increased commercial activities at the airports”, he said.

The regional manager added that the additional passengers’ checks would increase from seven to twenty, pointing out the greatest challenge at the moment was the relocation of offices because of the re-modeling of the airport.

He lauded the minister of Aviation, Mrs. Stella Oduah-Ogienwonyi for her commitment to the up-grading of facilities at the federal airports across the country in line with the transformation agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan.

The renovation and facilities upgrade embarked on by the federal government would entail redesign of the exterior facades of the buildings to give them a modern look; expansion of the footprints of some of the buildings to create additional capacity; circulation space and the opportunity for increased commercial offerings; redesign and construction of the interior of the building and the delivering of comfortable and ambient environment to airport users which includes new floors, new ceiling, new check-in areas and counters, effective air conditioners etc.

Reward Akwu