FAAN To Install New Chillers At Lagos Airport

The  Federal Airports
Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is to replace the old air  conditioning equipment that was installed at the international terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, when it  was built in 1979.
Aviation  parastatals  spokesman, Yakubu Dati said FAAN has made an order for a replacement.
According to Dati, the government opted for a complete replacement of the cooling system at the terminal as a lasting solution to the epileptic cooling system at the terminal which was installed over  32 year,  ago and had become obsolete  and therefore  difficult to maintain.
“This situation explains the sub-optional performance of the cooling system at the terminal for some time now”, he said.
Dati added that procurement  and  installation of the three new chillers, due to be completed within the first quarter  of 2014, is expected to substantially improve  the cooling  system and thereby enhance system and passenger comfort at the terminal in line with FAAN’s mission of providing customer –centric service at all the airports.
“This will also complement other efforts being  made by the Federal Government under the  transformation agenda in the aviation industry  to modernize  facilities  at Nigerian airport, in line with international  standards and best practices,” he said.