Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), Captain Jari Williams has disclosed that the Murtala Mohammed Airport two (MMA2) processed 20m passengers in 10 years.

According to him, the privately run terminal has the capacity to process four million passengers annually.

Speaking during a press briefing on the 10th year anniversary of the terminal, Williams said the terminal also handled 400,000 flights and created employment opportunities for over 100,000 people in the past 10 years.

GWX, a key and leading logistics company in Nigeria, described MMA2 as a great success story of a pioneering PPP initiative in the aviation industry in Nigeria.

The General Manager, Corporate Services, GWX, which runs BASL’s cargo processing facility, Mr. Bright Aghogban, says the company will continue to partner Bi-Courtney to raise the bar on air transport safety in Nigeria.

“MMA2 is indeed a great success story of a pioneering PPP initiative in the aviation industry in Nigeria. It reinforces the belief that if given a chance, Nigerians can build Nigeria and make the economy to become one of the 20 greatest in the world in line with the Federal Government’s vision 20:2020”, he said.

The company lauded the Board, Management and Staff of BASL for successfully managing the world-class facility in line with global best practice in the past 10 years. 

It also lauded the BASL management for consistently keeping the sprawling terminal in international standard since inception in 2007.

POSTED BY:OPUOMONI PRIYE

DATE:05/09/2017