L-R: Mrs Olubunmi Oluseun Kuku, Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, and Dr Allen Onyema, Vice President, Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON, in a parley at the rebuilt MMIA terminal- Tuesday
The new management currently steering the affairs of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has been urged to give more attention to the improvement of airport infrastructure, digitalization of revenue collections, and engage more frequently with
stakeholders.
These issues the Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON, deemed should be uppermost in the airport’s manager’s immediate task in bringing succour to the inorganic challenges the airline operators had collectively and severally had to contend with.
The no holds bare discussions FAAN management had with the members of AON, at the instance of Olubunmi Kuku, (Mrs), Managing Director/ Chief Executive, MD/CE of FAAN, unearthed issues both parties had to address in their respective domains.
FAAN management was urged not to ever slow down but to keep up the good work already begun towards the improvement of passengers’ experience in any of the airports managed by FAAN.
Speaking in behalf of the AON, its Vice President, Dr. Allen Onyema, who also is the Chairman of Air Peace said, “When government does what is wrong, you can say it. But what is happening now in FAAN is commendable,” said the Air Peace CEO.
Onyema noted thus in his words, “The desire to do good is very, very transparent. You can see it. So, why won’t we have confidence in the system? This is no more fighting time; this is time for collaboration.”
The meeting ostensibly improved the ties between the operators and the airport managers as priority areas were mutually agreed upon with a pledge to give attention to identified issues with the view to close the gaps in good time.
According to the media statement from FAAN, The meeting was to enlighten AON on what plans the Authority had for airport development and to also listen to feedback from the operators, to enable FAAN to provide better services that will cascade to the passengers. And it actually happened as planned.
SIX PRIORITY TASKS FAAN RESOLVES TO TACKLE IMMEDIATELY-: Olubunmi Kuku
However, Olubunmi Kuku seized the nice and friendly ambience of the meeting to chronicle existing gaps, and of which she had begun gradually closing them.
She identified 6 (six) major tasks her leadership was given qualified attention as Safety,
Security, Culture Transformation, Digital Transformation, Service Quality, and Revenue Generation.
The FAAN helmswoman noted that those six issues had earned the administration’s immediate attention, and they were for immediate implementation. She expressed her desire to see FAAN be one of the top airport management companies in sub-Saharan Africa within the next decade and identified the need for collaboration with AON to achieve the goal.
Moreover, of note was the comment of AON Vice President, Allen Onyema, who said, “AON members are happy to see how FAAN and the Honourable Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, SAN, have approached airport management with a deep sense of responsibility”.
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