Hello fellows, I thought it might be a good idea to have an official thread about the new Lagos Airport domestic terminal currently under construction but for which very little details (or photos) are available.

Project Title: Lagos Murtala Mohammed Airport Terminal 2
Year Construction started: 2002
Target completion date: November 2006
Contractor: Stabilini Visinoni
Promoter: Bi-Courtney Consortium
Designers/Architects: Unkown
Cost: 25.4BN Naira (Approx. $200,000,000) This is questionable
Ownership Scheme: BOT (Built Operate Transfer)
BOT period: 30 years
Exact built area: unkown
# of Floors: 3 (Seperate arrival/departure levels)
Features: Arrival/departure halls, restaurants, lounges, shopping mall, post offices, banks, entertainment areas, lounges, elevators, conveyor belts, travelators, escalators, aviobridges (exact number in first phase is thought to be 6 but this is questionable), 8 remote parking stands (also in doubt), possibility for expansion towards south side.
Capacity: 5 million passengers per annum (as revealed by Bi-Courtney CEO)

Ancillary buildings:
6-floor hotel with swimming pool, 8 royal suites, 148 rooms, 1000-capacity multipurpose room, shopping area, restaurants/bar, casino, bank, airline lounges, direct bridge connection to terminal building.
Parking structure with 500-car capacity (4 levels)


Further info+details / photos posted here will be much appreciated...

Construction photo (2004)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5a/LagosDomesticTerminal.jpg

Construction site (April 2006):
http://o-sam.cocolog-nifty.com/photos/uncategorized/virgin_nigeria.JPG
http://o-sam.cocolog-nifty.com/photos/uncategorized/virgin_nigeria.JPG

It looks very nice :okay: