TOGO | Lome | Gnassingbé Eyadèma International Airport New Terminal | U/C

The Director General of Togo's civil aviation authority l'Agence Nationale de l'Aviation Civile du Togo (ANAC), Col Gnama Latta, noted that "the standards and practices recommended by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) are met in the construction of the new terminal. "

Amongst the improvements to be made are:

• The construction of a new 21'000m² terminal with two levels conforming to IATA standards,
• Capacity to simultaneously handle two large planes and three medium-sized planes, and 15 aircraft in total
• Ramps with three aerobridges offering direct mobile access to aircraft,
• The development of a North-West axis connecting both runway thresholds,
• The integration of VIP lounges,
• Offices and luxury duty-free shops,
• Rehabilitation of the freight terminal to process approximately 50'000 tonnes per year against the current 10'000 tons - Earthworks have been completed and its completion is expected in 2013.
• The construction of a luxury hotel near the terminal to accommodate transit passengers and business travelers. The hotel will feature a hundred rooms and is to be equipped with a swimming pool, a tennis court, a conference room and a wellness centre and spa.

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Ultimately, the new terminal will process 1.5 to 2 million passengers per year with the old terminal being converted into a commercial zone. In the long term, however, Togo intends to build a brand new airport at Tsevie, 40km from Lomé, set for completion by 2020.
"Going by the development plans and estimated traffic flow in future, the capacity of our airport will reach 1.5 million passengers by the year 2010 and beyond this period, there will be no room for expansion," Togo's Commerce Minister Ahoomey-Zunu Seleagodji said in May 2012.

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