So how do you find operating at Lagos?
DNMM (Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria) is getting a bit crowded.
There's that Hydro Air Cargo 747 freighter still parked over at International, looking a bit second-hand with the left main gear missing and various other bits shredded. International passengers can often get a good close look at this wreck. I suppose it is just a way of saying, 'Hi! Welcome to Lagos, you poor b*stard!'
Then there are all those BAC 1-11s sat around, most without engines.
And there are four 737-200s just sat there grounded since months now because Slok Air's AOC has been withdrawn. Basically the airline's chairman got into a big political squabble with President Obasanjo, when irregularities came to light with the airline operation. It looks as if payback will be leaving these aircraft to just sit there and rot.
So people often park their aircraft on the active taxiways for want of parking space on the overcrowded ramps. Then someone went hog wild one afternoon and also blocked the only exit from General Aviation with a 727, which occasioned much moaning until the crew could be induced to shift it. The parallel and the link taxiways had already been blocked, so this clown chose the only remaining flat surface as his designated gate. What, he should allow the small aircraft room to use this taxiway when he wanted to park his three-holer? Are you mad?
The former domestic ramp has been out of service for a long time now due to construction work on the new terminal, which seems to be stalled. A forest of pillars, some scaffolding and a field of dirt mounds on the ramp is about all that has been going on for a long time now.
So life is still rather uniquely interesting for those of us who call Lagos our home!
The preceding item should have gone in as \'New Topic\' but I hit \'Reply\' instead. It\'s that old \'finger trouble\' again! Sorry about that!