The federal government has started the restoration of aeronautical facilities and the installation of Category 3 Instrument Landing System (ILS) at airports and other strategic locations in the country in order to improve safety of flight operations, Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Captain Fola Akinkuotu, has confirmed to THISDAY in Lagos. […]
Nigeria has continued to attract more international airlines as the country maintains position as a dependable market because of its huge passenger traffic. A top official of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) told THISDAY that many factors made this possible and this include the fact that Nigeria has increasing number of travellers, which […]
In line with its resolve to totally eliminate blind spots in the nation’s airspace, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has completed the installation of a VSAT station at the Jos airport in Plateau State. With the installation which was completed a week ago, the agency has successfully integrated the VHF radio into the network […]
*Workers reject concession plan The federal government will demolish substantial part of the 40-year-old Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) terminal and replace it with the new one built by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in December. This is coming as aviation labour leaders have rejected the planned concession of four major airports in […]
As Nigeria turns 59, the aviation industry has recorded progress but experts posit that the sector is not where it ought to be. Before Nigeria’s independence, Nigeria along with some West African countries had one national carrier, the West Africa Airways Corporation (WAAC), which started in 1946 and went under in 1958, when the Nigeria […]
