Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, Captain FolaAkinkuotu is of the view that Nigeria’s airspace is safer with the installation of new equipment. He also spoke on the need to monitor low flying airplanes in the South-east corridor of the country for security reasons. Navigation is a key issue in the Nigerian Airspace […]
In 2016 many oil producing countries that were hit by economic crunch due to low prices of the product could not allow international carriers to repatriate their revenues as foreign exchange became very scarce. Twenty months after, airlines that operate to Nigeria still battle government for the full repatriation of their funds. At the peak […]
A team of accident investigators from Nigeria’s Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) left Lagos last week for São Tomé to commence investigation into the crash of a An – 74 aircraft, which occurred recently on the West African island. Spokesman of the agency, Tunji Oketumbi disclosed this in a statement and explained that the invitation to Nigeria’s […]
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency will save about 12, 600, 000 litres of fuel for Nigerian airlines monthly if they will migrate to Performance Based Navigation (PBN). PBN is a navigational procedure that specifies aircraft required navigation performance (RNP) and area navigation (RNAV); it also provides clear guidance to the pilot in terms of accuracy, […]
One of the major challenges in manpower development in aviation is industry is the cost of training. Many young people dream of becoming pilots in the future but when the cost of training is broached, many parents know that they won’t be able to afford it. Not only the exorbitant cost, in Nigeria there is […]