The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has released two accident reports and as an aftermath of the report, the Bureau called on the federal government to re-examine the quality of aviation fuel (known as Jet A1) sold in Nigeria because there are indications that low quality fuel might have been responsible to one of the accidents […]
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, […]