Following the official resignation of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), after alleging marginalisation from Nigeria’s President who is the Chairman of ECOWAS Bloc, stakeholders in the aviation industry have warned that the three countries may close their airspace against flights emanating from Nigeria. The stakeholders are […]
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has admitted that many of its navigational aids have become obsolete but would start the modernization of the most critical of them all, communication in the airspace. The agency has been grappling with the Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria (TRACON), which became inefficient over the years because some of […]
In this Interview, the Managing Director/CEO Anambra International Cargo Passenger Airport, Anambra State, Martins Nwafor said some state airports have become waste of economic resources but insisted that some others could be highly productive. Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said recently in Abuja that many state owned airports could be waste […]
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has made successful efforts at improving safety in the nation’s airspace by upgrading landing aids and automating its system. The Managing Director of the agency, Tayib Mohammed Odunowo, in an interactive forum with aviation correspondents in Lagos, said he knew the agency had challenges like any other agency and […]
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has put to an end the protracted problem of communication Nigeria’s airspace with the completion of its Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) project slated before end of the year. Over the years there existed communication hiccups in some parts of Nigeria’s airspace on air to air, air to ground between […]
