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NAMA Admits Obsolete Navigation Aids, Vows to Modernise Communication in Airspace

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 […]

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NAMA’s Milestones in Airspace Safety

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 […]

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FG Deploys Multi-layered Communication Infrastructure to Close Blind Spots in Airspace

To avoid incidences that could lead to plane crash, the federal government has approved funds to agencies for the deployment of multi-layered communication infrastructure to close blind spots in airspace. For several years, pilots have complained of blind spots in Nigeria’s airspace, which refers to parts of the airspace where the pilot loses communication with […]