Aviation

Minister Commends Aviation Agencies for Improving Safety in Airspace

The Minister of Transportation Chibuike Rotimi Amechi has commended efforts being made by aviation agencies, especially the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for improving safety and security of the nation’s airspace through modernization and acquisition of new equipment. NAMA has introduced electronic flight clearance solution, which tracks and […]

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Aviation Sector’s Many Woes

The infrastructure deficit is one of the major problems holding back aviation sector development    There are many factors hampering safe, smooth and successful airline operation in Nigeria. These factors are also responsibility for non-viability of Nigerian airlines besides high charges and high tariff on imported aircraft parts.   No one airport in Nigeria can […]

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Unending Gridlock at Abuja Airport

  • October 1, 2015
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From about 300 meters away, an elderly man carrying a heavy luggage, tottered along the road to the domestic terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. He needed to be at the airport in less than 30 minutes, in order to catch his flight, so he decided to pass through the toll gate that […]