In early February inclement weather occasioned by the harmattan haze exposed the poor navigational infrastructure at the nation’s busiest airport in Lagos and made Nigeria a laughing stock in the aviation world. Domestic airlines operators, aviation agency officials and others heaved a sigh of relief after mid-January, when the ferocity of the harmattan haze ebbed. […]
The federal government has apologised to air travellers over the cancellation and delay of flights since the past four days and attributed it to bad weather and malfunctioning Instrument Landing System (ILS). This is just as a new Nigeria airline, Green Africa, has ordered 50 new aircraft from Airbus. The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi […]
Dubai-based mega carrier, Emirates Airlines, has stopped flight operations to Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos until the airport’s Instrument Landing System (ILS) is fixed. ILS is a navigational aid that guides aircraft to land, especially during low visibility. Since last Monday, airlines, especially foreign carriers have been diverting flights destined to Lagos to Accra, Ghana […]
Ahead of the planned reopening of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, the federal government has installed modern navigational aids to enhance flight operations to the eastern gateway. The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) announced yesterday in Lagos that it has successfully installed a brand-new CAT 2 Instrument Landing System / Distance Measuring Equipment (ILS/DME) […]
When the federal government acquired aircraft for the calibration of navigational facilities last August at $8.5 million, the industry was jubilant. With that development, many stakeholders said the issue of contracting the job of calibration to ASECNA, aeronautical company of French-speaking West African nations, would now come to an end. But after the acquisition nothing […]
