In a bid to further ensure accuracy and reliability of its facilities across the country, the Nigerian Airspace Management agency (NAMA) has embarked on the routine calibration of navigational aids at airports and en-route stations across Nigeria. The flight calibration which is being handled by Omni-Blue Aviation Ltd along with their technical partners, Fight Calibration […]
Nigeria’s domestic carrier, Dana Air has clocked nine years since it started operation. The airline could be described as resilient because Dana Air and Afrijet Airlines started flight operations in the same year, 2008. Today,Afrijet has gone under. During that time Chanchangi Airlines was still a dominant operator in the domestic market. Aero Contractors held […]
Aviation experts have said that one of the factors that stifle the growth of the aviation industry in Nigeria is the failure of the banking sector to extend special lending facilities to the aviation sector. The experts noted that investment in air transport comes with little returns on investment but need huge capital outlay. They explained […]
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 […]
It has been projected that the total cost of the planned upgrade of landing facilities including instrument landing system, (ILS) installation of airfield lighting, uninterrupted electricity supply, automation of aeronautical information service as well as radio communication would cost the federal government about N35billion. The Minister of State, Aviation, Senator HadiSirikastated recently at the College […]
