The Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, Captain Fola Akinkuotu said safety in the airspace has improved significantly and that is why the country has not recorded any accident or major incident in the last five years. He attributed the achievement to the collaboration of the aviation agencies that work together to ensure […]
A week today, Air Peace flight landed at the international runway of the MurtalaMuhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos at about 8:30 pm. It took the aircraft about 30 minutes to taxi to the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) the final destination of the flight. Before it landed, the aircraft queued (hovered) with both international and […]
When the announcement came last week about the removal and replacement of some heads of aviation parastatals, industry stakeholders seemed relieved because most people were expectant that such changes should have taken place earlier. Early in 2016, fraud cases involving the then leadership of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) were uncovered and the Managing […]
Operators in the aviation industry believe that with the right equipment, aircraft can fly under zero visibility. The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) said last week that harsh operational environment, which include lack of airfield lighting in most airports, deficient and obsolete airport facilities, poor and obsolete navigational aids force airlines to cancel about 50 per […]
