Almost at the time that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration was thought to have completed fundamental appointments and reappointments across Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), a hurricane of change swept through the aviation industry to the shock of many Nigerians. The new development led to the sack of some management staff at aviation agencies. […]
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 […]
Aviation industry stakeholders have identified multiple taxes, high operating cost and charges levelled against the airlines by aviation agencies, as the factors responsible for the hike in domestic flights. According to the stakeholders, airfares on domestic flight service have been on the increase in response to cost of operation, thus making it difficult for some […]
Preparatory to its full deployment in a few days time, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has announced that it has successfully conducted the site acceptance test for its newly installed surface movement radar and ground control systems in Abuja and Lagos airports to enable air traffic controllers to monitor aircraft and vehicular movement during […]
There are indications that the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika may reshuffle top executives of aviation agencies, barely nine days to the end of the Buhari administration and less than a week for the Ministers to hand over to Permanent Secretaries, THISDAY investigation has revealed. It relations to this, report also indicated that the Managing Director of the Federal […]
