The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) said it has commenced a routine calibration of navigational facilities in 24 airports across the country. When completed in two weeks’ time, the calibration exercise, which is targeted at putting all navigational aids in optimal capacity would ensure that the facilities generate precise and accurate signals to guarantee the […]
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) Capt. Fola Akinkuotu has charged the oil and gas sector in Nigeria to consider critically the production of aviation fuel (Jet A1) in the country in line with the Nigerian Content Development initiative of the Buhari administration. Akinkuotu who was a guest speaker at the […]
Despite the current efforts to improve navigational aids and safety in Nigeria’s airspace, flights are still disrupted by avoidable low visibility and pilots complain about poor communication at certain areas of the airspace. Recently Captain Constant BihinaKono landed his aircraft, a Boeing B737 NG at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos to mark the […]
The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Captain Muhtar Usman says Nigeria has maintained a good record in air safety because of effective regulation, further adding that security has been beefed up at nation’s major airports. Nigerian airlines were elated by the recent weather review done by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). […]
The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Muhtar Usman has explained the conditions, which domestic airlines must meet in order to benefit from the downward review of weather minima. Since January 4, 2018 a new weather minima regime started in Nigeria, which allowed for takeoff as low as 150 metres Runway Visual […]
