International Flights May Resume September - Minister     The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika has given the indication that international flights from Nigeria might resume in September 2020. On March 23rd 2020, Nigeria shut down its airspace as part of measures to curtail the spread of...

Workers Kick Against Salary Slash At NAMA     Aviation unions have expressed their displeasure with the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency’s decision to slash the salary of workers in the month of June. The union warned that the failure to pay full salaries to NAMA’s workers would amount...

New Landing Equipment For Airports To Cost N7.58bn   The Federal Government may be required to spend N7.58bn on new landing equipment at seven airports to improve aircraft movement in adverse weather conditions. Following the high number of delayed and cancelled flights during the harmattan season, the...

NAMA Plans To Install VSAT Stations In 26 Airports   The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency says it plans to install VSAT stations in 26 airports across the country to boost communication in the airspace. The Managing Director of NAMA, Capt. Fola Akinkuotu, said the plan was in...

NAMA Finally Completes Decongestion Of Lagos Airspace   The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency says it has successfully split the Lagos Sub-Flight Information Region airspace into two sectors — Lagos West Area Control Centre on 120.9MHz radio frequency and Lagos East Area Control Centre on 127.3MHz frequency. The...

NAMA Ready To Enhance Airspace Communication With AIS   The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has recorded another milestone with the digitalisation of the nation’s aeronautical information service (AIS). For the full utilisation of the project, NAMA recently commenced the installation of prefabricated pilot joint briefing offices...