In preparation for the full implementation date of November 12, 2015, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), has begun test running Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Contract/ Controller Pilot Data Link Communication (ADS-C/ CPDLC) from the Kano Area Control Centre (ACC) at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano. The Agency said the running of the Kano pilot data […]
The Nigerian airspace has witnessed an increased traffic compared to its 2014 statistics, as a total of 11,190 aircraft have passed through the country’s airspace between January and April this year (2015), indicating a growth from 10,291 the same period in 2014. It was gathered that the increase in over-flyers was related to a number […]
The Nigerian Air Traffic Controllers Association, NATCA, on Sunday, August 2, called the attention of Nigeria’s aviation authorities to the lack of back up of its radar facilities in the country’s airspace. It said the lack of back up of such sensitive facility is a time bomb waiting to explode. The Association, in a statement […]
Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, Ibrahim Abdulsalam, in this interview with Chinedu Eze, said air travel in Nigeria is a lot safer now than in the past. Excerpts: What stage is the new tower and when are you going to start using it? The ATM systems have all been completely installed; then […]