The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency NAMA has assured airlines and other airspace users that the nation’s airspace is safe for seamless and economic air navigation.
General Manager, Public Relations, NAMA, Khalid Emele, in a statement said the Managing Director of the agency, Captain Fola Akinkuotu, gave the assurance while receiving the Chief Operating Officer of Ibom Air, George Uriesi, in Lagos.
Akinkuotu explained that the agency had taken drastic steps to tackle communication challenges especially in the upper airspace in the past couple of years, noting that significant progress has being made in that direction.
He said this had seen to the upgrading of communication infrastructure in phases.
According to him, radio communication in the ground control, covering 65 nautical miles at the 32 air traffic control units in Nigerian airports is perfect.
He added that the second phase which is the tower control, also covering 65 nautical miles and critical for landing and takeoff, is perfectly working in all the 32 airports in the country.
