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Photos (1) SEATTLE, July 27, 2015  – Boeing  and Jin Air today celebrated the airline’s first direct-delivered Next-Generation 737-800 in Seattle. Jin Air is the low-cost affiliated company of Korean Air. Today’s delivery marks the 13 th Boeing 737-800 to join Jin Air’s all-Boeing fleet. The airline currently serves 16 routes in Asia and operates a total of 15 airplanes, including two 777-200ERs.

Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) has finally joined the league of  other major Airports with digitalized air traffic console ,just as Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) took possession after site acceptance test of the facility. The Site Acceptance Test is conducted using a Test Procedure Book to  ascertain conformity with all stated and specified functions of the equipment within environmental tolerance. The Managing Director , En gr. Ibrahim  Abdulsalam  who  used the occasion to declare open a four-day Awareness Training on the  (ADS-C/CPDLC)   Automatic Dependent Surveillance -Contract / Controller-Pilot Data Link  Communication  project  also  to be commissioned soon , described these two projects as strategic in the agency’s effort to transform air traffic management services in the country. The  benefits of the Kano Safe To wer  project  include;   use of electronic or pap...

Satellite reaches orbit, sends initial signals Photos (1) CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., July 15, 2015  – The 10th Boeing [NYSE: BA] GPS IIF satellite has reached orbit and sent its first signals after being launched earlier today. This satellite advances the U.S. Air Force’s modernization program for GPS, improving accuracy and enhancing security for the navigation system used by millions of people around the world every day. The Boeing-built GPS IIFs are the newest generation of GPS satellites, delivering a longer design life, greater accuracy, increased signal power for civil applications, a more robust military M-code signal and variable power for better jamming resistance. The IIFs also are outfitted with the new civilian L-5 signal which, when fully operational, will be used for emergency applications. "The GPS IIF-10 launch milestone continues a series of recent unparalleled successes for the GPS IIF program,” said Dan Hart, vice president, Boeing Government...

A total of 17 engineering personnel of  Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) ,  from the Directorate of Air Traffic Safety Electr onics Services (ATSES) on Friday   graduated from the Nigerian College of Av iation Technology (NCAT) after undergoing a three-month preparatory course for  the  Air Traffic Safety Electronics Personnel License  issued by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).   The course which began in April 2015 is designed to prepare qualified engineers to e ffectively man CNS/ATM infrastructure , ICT  equipment as well as power systems.  Speaking at  the  NCAT main auditorium, venue of the graduation, NAMA Managing Director, Engineer Ibrahim  Abdulsalam  who was represented by the Director of Safety Electronics and Engineering Services, Engr. Emma  Anasi  congratulated the participants  “ for justifying management’s huge investment in the training by  successfu...

'Perfect opportunity' to show environmental commitment of Japan and its airline Boeing and Japanese aviation industry stakeholders have charted a course to develop sustainable aviation biofuel for flights during the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in  Tokyo , when millions of people are expected to visit  Japan . The Initiatives for Next Generation Aviation Fuels (INAF) – a consortium of 46 organizations including Boeing, ANA (All Nippon Airways), Japan Airlines, Nippon Cargo Airlines,  Japan's  government and the  University of Tokyo  – laid out a five-year "roadmap" to develop biofuel by 2020 as a way to reduce aviation's environmental footprint. Using sustainably produced biofuel reduces lifecycle carbon dioxide emissions by 50 to 80 percent compared to conventional petroleum fuel, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. "Boeing is proud to work with  Japan's  aviation sector, including customers and the Japanese government, to achi...

  IN a bid to further enhance safety of air navigation within the AFI region, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) last week hosted a two-day tripartite cooperation meeting with Ghana Civil Aviation  Authority  (GCAA) and  Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and  Madagascar  ( ASECNA )  at the agency’s head quarters in Lagos. Among other issues,  the meeting sought to ensure safe, effective and efficient management of traffic across their common borders within the African airspace. Vital resolutions that would aid in the management of traffic in the upper airspace within the three states were also reached. Further discussions on the management of traffic in the oceanic airspace are expected to continue at a later meeting slated to hold between July 13 th  and 15 th  in Dakar, Senegal to be presided by  the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). ENGINEERING SCHOOL GRADUATES  STUDENTS...

NAMA HOSTS ASECNA AND GCAA OVER MANAGEMENT OF TRAFFIC   IN a bid to further enhance safety of air navigation within the AFI region, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) last week hosted a two-day tripartite  meeting with Ghana Civil Aviation  Authority  (GCAA) and  Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and  Madagascar  ( ASECNA )  at the agency’s head quarters in Lagos.   Among other issues,  the meeting sought to ensure safe, effective and efficient management of traffic across their common borders within the African airspace Vital resolutions that would aid in the management of traffic in the upper airspace within the three states were also reached. Further discussions on the management of traffic in the oceanic airspace are expected to continue at a later meeting slated to hold between July 13 th  and 15 th  in Dakar, Senegal to be presided by  the International Civil Av...

The efforts of the Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL) to be the leading warehousing and ground handling operator in West African sub region has received a boost, as the Airfreight Stakeholders forum of the Nigerian Shippers  Council  paid a facility tour on the ground handling company. The forum led by its Chairman, Toyin Olufade  was received  by the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of  SAHCOL, Dr. Oluropo  Owolabi.  The forum is made up of about 18 stakeholders among which are:  Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN),Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines & Agriculture (NACCIMA), Association of Nigerian Licensed Custom Agent, (ANLCA),Nigerian Customs Services, (NCS), Airline Operators,  National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA);  went round the newly constructed ultra modern warehouse of the company located at the Cargo...

**Press Statement by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode on the Occasion of his Victory at the Federal High Court on 1st July 2015. Ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted, humbled and relieved by this verdict. In the last seven years, I have been subjected to the most malicious, vicious, sinister, well-orchestrated, insidious and devastating form of political persecution and wickedness. The whole process almost destroyed my life, my family, my reputation, my health and my career. I thank God for his goodness, his mercy and for the fact that today, the whole nightmare has finally come to an end. Initially, I was accused of stealing N19.5bn of public funds when I was Minister of Aviation. It was thrown out by the courts. Then I was accused of stealing N6.5bn. It was thrown out by the courts. Then I was accused of laundering N200m. It was thrown out by the courts. Then I was accused of laundering N99m. It was thrown out by the courts. Finally, I was accused of laundering N1m and N1.1m respecti...