AVIATION MEGAFORCE

Normalcy has returned to the nation's airspace as  Air Traffic Controllers stepped down it warning strike which informed spacing of traffic flow by 20 minutes at four major airports in Lagos,Abuja, Portharcourt and Kano. The  suspension,according to a statement signed by the Managing Director of the Agency , Capt. Fola Akinkuotu is to allow " for a follow-up meeting between NAMA management, Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Association, scheduled to hold later today".  Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) reassured airspace users and the general public that the Nigerian airspace remains safe for seamless and economic air travel.  The agency expressed regret over streaks of  inconveniences caused earlier today by the warning strike. S

  Domestic flights may experience some hicupps in their routine operations as Air Traffic Controllers embarked on a two day warning strike begining from today. They are to do this by slowing down  traffic flow,spacing departure time by 20 minutes  on domestic flights at the four major airports in Lagos,Abuja, Portharcourt and Kano. It will be recalled that an Air Traffic Controller,Anniekan Effiong slumped and died early hours on Monday while on duty at Abuja tower . This informed an emergency meeting of the executive council of NATCA yesterday.  "The Executive Council of our noble profession met yesterday and discuss extensively on the state of ATC operations vis-a-vis our collective survival within the system. "After deliberating until the wee hours of this morning, the council has resolved as follows: "1. That the ATC system and operations in Nigeria has been skewed and operated with complete disregard to the well-being of ATCOs. "2. That the managers of the syst...

As part of its strategic route expansion drive, One of Nigeria's leading carriers, Dana Air, has introduced flights from Lagos to Asaba.  According to the spokesman of Dana Air, Kingsley Ezenwa, Dana Air will also commence Asaba, Abuja flights and increase frequencies on other destinations soon.  ''We are expecting an aircraft fresh from maintenance abroad soon and with this increased capacity, we would introduce Asaba to Abuja  flights and increase frequencies across our destinations.''  ''We have a gradual route expansion program and we intend to follow it through. The introduction of Asaba flights is strategic and as always, we will be offering reliable options to our guests, providing them best and affordable fares while ensuring that they continue to fly as safe and as seamless as possible.'' ''Our guests can visit our website  www.flydanaair.com  for the best fares or explore our 24 hours customer service and multipl...