Engr Nnamdi Udoh, the Managing Director, Nigerian Airspace Management Authority (NAMA), says Nigeria will upgrade from the analogue method of preparing flight plans to automated system on Thursday.(which is today)
He said: ``From Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, Nigeria will join the rest of the global aviation community in this development, as it has become mandatory for all contracting states of ICAO to do so.’’
Udoh said that the new flight plan would afford air navigation service providers the opportunity to make maximum use of aircraft capabilities.
He listed other benefits of the new flight plan to include:-
- ability of the aircraft to conduct flights more closely to their preferred trajectories and facilitate the
utilisation of advanced technologies, thereby increasing efficiency.
- optimised demand and capacity balancing through efficient exchange of information.
- enhance the airlines’ use of modern capabilities on board the aircraft, as well as enhance search and
rescue operations when the need arises.
The forum was attended by airline operators, pilots, air traffic controllers, regulators and service providers. We are moving up in the world of aviation. kudos!
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