NAMA Committed To Completion of AIS Automation - Anasi


The Acting Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Engr. Emma Anasi, has expressed determination of the agency to ensure a speedy completion of the Aeronautical Information Services (AIS) Automation project.

Anasi, who was represented by the General Manager, Safety Management Services, Mr. Mathew Pwajok at this year’s Worlds AIS Day Celebration at the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority Annex, Murtala
Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, revealed that the first phase of automation process shall become fully operational at eleven (11) stations nationwide by the third quarter of 2016. He noted that in spite of initial challenges traceable to lack of funding and other technicalities, the project is back on course.

Furthermore, Anasi stressed that AIS is the “live-wire of any air navigation system, as it ensures the safety, efficiency and regularity of air navigation through the exchange of accurate, timely and reliable information to airspace users, hence the Agency’s decision to speed up the automation process.

He added that the ongoing global migration from terrestrial based navigation to satellite based navigation i.e. Performance Based Navigation (PBN) needed a high level of accuracy and integrity of data required for safety, efficiency and economy of flight operations. “The Agency has also commenced due process for the training of required AIS personnel for the effective management of the automation system when fully deployed,” Anasi assured.
Earlier in an address, the President of the Aeronautical Information Services Association of Nigeria (AISAN), Mr. Shittu Babatunde appealed to NAMA management to assist the association in the area of personnel training, office accommodation and technical equipment.


In his summation, Anasi remarked that “with the committed and dedicated professionals in our AIS, as well as the ongoing automation of our aeronautical information management system, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency is optimistic that complete transition to AIM shall be attained by December 2016.” 

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