As part of plans to resume international flight operations in the country, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency has created nine new Performance Based Navigation Area Navigation 10 (RNAV10) regional routes across the nation’s airspace. UQ324-from Adis Ababa to Niamey through Nigeria;UY333-from Tunisia/Algeria to Lagos;UY87-from East and Central Africa through Nigeria to Accra and Abidjan;UY57-from East and Central Africa through Nigeria coastal airspace to Cotonou, Lome and Abidjan as well asUQ200-connecting Yaonde to Lagos. The NAMA helmsman disclosed that NAMA has also created six new flight-plannable direct routes, which are:OK DCT POLTO;ARDEX DCT EDUKO;LAG DCT XIRON DCT JOS;KORUT DCT KDA;POLTO DCT APRUN DCT DETAR/ KORUT andKELAK DCT POSIB DCT GURAP DCT IBA DCT POLTO. The NAMA boss said “the flight-plannable direct routes are to be used by compliant airlines’ flight management systems. He said the move would also reduce pilot workload and enhance airspace capacity.

Source: Punch August 23, 2020 11:48 UTC