Fola Akinkuotu said : “In spite of initial hitches, it is gratifying to note that Runway 18R in Lagos has been certified for CAT III just as Runway 22 in Abuja with the newly acquired calibration aircraft by the Aviation Ministry. Both facilities are now fully operational”

guardian-ng Friday, February 28, 2020 5:54:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu stated : “a flight commissioning of the newly installed DVOR (Doppler Very High-Frequency Omni-Directional Radio Range) in Lagos had successfully been carried out just as routine flight calibration had also been carried out on Runway 18 Left in Lagos”

vanguardngr Monday, February 24, 2020 4:14:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said ( about Africa Airways ) : “Enugu being on a higher latitude can cover for Manfe entry/exit reporting point in Cameroun for international flights like Ethiopian, Rwanda Airlines, Kenya Airways, South Africa Airways and the like,” “The NAMA boss revealed that the new installation has provided AFTN (Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunication Network) link that would enhance effective data communication for transmission of flight plans, NOTAMs and Aeronautical Communication messages, just as it has provided effective coordination between Enugu tower and Lagos Area Control Centre through the ATS/DS (Air Traffic Services/ Direct Speech) for departing and arriving traffic ahead of time”

thesourceng Tuesday, January 28, 2020 10:37:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said ( about Africa Airways ) : “Enugu being on higher latitude can cover for Manfe entry/exit reporting point in Cameroun for international flights like Ethiopian, Rwanda Airlines, Kenya Airways, South Africa Airways and the like,”

guardian-ng Tuesday, January 28, 2020 7:38:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said ( about Africa Airways ) : “Enugu being on higher latitude can cover for Manfe entry/exit reporting point in Cameroun for international flights like Ethiopian, Rwanda Airlines, Kenya Airways, South Africa Airways and the like,”

ngrguardiannews Tuesday, January 28, 2020 7:33:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said ( about Africa Airways ) : “Enugu being on a higher latitude can cover Manfe entry/exit reporting point in Cameroun for international flights like Ethiopian, Rwanda Airlines and Kenya Airways and South Africa Airways,”

punchng Tuesday, January 28, 2020 4:39:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said ( about Africa Airways ) : “Enugu being on a higher latitude can cover for Manfe entry/exit reporting point in Cameroun for international flights like Ethiopian, Rwanda Airlines, Kenya Airways, South Africa Airways and the like,”

dailytimes-NG Tuesday, January 28, 2020 3:54:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said ( about Africa Airways ) : “Enugu being on a higher latitude can cover for Manfe entry/exit reporting point in Cameroun for international flights like Ethiopian, Rwanda Airlines, Kenya Airways, South Africa Airways and the like,”

dailytrust Monday, January 27, 2020 9:25:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “Because we have better equipment, it will lower both minimas, so we expect to see an improvement in flight operations in the country in the coming weeks and months,”

thisdayonline Friday, November 15, 2019 4:40:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu added : “The deployment of CAT III ILS will reduce the landing and takeoff minimas. The landing minimas are based on the fact that you are coming from somewhere and you are able to land while the takeoff minimas are predicated on certain aspects, among which is your ability to take off and if need be, you are able to land back to where you took off. Because we have better equipment, it will lower both minimas, so we expect to see an improvement in flight operations in the country in the coming weeks and months,”

tribuneonlineng Thursday, November 14, 2019 12:23:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu explained : “A category III A approach is a precision instrument approach and landing with no decision height or a decision height lower than 100ft (30m) and a runway visual range not less than 700ft (200m),”

thenationonlineng Tuesday, November 12, 2019 11:09:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “In a couple of weeks, we will bring a calibration aircraft to fly in and certify that the equipment is good to go,”

guardian-ng Tuesday, November 12, 2019 6:39:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “Because we have better equipment, it will lower both minimas, so we expect to see an improvement in flight operations in the country in the coming weeks and months,”

guardian-ng Tuesday, November 12, 2019 6:39:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu declared : “We have seen improvement along the north-east corridor that we tackled lately in Jos, and we are determined to see that communication is 5/5 in the entire airspace. If you can communicate just once instead of five times, the person at the receiving end understands you and is happy just as you are happy. If we can get better radios with good clarity, it will lessen the burden and make the job easier for both the air traffic controller and the pilot,”

tribuneonlineng Thursday, October 31, 2019 5:26:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “We have seen improvement along the north-east corridor that we tackled lately in Jos, and we are determined to see that communication is 5/5 in the entire airspace. If you can communicate just once instead of five times, the person at the receiving end understands you and is happy just as you are happy. If we can get better radios with good clarity, it will lessen the burden and make the job easier for both the air traffic controller and the pilot,”

tribuneonlineng Thursday, October 31, 2019 5:26:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “If we can get better radios with good clarity, it will lessen the burden and make the job easier for both the air traffic controller and the pilot,”

dailytimes-NG Monday, October 28, 2019 5:43:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu stated : “With radar vectoring assistance, Nigerian airlines are saving fuel through reduced flight time. At least there is reduction of flight time by five minutes. In five minutes, an average Boeing 737 consumes about 291 litres of fuel -aircraft type consumes maximum of 3,500 litres in one hour. At the price of N250 per litre, if we conservatively say that every aircraft operates only six times daily and multiply it with the 40 aircraft that are currently in operation, that gives about N523, 800,000. This means that the more flights you do, the more you save. This saved funds are very important for airlines that operate largely on marginal gains,”

thisdayonline Friday, October 11, 2019 7:41:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “We are also working on Aeronautical Information Service (AIS), which is to ensure the flow of information necessary for safety, regularity and efficiency for international air navigation and we hope to complete the project by end of this year or first quarter of next year. We are making very good progress. The Lagos equipment is completed and we are installing in six other places,”

thisdayonline Friday, October 11, 2019 7:41:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “This often occurs ahead of a cold front, where wind shear combined with unusually widespread lifting of the lower atmosphere causes convection to become arranged in a banded structure. Squall line can impede flights. It can also lead to blinding rain and generally makes approach difficult,”

thisdayonline Friday, August 23, 2019 7:14:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “This is why every airport has its own visibility minima. In Port Harcourt and Calabar if the visibility minima are less than 800 meters you cannot land. Lagos is 600 metres minima. Below the visibility minima you cannot do approach. If you have low clouds you may not land successfully; you may do miss approach, but if there is Category 3 ILS it will guide the pilot at decision height and the aircraft will land safely,”

thisdayonline Friday, August 23, 2019 7:14:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “Development and publication of Nigerian enroute charts showing the delineation of the East and West airspace sectors and the conduct of safety assessment as well as a stakeholders’ forum,”

leadership Sunday, July 21, 2019 1:50:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “Development and publication of Nigerian enroute charts showing the delineation of the East and West airspace sectors and the conduct of safety assessment as well as a stakeholders’ forum,”

guardian-ng Sunday, July 21, 2019 1:35:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “Development and publication of Nigerian enroute charts showing the delineation of the East and West airspace sectors and the conduct of safety assessment as well as a stakeholders’ forum,”

ngrguardiannews Sunday, July 21, 2019 1:34:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “There is also the deployment of 54 VSAT nodes, inside the Aeronautical Information Services Automation project. This project has lingered through all the regimes in NAMA, but we are currently making efforts to see to the final takeoff of the automation project which we believe would boost our communication system,”

guardian-ng Friday, July 5, 2019 8:02:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “We are awaiting the 2019 budget to extend the range of the Jotron radios, and when this is implemented on full terrestrial base systems, we would have the maximum range required to cover the entire airspace and beyond,”

guardian-ng Friday, July 5, 2019 8:02:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “There is also the deployment of 54 VSAT nodes, in the Aeronautical Information Services Automation project. This project has lingered through all the regimes in NAMA, but we are currently making efforts to see to the final takeoff of the automation project, which we believe would boost our communication system,”

thenationonlineng Tuesday, July 2, 2019 2:15:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “There is also the deployment of 54 VSAT nodes inside the aeronautical information services automation project. This project has lingered through all the regimes in NAMA, but we are currently making efforts to see to the final take-off of the automation project which we believe would boost our communication system,”

dailytimes-NG Monday, July 1, 2019 4:56:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “This project has lingered through all the regimes in NAMA but we are currently making efforts to see to the final takeoff of the automation project which we believe would boost our communication system,”

nigerianobservernews Monday, July 1, 2019 12:46:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “We want Ibom Air to succeed because if you succeed, NAMA succeeds and it is through your success that we can pay our bills,”

nigerianobservernews Monday, July 1, 2019 12:46:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu recalled : “All these, we had to do within that stipulated time,”

thisdayonline Friday, June 7, 2019 5:40:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said ( about Godwin Obaseki ) : “We can’t but thank the Governor Obaseki for coming out to show support. The country belongs to all of us. He has demonstrated great leadership, and by working together, we can move the state forward,”

thisdayonline Friday, May 31, 2019 5:40:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “Nigeria’s airspace deserves the very best radio communications system, and the government was working to deliver it,” “I want to assure my colleagues, the pilots and the air traffic controllers that efforts are being made. And we are not going to stop. I am not going to stop, so long as I am in NAMA from trying to deliver an optimally-functional radio communications system for our airspace,”

sunnewsonline Saturday, April 27, 2019 6:51:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “In the South east, a lot of pilots have had to step on each other and ATCs because of poor communication and if you are foreign to the clime, that may make you categorise our airspace as unsafe. But, we are not stopping and that explains why we are always asking for feedbacks,”

guardian-ng Friday, April 26, 2019 8:56:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “This is an innovation that would not only improve and sanitise the nation’s financial system but also ensure accountability and transparency in the long run. If we desire an aviation industry that is globally competitive, we have to imbibe global best practices,”

thenationonlineng Tuesday, February 26, 2019 2:31:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “This is an innovation that would not only improve and sanitise the nation’s financial system but also ensure accountability and transparency in the long run. If we desire an aviation industry that is globally competitive, we have to imbibe global best practices,”

thisdayonline Friday, February 15, 2019 2:00:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “If we desire an aviation industry that is globally competitive, we have to imbibe global best practices,”

leadership Tuesday, February 12, 2019 4:57:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “This is an innovation that would not only improve and sanitize the nation’s financial system but also ensure accountability and transparency in the long run. If we desire an aviation industry that is globally competitive, we have to imbibe global best practices,”

dailytimes-NG Tuesday, February 12, 2019 2:54:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “In fact, it has been very cordial and we are poised to continue to keep it that way. You will recall that we cleared some consignments of spare parts for TRACON last year from the same Thales,”

guardian-ng Friday, February 8, 2019 7:20:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “Availability of spares would ensure that parts of the radar equipment would be readily available whenever and wherever they are needed. There are some that would immediately be used for replacement while others will be kept in the warehouse pending when they will be needed and I can assure you that NAMA engineers have the capacity to undertake the maintenance of this facility as they have always done in the past,”

guardian-ng Friday, February 8, 2019 7:20:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “Availability of spares would ensure that parts of the radar equipment would be readily available whenever and wherever they are needed. There are some that would immediately be used for replacement while others will be kept in the warehouse pending when they will be needed and I can assure you that NAMA engineers have the capacity to undertake the maintenance of this facility as they have always done in the past,”

peoplesdaily-online Thursday, February 7, 2019 10:21:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “Availability of spares would ensure that parts of the radar equipment would be readily available whenever and wherever they are needed. There are some that would immediately be used for replacement while others will be kept in the warehouse pending when they will be needed and I can assure you that NAMA engineers have the capacity to undertake the maintenance of this facility as they have always done in the past”

dailytimes-NG Monday, February 4, 2019 11:38:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu noted : “a sort of Turn-around-maintenance which is to be carried out by the equipment manufacturer, Thales Group”

thisdayonline Monday, February 4, 2019 5:16:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu noted : “a sort of Turn-around-maintenance which is to be carried out by the equipment manufacturer, Thales Group”

dailytimes-NG Sunday, February 3, 2019 11:49:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “NAMA will continue to improve on the services that it provides and we want to achieve our Category 3 ILS in major airports in 2019 and improve our aeronautical information system,”

thisdayonline Sunday, December 23, 2018 7:13:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “We are aware of the impact the four months suspension had on our staff and our highly esteemed customers and hence our move to return to operations is to continue to offer the most reliable, safe and secure operations, which the airline is renowned for,”

sunnewsonline Monday, January 9, 2017 7:39:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “This patronage reinforces the strength of our brand and the quality of our service.”

ngrguardiannews Friday, December 23, 2016 10:00:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “Unfortunately, the operating environment within and outside the airline have hindered any possible progress especially in the last six months when the naira depreciated against the dollar thus making it impossible for the airline to achieve its operational targets”

dailytrust Thursday, September 1, 2016 7:34:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “This business decision, which is a result of the current economic situation in the country, has forced some other airlines to suspend operations or out rightly pull out of Nigeria. ‘’In the case of Aero, the airline had faced grave challenges in the past six months, which impacted its business and by extension the scheduled services operations.’’ These factors, according to him, are both internal and external environmental factors that had made it difficult for the airline to continue its scheduled services. He said during the period in review, Aero, which was hitherto revered for its safety and timeliness, witnessed epileptic operations and services to the external publics caused by non-alignment of fundamental issue of the business, which had been frustrating and embarrassing to all parties, including staff, customers and all stakeholders”

onlinenigeria Thursday, September 1, 2016 3:43:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “This business decision, which is a result of the current economic situation in the country, has forced some other airlines to suspend operations or out rightly pull out of Nigeria. ‘’In the case of Aero, the airline had faced grave challenges in the past six months, which impacted its business and by extension the scheduled services operations.’’ These factors, according to him, are both internal and external environmental factors that had made it difficult for the airline to continue its scheduled services. He said during the period in review, Aero, which was hitherto revered for its safety and timeliness, witnessed epileptic operations and services to the external publics caused by non-alignment of fundamental issue of the business, which had been frustrating and embarrassing to all parties, including staff, customers and all stakeholders”

vanguardngr Thursday, September 1, 2016 2:43:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said ( about Aero Contractors ) : “Aero Contractors has announced that it would suspend its scheduled services from Thursday, September 1, 2016 and the development is part of the strategic business realignment to reposition the airline and return it to the part of profitability,”

sunnewsonline Thursday, September 1, 2016 2:36:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said ( about Aero Contractors ) : “Aero Contractors has announced that it would suspend its scheduled services from Thursday September 1, 2016 and the development is part of the strategic business realignment to reposition the airline and return it to the part of profitability,”

sunnewsonline Wednesday, August 31, 2016 7:10:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “the airline has faced grave challenges in the past six months which impacted its business and by extension the scheduled services operations.”

sunnewsonline Wednesday, August 31, 2016 7:10:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu stated : “We are aware of the impact this will have on our staff and our highly esteemed customers, hence we have initiated moves to ensure that we are able to return back to operations within the shortest possible time, offering reliable, safe and secure operations, which the airline is known for,”

sunnewsonline Wednesday, August 31, 2016 7:10:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “In spite of initial hitches, it is gratifying to note that Runway 18R in Lagos has been certified for CAT III just as Runway 22 in Abuja with the newly acquired calibration aircraft by the Aviation Ministry. Both facilities are now fully operational”

guardian-ng Friday, February 28, 2020 5:54:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu stated : “a flight commissioning of the newly installed DVOR (Doppler Very High-Frequency Omni-Directional Radio Range) in Lagos had successfully been carried out just as routine flight calibration had also been carried out on Runway 18 Left in Lagos”

vanguardngr Monday, February 24, 2020 4:14:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said ( about Africa Airways ) : “Enugu being on a higher latitude can cover for Manfe entry/exit reporting point in Cameroun for international flights like Ethiopian, Rwanda Airlines, Kenya Airways, South Africa Airways and the like,” “The NAMA boss revealed that the new installation has provided AFTN (Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunication Network) link that would enhance effective data communication for transmission of flight plans, NOTAMs and Aeronautical Communication messages, just as it has provided effective coordination between Enugu tower and Lagos Area Control Centre through the ATS/DS (Air Traffic Services/ Direct Speech) for departing and arriving traffic ahead of time”

thesourceng Tuesday, January 28, 2020 10:37:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said ( about Africa Airways ) : “Enugu being on higher latitude can cover for Manfe entry/exit reporting point in Cameroun for international flights like Ethiopian, Rwanda Airlines, Kenya Airways, South Africa Airways and the like,”

guardian-ng Tuesday, January 28, 2020 7:38:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said ( about Africa Airways ) : “Enugu being on higher latitude can cover for Manfe entry/exit reporting point in Cameroun for international flights like Ethiopian, Rwanda Airlines, Kenya Airways, South Africa Airways and the like,”

ngrguardiannews Tuesday, January 28, 2020 7:33:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said ( about Africa Airways ) : “Enugu being on a higher latitude can cover Manfe entry/exit reporting point in Cameroun for international flights like Ethiopian, Rwanda Airlines and Kenya Airways and South Africa Airways,”

punchng Tuesday, January 28, 2020 4:39:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said ( about Africa Airways ) : “Enugu being on a higher latitude can cover for Manfe entry/exit reporting point in Cameroun for international flights like Ethiopian, Rwanda Airlines, Kenya Airways, South Africa Airways and the like,”

dailytimes-NG Tuesday, January 28, 2020 3:54:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said ( about Africa Airways ) : “Enugu being on a higher latitude can cover for Manfe entry/exit reporting point in Cameroun for international flights like Ethiopian, Rwanda Airlines, Kenya Airways, South Africa Airways and the like,”

dailytrust Monday, January 27, 2020 9:25:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “Because we have better equipment, it will lower both minimas, so we expect to see an improvement in flight operations in the country in the coming weeks and months,”

thisdayonline Friday, November 15, 2019 4:40:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu added : “The deployment of CAT III ILS will reduce the landing and takeoff minimas. The landing minimas are based on the fact that you are coming from somewhere and you are able to land while the takeoff minimas are predicated on certain aspects, among which is your ability to take off and if need be, you are able to land back to where you took off. Because we have better equipment, it will lower both minimas, so we expect to see an improvement in flight operations in the country in the coming weeks and months,”

tribuneonlineng Thursday, November 14, 2019 12:23:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu explained : “A category III A approach is a precision instrument approach and landing with no decision height or a decision height lower than 100ft (30m) and a runway visual range not less than 700ft (200m),”

thenationonlineng Tuesday, November 12, 2019 11:09:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “In a couple of weeks, we will bring a calibration aircraft to fly in and certify that the equipment is good to go,”

guardian-ng Tuesday, November 12, 2019 6:39:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “Because we have better equipment, it will lower both minimas, so we expect to see an improvement in flight operations in the country in the coming weeks and months,”

guardian-ng Tuesday, November 12, 2019 6:39:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu declared : “We have seen improvement along the north-east corridor that we tackled lately in Jos, and we are determined to see that communication is 5/5 in the entire airspace. If you can communicate just once instead of five times, the person at the receiving end understands you and is happy just as you are happy. If we can get better radios with good clarity, it will lessen the burden and make the job easier for both the air traffic controller and the pilot,”

tribuneonlineng Thursday, October 31, 2019 5:26:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “We have seen improvement along the north-east corridor that we tackled lately in Jos, and we are determined to see that communication is 5/5 in the entire airspace. If you can communicate just once instead of five times, the person at the receiving end understands you and is happy just as you are happy. If we can get better radios with good clarity, it will lessen the burden and make the job easier for both the air traffic controller and the pilot,”

tribuneonlineng Thursday, October 31, 2019 5:26:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “If we can get better radios with good clarity, it will lessen the burden and make the job easier for both the air traffic controller and the pilot,”

dailytimes-NG Monday, October 28, 2019 5:43:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu stated : “With radar vectoring assistance, Nigerian airlines are saving fuel through reduced flight time. At least there is reduction of flight time by five minutes. In five minutes, an average Boeing 737 consumes about 291 litres of fuel -aircraft type consumes maximum of 3,500 litres in one hour. At the price of N250 per litre, if we conservatively say that every aircraft operates only six times daily and multiply it with the 40 aircraft that are currently in operation, that gives about N523, 800,000. This means that the more flights you do, the more you save. This saved funds are very important for airlines that operate largely on marginal gains,”

thisdayonline Friday, October 11, 2019 7:41:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “We are also working on Aeronautical Information Service (AIS), which is to ensure the flow of information necessary for safety, regularity and efficiency for international air navigation and we hope to complete the project by end of this year or first quarter of next year. We are making very good progress. The Lagos equipment is completed and we are installing in six other places,”

thisdayonline Friday, October 11, 2019 7:41:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “This often occurs ahead of a cold front, where wind shear combined with unusually widespread lifting of the lower atmosphere causes convection to become arranged in a banded structure. Squall line can impede flights. It can also lead to blinding rain and generally makes approach difficult,”

thisdayonline Friday, August 23, 2019 7:14:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “This is why every airport has its own visibility minima. In Port Harcourt and Calabar if the visibility minima are less than 800 meters you cannot land. Lagos is 600 metres minima. Below the visibility minima you cannot do approach. If you have low clouds you may not land successfully; you may do miss approach, but if there is Category 3 ILS it will guide the pilot at decision height and the aircraft will land safely,”

thisdayonline Friday, August 23, 2019 7:14:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “Development and publication of Nigerian enroute charts showing the delineation of the East and West airspace sectors and the conduct of safety assessment as well as a stakeholders’ forum,”

leadership Sunday, July 21, 2019 1:50:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “Development and publication of Nigerian enroute charts showing the delineation of the East and West airspace sectors and the conduct of safety assessment as well as a stakeholders’ forum,”

guardian-ng Sunday, July 21, 2019 1:35:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “Development and publication of Nigerian enroute charts showing the delineation of the East and West airspace sectors and the conduct of safety assessment as well as a stakeholders’ forum,”

ngrguardiannews Sunday, July 21, 2019 1:34:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “There is also the deployment of 54 VSAT nodes, inside the Aeronautical Information Services Automation project. This project has lingered through all the regimes in NAMA, but we are currently making efforts to see to the final takeoff of the automation project which we believe would boost our communication system,”

guardian-ng Friday, July 5, 2019 8:02:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “We are awaiting the 2019 budget to extend the range of the Jotron radios, and when this is implemented on full terrestrial base systems, we would have the maximum range required to cover the entire airspace and beyond,”

guardian-ng Friday, July 5, 2019 8:02:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “There is also the deployment of 54 VSAT nodes, in the Aeronautical Information Services Automation project. This project has lingered through all the regimes in NAMA, but we are currently making efforts to see to the final takeoff of the automation project, which we believe would boost our communication system,”

thenationonlineng Tuesday, July 2, 2019 2:15:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “There is also the deployment of 54 VSAT nodes inside the aeronautical information services automation project. This project has lingered through all the regimes in NAMA, but we are currently making efforts to see to the final take-off of the automation project which we believe would boost our communication system,”

dailytimes-NG Monday, July 1, 2019 4:56:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “This project has lingered through all the regimes in NAMA but we are currently making efforts to see to the final takeoff of the automation project which we believe would boost our communication system,”

nigerianobservernews Monday, July 1, 2019 12:46:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “We want Ibom Air to succeed because if you succeed, NAMA succeeds and it is through your success that we can pay our bills,”

nigerianobservernews Monday, July 1, 2019 12:46:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu recalled : “All these, we had to do within that stipulated time,”

thisdayonline Friday, June 7, 2019 5:40:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said ( about Godwin Obaseki ) : “We can’t but thank the Governor Obaseki for coming out to show support. The country belongs to all of us. He has demonstrated great leadership, and by working together, we can move the state forward,”

thisdayonline Friday, May 31, 2019 5:40:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “Nigeria’s airspace deserves the very best radio communications system, and the government was working to deliver it,” “I want to assure my colleagues, the pilots and the air traffic controllers that efforts are being made. And we are not going to stop. I am not going to stop, so long as I am in NAMA from trying to deliver an optimally-functional radio communications system for our airspace,”

sunnewsonline Saturday, April 27, 2019 6:51:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “In the South east, a lot of pilots have had to step on each other and ATCs because of poor communication and if you are foreign to the clime, that may make you categorise our airspace as unsafe. But, we are not stopping and that explains why we are always asking for feedbacks,”

guardian-ng Friday, April 26, 2019 8:56:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “This is an innovation that would not only improve and sanitise the nation’s financial system but also ensure accountability and transparency in the long run. If we desire an aviation industry that is globally competitive, we have to imbibe global best practices,”

thenationonlineng Tuesday, February 26, 2019 2:31:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “This is an innovation that would not only improve and sanitise the nation’s financial system but also ensure accountability and transparency in the long run. If we desire an aviation industry that is globally competitive, we have to imbibe global best practices,”

thisdayonline Friday, February 15, 2019 2:00:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “If we desire an aviation industry that is globally competitive, we have to imbibe global best practices,”

leadership Tuesday, February 12, 2019 4:57:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “This is an innovation that would not only improve and sanitize the nation’s financial system but also ensure accountability and transparency in the long run. If we desire an aviation industry that is globally competitive, we have to imbibe global best practices,”

dailytimes-NG Tuesday, February 12, 2019 2:54:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “In fact, it has been very cordial and we are poised to continue to keep it that way. You will recall that we cleared some consignments of spare parts for TRACON last year from the same Thales,”

guardian-ng Friday, February 8, 2019 7:20:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “Availability of spares would ensure that parts of the radar equipment would be readily available whenever and wherever they are needed. There are some that would immediately be used for replacement while others will be kept in the warehouse pending when they will be needed and I can assure you that NAMA engineers have the capacity to undertake the maintenance of this facility as they have always done in the past,”

guardian-ng Friday, February 8, 2019 7:20:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “Availability of spares would ensure that parts of the radar equipment would be readily available whenever and wherever they are needed. There are some that would immediately be used for replacement while others will be kept in the warehouse pending when they will be needed and I can assure you that NAMA engineers have the capacity to undertake the maintenance of this facility as they have always done in the past,”

peoplesdaily-online Thursday, February 7, 2019 10:21:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “Availability of spares would ensure that parts of the radar equipment would be readily available whenever and wherever they are needed. There are some that would immediately be used for replacement while others will be kept in the warehouse pending when they will be needed and I can assure you that NAMA engineers have the capacity to undertake the maintenance of this facility as they have always done in the past”

dailytimes-NG Monday, February 4, 2019 11:38:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu noted : “a sort of Turn-around-maintenance which is to be carried out by the equipment manufacturer, Thales Group”

thisdayonline Monday, February 4, 2019 5:16:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu noted : “a sort of Turn-around-maintenance which is to be carried out by the equipment manufacturer, Thales Group”

dailytimes-NG Sunday, February 3, 2019 11:49:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “NAMA will continue to improve on the services that it provides and we want to achieve our Category 3 ILS in major airports in 2019 and improve our aeronautical information system,”

thisdayonline Sunday, December 23, 2018 7:13:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “We are aware of the impact the four months suspension had on our staff and our highly esteemed customers and hence our move to return to operations is to continue to offer the most reliable, safe and secure operations, which the airline is renowned for,”

sunnewsonline Monday, January 9, 2017 7:39:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “This patronage reinforces the strength of our brand and the quality of our service.”

ngrguardiannews Friday, December 23, 2016 10:00:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “Unfortunately, the operating environment within and outside the airline have hindered any possible progress especially in the last six months when the naira depreciated against the dollar thus making it impossible for the airline to achieve its operational targets”

dailytrust Thursday, September 1, 2016 7:34:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “This business decision, which is a result of the current economic situation in the country, has forced some other airlines to suspend operations or out rightly pull out of Nigeria. ‘’In the case of Aero, the airline had faced grave challenges in the past six months, which impacted its business and by extension the scheduled services operations.’’ These factors, according to him, are both internal and external environmental factors that had made it difficult for the airline to continue its scheduled services. He said during the period in review, Aero, which was hitherto revered for its safety and timeliness, witnessed epileptic operations and services to the external publics caused by non-alignment of fundamental issue of the business, which had been frustrating and embarrassing to all parties, including staff, customers and all stakeholders”

onlinenigeria Thursday, September 1, 2016 3:43:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “This business decision, which is a result of the current economic situation in the country, has forced some other airlines to suspend operations or out rightly pull out of Nigeria. ‘’In the case of Aero, the airline had faced grave challenges in the past six months, which impacted its business and by extension the scheduled services operations.’’ These factors, according to him, are both internal and external environmental factors that had made it difficult for the airline to continue its scheduled services. He said during the period in review, Aero, which was hitherto revered for its safety and timeliness, witnessed epileptic operations and services to the external publics caused by non-alignment of fundamental issue of the business, which had been frustrating and embarrassing to all parties, including staff, customers and all stakeholders”

vanguardngr Thursday, September 1, 2016 2:43:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said ( about Aero Contractors ) : “Aero Contractors has announced that it would suspend its scheduled services from Thursday, September 1, 2016 and the development is part of the strategic business realignment to reposition the airline and return it to the part of profitability,”

sunnewsonline Thursday, September 1, 2016 2:36:00 AM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said ( about Aero Contractors ) : “Aero Contractors has announced that it would suspend its scheduled services from Thursday September 1, 2016 and the development is part of the strategic business realignment to reposition the airline and return it to the part of profitability,”

sunnewsonline Wednesday, August 31, 2016 7:10:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu said : “the airline has faced grave challenges in the past six months which impacted its business and by extension the scheduled services operations.”

sunnewsonline Wednesday, August 31, 2016 7:10:00 PM EAT

Fola Akinkuotu stated : “We are aware of the impact this will have on our staff and our highly esteemed customers, hence we have initiated moves to ensure that we are able to return back to operations within the shortest possible time, offering reliable, safe and secure operations, which the airline is known for,”

sunnewsonline Wednesday, August 31, 2016 7:10:00 PM EAT