Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Dr Harold Demuren, has said commercial airline operators will be bear the cost of training personnel for the implementation of Performance Based Navigation (PBN).
He explained that the implementation of the PBN, a satellite technology will help to develop nonlinear, helicopter specific- flight paths free from obstacles, terrain and fixed wing traffic routes.
He gave the explanation in Lagos while speaking at a stockholder’s forum on the PBN road map organised by NCAA at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
Demuren explained that in relative to circuitous Instrument Flight Rules (IFR), the helicopter specific PBN routes can link airport, hospitals, government facilities and oil rigs to save operators time and fuel.
He added that PBN will also enable helicopter operations, which is anticipated to become an increasingly important element of Nigeria’s economy and air transportation the vertical approaches and departures for which helicopters are suited.
On Nigeria’s adoption of PBN, the director general said that the decision has significant safety economic implications for the nation’s air carriers and other airspace users
He advised operators to take aircraft equipage and flight crew training requirements into consideration while making their plans.
According to him, “They should also factor PBN’s anticipated benefits including enhance safety , reduced per – flight fuel consumption and environment impact and reduced flight delays into their cost benefit analysis.
On who bears the cost of training personnel on PBN, Demuren said that it is solely the responsibility of the operator however that the performance nature of PBN requirements grants operators significant flexibility to make cost effective equipage decisions.
NCAA will continue to consult with Nigeria’s carriers and other airspace users and take their views and needs into consideration as NCAA planning for PBN evolves.
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