The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has said that from April, all aircraft flying the country’s airspace would be tracked and automatically billed.

The Agency Executive Director Operations, Mr. Adebisi Adedara, said the auto billing would start at the end of March when the Total Radar Coverage of Nigerian Airspace (TRACON) becomes operational.

Mr. Adedara told newsmen in Lagos that TRACON was aimed at providing total radar coverage for Nigeria’s airspace.

He said it would enhance civil and military surveillance of aircraft flying into the country’s airspace as well as eliminate the use of manual billing system of aircrafts.

According to him, the Auto Billing System was built into the TRACON and could easily capture aircraft that enters the Nigerian airspace.

He stated that the project awarded by the Federal Executive Council in 2003 with a completion period of thirty six months was ninety seven per cent completed.

Mr. Adedara announced that NAMA had secured government approval for the purchase of Very High Frequency Radio (VHF) coverage of the airspace, explaining that the VHF navigation aid would improve effective communication of air traffic controllers.