AeroMechanical Services (AMA) has secured a contract from a Nigerian airline to install the Automated Flight Information Reporting System (AFIRS) 220 on six Fokker 100 aircraft.

Under the five-year contract, AMA will provide equipment and services to the Nigerian airline.

The technology will help the airline to automate data, gain operational data accuracy from its aircraft and increase operational efficiency and safety.

Installations are scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2012.

The AFIRS features include automated Out, Off, On and In times, engine trending, airframe and engine exceedances, flight tracking and satellite voice communications.