SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA PUSHES FORWARD WITH ATC IMPROVEMENTS
August 1st, 2011
BY BILL CORCORAN, WACHIRA KIGOTHO, PAUL COCHRANE; and KEITH NUTHALL
SUB-SAHARAN Africa has always been regarded as a problem zone for air traffic control, with weak states struggling to provide the sophisticated and flexible communications required for state of the art ATC.
But as governance is steadily improving in the region, so are air navigation services. Maybe the most recent evidence of this is a trial in Africa of an International Air Transport Association (IATA-led trial of a programme called iFlex. It aims to give airlines flexibility over the routes ...
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