Biggest News of 2017: Somalia ATC
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 1:53 pmhttps://www.voanews.com/a/somalia-takes-control-of-its-own-skies/4182804.html
I haven't got any pictures or any details yet. I understand they are still going to be trained in Kenya and that a lot of the staff will be the same. I am guessing they are at Aden Adde, but I haven't seen any good pictures of the facilities. The best thing about new air traffic is that the technology will be all new.
The Somali government has retaken control of its air space after more than two decades. Air traffic over the Horn of Africa nation had been controlled by the United Nations from neighboring Kenya since 1992, a year after the Somali civil war broke out.
Inaugurating the aviation control center in the capital, Mogadishu, President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo said this is a sign the country is moving forward.
I haven't got any pictures or any details yet. I understand they are still going to be trained in Kenya and that a lot of the staff will be the same. I am guessing they are at Aden Adde, but I haven't seen any good pictures of the facilities. The best thing about new air traffic is that the technology will be all new.