All flights working in Class A airspace have to be cleared by air site visitors management which can also be liable for sustaining lateral and vertical separation between plane.
GENEVA – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomes the reclassification of airspace over Somalia and the encircling area to Class A. This will happen at one minute previous midnight on 26 January 2023 when air site visitors management companies will probably be operationally restored after a 30-year disruption.
Some of the area’s busiest airways – linking the African subcontinent south of Ethiopia with the Middle East and Indian subcontinent in addition to Western Europe with the Indian subcontinent and Indian Ocean islands – traverse Somalian airspace, which is formally often known as the Mogadishu Flight Information Region (FIR). It covers the landmass surrounding the Horn of Africa and extends into the Indian Ocean.
“The reclassification of the Mogadishu FIR as ‘Class A’ airspace will significantly improve safety in the region and enhance efficiency. This is thanks to the collaborative efforts of the Somalia Airspace Special Coordination Team, comprising the Somali CAA, IATA, the International Civil Aviation Organization, adjacent FIRs and airlines,” mentioned IATA’s Regional Vice President for the Middle East and Africa, Kamil Al-Awadhi.
The reclassification of the airspace, and the operational resumption of air site visitors management within the Mogadishu FIR has been made doable with the set up and commissioning of contemporary radio navigation and different technological infrastructure. It follows a profitable trial which started final May.
“The upgrade of air traffic management and improved navigation and communication infrastructure will enhance situational awareness along an increasingly busy air corridor and its intersections with routes linking many of the world’s regions,” added Al-Awadhi.
All flights working in Class A airspace have to be cleared by air site visitors management which can also be liable for sustaining lateral and vertical separation between plane. In the Mogadishu FIR, Class A airspace is the sky above the bottom altitude of roughly 24,500 ft above imply sea degree.
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