Antananarivo FIR holds a coordination meeting

The 5th Coordination Meeting of the Antananarivo Flight Information Region was held from 17 to 20 May 2018 in Saint-Denis on the Ile de la Réunion. The event was organized in partnership with the French Civil Aviation Authority - Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile française, via its Air Navigation Services Department (DSNA).

The meeting mainly focused on the improvement of the air navigation safety in the Indian Ocean.

RECOGNITION OF ASECNA EXPERTISE receives the «John Chapman Award»

Mr. Belinga Onana Jacques, an ASECNA expert, has received the « John Chapman Award ». The award was given during the Global Aviation Training and TRAINAIR PLUS Symposium, which was held from 11 to 13 May 2016 in Seoul (South Korea). 

The « John Chapman Award » was instituted by ICAO in 2013 in order to reward the most accomplished expert each year. It bears the name of the late developer of the TRAINAIR Programme (which became later TRAINAIR Plus). The programme aims to economically and cost-effectively improve the safety and efficiency of worldwide air transport through the establishment and observance of high standards.

Satellite navigation : The last mile to securing an ASECNA/EU agreement

The European Commission Director-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (GROW) Ms Lowri Evans and the Director General of ASECNA, Mr. Amadou Ousmane Guitteye initialed in Brussels on May 21, a draft international agreement that was concluded after negotiations.