Jan 26, 2022 — South Sudan Civil Aviation Authority claims that it has begun the process to claim full control of South Sudan sovereign airspace that remains under control of the Sudanese authorities in Khartoum.
In a statement extended to Nyamilepedia Press, Capt. David Subek Dada, the CEO of the South Sudan Civil Aviation Authority, said South Sudan has now established a technology to fully control and safely manages air traffic within the young nation’s airspace which may generate extra revenue for Kiir’s administration.
“In the last eight months, the South Sudan Civil Aviation Authority has begun the process of reclaiming full control of our sovereign airspace, with state of art technology now enabling us to safely manage traffic and collect overflight fees across the lower airspace” Read part of the statement extended to Nyamilepedia.
The authorities confirmed that such responsibility will be shouldered by public-private partnership that has been approved and authenticated by the Ministry of Justice.
“This public-private partnership has the backing of the government of South Sudan, approved and authenticated by the Ministry of Justice.” The report continued.
According to Capt. David Subek Dada, the two main motives for this decision are to make South Sudan Airspace safe for the citizens and for the government to tap into new economics potentials for the country.
“Our work is driven by two priorities: to make our skies as safe as anywhere else in the world, and to unlock the transformative economic potential of a new, modern airspace, for the people of South Sudan.” Capt. David Subek Dada said.
“All overflight fees collected are held in secure escrow accounts for transparency, and reinvested back into the airspace, in line with the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization standards.” He continued.
David also announced that this new development is being accompanied by the first Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP), a critical set of operational requirements that will enable international airliners to integrate South Sudan into their routes.
“We’ve also published our first Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP), a critical set of operational requirements to enable international airliners to integrate South Sudan into their routes. We have installed new radio communication equipment, including Very High Frequency (VHF) radio, and trained and certified all our Air Traffic Controllers in line with the highest global standards.” He concludes.
South Sudan airspace, which has seen many accidents in the recent past, has been managed in Sudan; however, critics have blamed most of the accidents in South Sudan on the age of airplanes that have been allowed by South Sudanese Authorities to fly within their airspace although some of them are outdated to fly any where else.
