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Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar 
Summary
The Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (L'Agence pour la Sécurité de la Navigation aérienne en Afrique et à Madagascar, ASECNA) is an air traffic control agency based in Dakar, Senegal.
Agence pour la sécurité de la navigation aérienne en Afrique et à Madagascar | |
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| Nickname | ASECNA |
|---|---|
| Formation | December 12, 1959 |
| Type | Intergovernmental organization |
| Headquarters | 32, avenue Jean-Jaurès BP 3144, Dakar, Senegal |
Membership | 18, France and 17 African nations |
Official language | French |
Director General | Mohamed Moussa |
Chairman of the Board of Directors | Jean Lamy |
Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of ASECNA | Hervé Yves Hehomey |
It manages 16.1 million square kilometres of airspace (1.5 times the size of Europe) covering six Flight Information Regions (FIRs) – Antananarivo, Brazzaville, Dakar Oceanic and Terrestrial, Niamey[1] and N’Djamena. ASECNA Air Traffic Control centres are based at international airports in each of these cities.
In July 2008, a strike by ASECNA staff in Gabon disrupted air traffic in Cameroon and elsewhere.[2]
Member states edit
References edit
- ^ Visites du ministre des Transports et de l'Aviation Civile à l'aéroport international Diori Hamani de Niamey et au CNUT : s'enquérir des conditions de travail des agents Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine. Seini Seydou Zakaria, le Sahel (Niamey) 18 June 2009
- ^ "Aéroport international de Douala: Près de 300 passagers bloqués à Douala". cameroon-info.net. 22 July 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
External links edit
- ASECNA website