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.
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| Nickname | ASECNA |
|---|---|
| Formation | December 12, 1959 |
| Type | Intergovernmental organization |
| Headquarters | 32, avenue Jean-Jaurès BP 3144, Dakar, Senegal |
| Membership | 19, France and 18 African nations |
Official language | French |
Director General | Prosper Zo'o Minto'o |
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]
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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.