Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar

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.

Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar
Agence pour la sécurité de la navigation aérienne en Afrique et à Madagascar
ASECNA sign at Bissau Airport, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Map of member states in Africa
NicknameASECNA
FormationDecember 12, 1959 (1959-12-12)
TypeIntergovernmental organization
Headquarters32, 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


References
  1. 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
  2. "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.
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