Aviation chiefs meet on Africa’s air safety

African aviation personnel including the heads of civil aviation organisations and airspace agencies will converge on Abuja as Nigeria has been nominated by the executive of the Civil Air Navigation Organisation (CANSO) in Africa to host its first regional conference in the continent.

The conference, which is intended to review air navigation safety globally and especially in Africa, will also chart the way forward for aviation safety as well as develop and enhance strategies for improvement.

Boni Dibante, regional director, Africa Affairs, who paid an official visit to the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, (NAMA), described the forthcoming event which holds from October 7 in Abuja, as historic being the first to be organised by the newly established CANSO Africa Regional Office.

 Article accredited to Businessday