Angola air traffic controller staff
have called off strike planned for Tuesday 11th. The union and the ministry in
charge of transport agreed to hold further talks about pay adjustments. Controllers
have been involved in months bargaining negotiations. They are angry about
salary cuts since kwanza (national currency) has been depreciated .The strike would have caused disruptions and cancellations of hundreds of flight.
mercredi 12 avril 2017
TANZANIA/ OUGANDA : Aviation cooperation enhancement
Tanzania and Uganda have signed an agreement to enhance
cooperation in civil aviation. The Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) for the deals were signed last Thursday 7th by Tanzanian
Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, AUGUSTINE MAHIGA on
behalf of Tanzania and Ugandan Minister for Foreign Affairs, SAM KUTESA on
behalf of the Ugandan government.
mardi 11 avril 2017
Tunisia: General Directorate of Civil Aviation and the Civil Aviation and Airports Authority (OACA) about to merge
Tunisia is set to
introduce a bill on creation of a national civil aviation authority. The General Manager of
General Directorate of Civil Aviation , Habib MEKK , made this known two weeks
ago at a day’s workshop on project "Support
to the strengthening of civil aviation institutions"
with European Union.
For many years, Tunisian air transport has experienced
a weakening in the supervision of security and control, discrepancies in
abiding with international regulations. Aviation experts explained that the
overlapping of attributions between DGAC and OACA is partly the cause of this weaknesses.
According to Habib MEKKI, the new institution will
contribute in revamping of national aviation sector. It will be a self-funded
government institution and gather the staff of
the current DGAC and the OACA.
This initiative is one of key point of the
project "Support to the strengthening of civil aviation institutions "
between Tunisia and France launched in November 2016. 1.2 million euros funded
by the European Union, this project will upgrade Tunisia civil aviation
management relying on officials with enhanced professionalism.
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Established in 1971, OACA, is a public
industrial and commercial institution under the Ministry of Transport,
responsible for management, development, operation, maintenance and development
of international airports, as well as regional and local air traffic control in
Tunisia and navigation services.
RwandaAir Gets New CEO
According to the cabinet statement, the government had named Chance Ndagano as RwandAir’s acting chief executive officer, replacing John Mirenge.
Mirenge had been at the helm of RwandAir since 2010 and is credited with steering an ambitious expansion plan.
It is unclear why he was replaced by the government. However Read more
France takes Mozambique airline off blacklist
France has removed Mozambique's national carrier from a blacklist of airlines prohibited from using its airports, Mozambique aviation officials.
National Director of Civil Aviation Antonio Pinto welcomed the decision, saying the ban had hurt Linhas Aereas de Mocambique financially and damaged the country's reputation abroad.
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dimanche 9 avril 2017
FORMATION : IAWA-ICAO Aviation Scholarship for Professional Women
Dans le but d'améliorer le développement de la femme dans l'aviation, l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI), en collaboration avec International Aviation Women’s Association (IAWA) offre des bourses d'études pour les professionnelles évoluant dans le secteur de l’aviation.
Les candidats sélectionnés pour la Bourse OACI-IAWA pourront accroître leur expérience professionnelle en aviation en travaillant sur des aspects spécifiques d’un programme de l'OACI au niveau international pour une période de neuf mois.
CALENDRIER POUR LA SÉLECTION
- Date d'ouverture des candidatures : 01 Avril 2017
- Date de clôture des candidatures: 17 avril 2017
- Notification des résultats aux candidats: fin mai 2017
- Date de déclaration à Montréal du candidat sélectionné: octobre 2017
- Durée de la bourse d'étude: neuf (09) mois
- Frais de subsistance: une allocation mensuelle de 2 000 USD sera fournie pour aider le candidat sélectionné à couvrir les frais de subsistance à Montréal
Exigences requises et contenu du programme de travail, suivre le lien
Harmonisation des formations dans l’Aviation : Ethiopian Airlines, hôte du premier forum TRAINAIR PLUS en Afrique
La compagnie aérienne Ethiopian Airlines accueillera à Addis-Abeba du 11 au 13 Avril le symposium sur la formation mondiale en aviation et TRAINAIR PLUS.
Placée sous les auspices
de l’organisation de l’aviation civile internationale (OACI), la rencontre
constituera un cadre de réflexion sur les dernières tendances, techniques et
outils actuellement disponibles dans les formations en aviation dans le monde
entier.
Pour ATO TEWOLDE
GEBREMARIAM, CEO Ethiopian Airlines, ce forum international, premier du genre
sur le continent africain est d’autant plus important que « la
disponibilité du capital humain qualifié autant en quantité qu’en qualité reste
l'un des défis majeur pour la croissance et le développement de l'aviation
africaine ».
Près de 500 participants
comprenant un haut panel de l'OACI conduit par son président OLUMUYIWA BENARD
ALIU, des organismes de formation en aviation, des fabricants d'avions, des
compagnies aériennes, des autorités de l'aviation civile et des aéroports, des
organisations de tourisme et des décideurs gouvernementaux participeront au
symposium.
Le programme TRAINAIR
PLUS est un réseau collaboratif d'organismes de formation et de partenaires de
l'industrie aéronautique qui travaillent ensemble pour développer et fournir des
formations harmonisées de l'OACI.
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