Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar
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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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Agence pour la sécurité de la navigation aérienne en Afrique et à Madagascar | |
Nickname | ASECNA |
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Formation | December 12, 1959; 64 years ago (1959-12-12) |
Type | Intergovernmental organization |
Headquarters | 32, avenue Jean-Jaurès BP 3144, Dakar, Senegal |
Membership | 19, France and 18 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 |
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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]