Ethiopia: Bole One of First Airports in Africa With the ICAO Cert
10 avril 2012
allAfrica.com -8 April 2012
Ethiopian Airports Enterprise (EAE) got the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) certification for Bole International Airport two weeks ago.
This makes the airport one of the few in Africa to have the ICAO certificate. Up until 2008 no airport in Africa had it. By 2011 Nigeria reported to have two of its four major airports ready to apply for the certification. At this moment, however, according to an official at EAE, only one other airport in South Africa has been certified.
The ICAO, a specialised UN agency, headquartered in Quebec, Canada, codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth.
EAE had to train its employees and acquire new technology to meet the Agency's requirements for the certificate, according to the official. EAE bought and installed a seven million Birr runaway swipe machine four months ago. This is a magnetic machine which clears metal objects and other materials from the runway. It also installed 1.5 million-Br computer-based training (CBT) software on eight compatible computers at Bole International Airport...
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