Luanda - Angola has obtained an effective implementation score of 63.62 percent in the civil aviation sector, a percentage higher than the regional average of the 24 countries of the Southern and Eastern Africa region (ESAF) set at 57.1 percent.
In a note sent Tuesday to ANGOP, the Ministry of Transport said that the achievement results from the preliminary assessment of compliance of the national aviation operational safety supervision system, made by a delegation of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which was in the country from November 30 to December 12 of this year.
According to the note, the result is above the Abuja African target (60 percent) and close to the global average, estimated at 67.7 percent.
It also points to the structural reforms implemented in the civil aviation subsector, the revision of the legal and regulatory framework, the creation of the National Civil Aviation Authority (ANAC), the National Institute for Research and Prevention of Transport Accidents (INIPAT), the transformation of ENANA-EP into ENNA-EP and SGA-SA, and the restructuring of the country’s airlines TAAG as factors that contributed to the achievement of Angola's satisfactory result.
Another decisive factor in obtaining this result was the certification of Luanda 04 de Fevereiro International Airport, which derives from the obligation of all states to certify their international airports.
The obligation dates back to 2003 with Angola successfully implementing it, having in the process also obtained the recertification of the Air Operators and the certification of the Aeronautical Instruction Center (CAI).
The delivery of the certificate, adds the note, represented a milestone for the civil aviation subsector in Angola, since the state now complies with the obligation established by ICAO (since November 27, 2003) to have all international airports in operation disclosed in the Africa-Indian Ocean Air Navigation Plan (AFI) certified by ANAC.
Quoted in a statement, the minister of Transport, Ricardo Viegas d'Abreu, points out that the consolidation of the structuring reforms of the civil aviation subsector and the growing conformity of the industry with the national and international regulatory framework makes believe that Angola will reach, in the next audit, the goal that ICAO established for all countries in the world set at 75%.
The minister appeals to all employees of the sector to maintain the professionalism, competence and commitment that will allow everyone to achieve this major national goal.
The audit, conducted by a ICAO multidisciplinary team of experts, assessed eight critical elements and the auditable areas of legislation, organization, aeronautical staff licensing, flight operations, aircraft airworthiness, air navigation services, aerodromes and ground infrastructure.
Also targeted in the assessment were air accident investigation, as well as matters under the responsibility of the National Institute for the Investigation and Prevention of Transport Accidents (INIPAT).
The assessment of the conformity of the national aeronautical operational safety oversight system was part of the Universal Operational Safety Oversight Program.
