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By Alex Malanga
Dar es Salaam — Tanzania has written to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (Icao) requesting so be given the mandate of monitoring a portion of the airspace that handed to Kenya due to safety reasons.
The area in question is the eastern triangle airspace which East Africa's largest country was unable to handle to in the past because it did not have enough surveillance radars.
The Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) acting director of air navigation services, Mr Gideon Msheri told The Citizen last week that the country now anticipates to get enough surveillance radars to guide international airlines passing the eastern triangle airspace thus necessitating the need to get area back.
By getting the area back, Tanzania will stand a position of earning at least Sh1 billion annually which it currently losses out to Kenya.
The eastern triangle also covers Madagascar, Mauritius, Moroni and Mayotte islands.
"We have lost a lot of revenues during the past 38 years and we now need the airspace back," said Mr Msheri.
Icao, which delegated the area to Kenya after the Tanzania failed to control it, had already responded to the letter.
What is awaited now is for Icao to set a date for the meeting between the two countries.
Mr Msheri exuded optimism that the area would be given back given to Tanzania, saying the law allows any country to seek back its area after satisfying itself and Icao that it would be able to manage it.
"We now have the required surveillance capacity," he said.
Earlier this year, TCAA installed a very high frequency radio station in Tanga to oversee the air space to ensure security to airline operators.
Dar es Salaam — Tanzania has written to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (Icao) requesting so be given the mandate of monitoring a portion of the airspace that handed to Kenya due to safety reasons.
The area in question is the eastern triangle airspace which East Africa's largest country was unable to handle to in the past because it did not have enough surveillance radars.
The Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) acting director of air navigation services, Mr Gideon Msheri told The Citizen last week that the country now anticipates to get enough surveillance radars to guide international airlines passing the eastern triangle airspace thus necessitating the need to get area back.
By getting the area back, Tanzania will stand a position of earning at least Sh1 billion annually which it currently losses out to Kenya.
The eastern triangle also covers Madagascar, Mauritius, Moroni and Mayotte islands.
"We have lost a lot of revenues during the past 38 years and we now need the airspace back," said Mr Msheri.
Icao, which delegated the area to Kenya after the Tanzania failed to control it, had already responded to the letter.
What is awaited now is for Icao to set a date for the meeting between the two countries.
Mr Msheri exuded optimism that the area would be given back given to Tanzania, saying the law allows any country to seek back its area after satisfying itself and Icao that it would be able to manage it.
"We now have the required surveillance capacity," he said.
Earlier this year, TCAA installed a very high frequency radio station in Tanga to oversee the air space to ensure security to airline operators.
