AFGHANISTAN ATC
March 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLIMPROVEMENTS to Afghanistan's air traffic control systems are to be made with a US$19.3 million World Bank credit. It said that "deterioration of air traffic control equipment and a shortage of qualified operators has reduced the safety and availability of flights, Afghanistan's most practical means for long-range domestic as well as international travel." It added that the Emergency Transport Rehabilitation Project would help the new Kabul government meet short term emergency air safety needs, while building long term solutions. The money will ...
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