ICAO RAISES CONCERN ABOUT EASTERN CARIBBEAN AIR TRAFFIC SAFETY

BY KEITH NUTHALL THE SAFETY certification of airports in the eastern Caribbean requires significant reform, an International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) report has stressed. Drawing on Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) assessments, it raised concerns about airports in Trinidad & Tobago; Jamaica; Antigua & Barbuda; Grenada; St Kitts & Nevis; St. Lucia; and St Vincent & the Grenadines. The report said there were "recurring observations" that basic aviation legislation does not include aerodrome certification and ...


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