SOUTH ASIA CIVIL AVIATION BOTTLENECKS
October 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE INTERNATIONAL Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has warned "bottlenecks in Indian and Pakistan airspace" are being caused by "route and level restrictions and limitations within the Kabul FIR", in Afghanistan. The problem has caused traffic intended for the Kabul-controlled area to be diverted via Iran. A meeting of ICAO's air traffic flow management task force (Asia-Pacific) said of major concern were routes from Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, China, Hong Kong, and Kathmandu, "which join at various locations in India prior to the route ...
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