All of us who regularly fly in African airspace long for an improvement in the service. In today's news Clare Short is criticising Tanzania for wanting to invest £28m in it's ATC system.
I wonder why airlines can't pay the nav charges direct to equipment suppliers like BAE Systems to fund the improvement rather than the subject become a political wrangle because the equipment costs too much for these poor countries. The article fails to mention revenues from nav charges. ICAO, where are you on this?
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk_politics/newsid_1726000/1726756.stm" target="_blank">BBC News article</a>
Rod