Ethiopian CAA
Did anybody have bad experiences with the Ethiopian CAA in obtaining landing or overflying permissions ?
I Find them quite lousy !
They won't grant permissions for any Cargo / passenger flights with load or pax for the UN unless permit requests goes through Diplomatic channels
They won't grant permissions to land even for tech if you are heading to a country they don't like (Eritrea for example)
Easiest thing they would say : APPLY VIA DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS !!
Even for a ferry flight aiming for a tech stop just for fuel and a 1 hour ground time !?!?!?!?!?!
Finally they wouldn't give any good reasons they would just hang up the phone with out any explanations !
No need to speak of the corruption, when you send a request and the guy answering the phone says we didn't get the request, please send it to the agent Zebra Aviation and passes you their email !
Quite unprofessional !
One of the worst in Africa !