South Sudan approves over $28 million for airspace operationalization – Sudans Post

JUBA-South Sudan’s Council of Ministers, of their common assembly chaired by President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Friday, authorised $28,414,236 for airspace operationalization.

Since its independence in 2011, South Sudan’s airspace has been underneath Sudan’s management.

Speaking to journalists after a cupboard assembly in Juba, Michael Makuei Lueth, the Minister of Information, Communication, Technology, and Postal Services, stated they authorised the funds for the operationalization of the Airspace Control Center.

“It is worth mentioning that up to this moment, the airspace is controlled from Sudan, and this was simply because we did not have the facilities for this. Now, facilities have been built, and we are left now with the handing over so that ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) can, after this, license us.” Makuei stated.

He stated the Ministry of Transport requested a sum of $28,414,236 to allow them to take over this facility.

“Of course, once this center is operationalized, it will serve us in terms of security because our airspace will be secure. It will also generate revenue because all these planes that pass over South Sudan, they all pay for the use of the airspace, but we have not been getting it. The Sudanese government has been taking it all this time.”

Lueth revealed that the middle might generate a sum of $35,350,000 each year since they are going to be charging all of the planes working within the nation or passing througha the airspace.