{"id":9291,"date":"2023-06-22T15:55:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T15:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=9291"},"modified":"2023-06-22T15:55:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T15:55:16","slug":"iata-launches-programme-to-improve-aviation-safety-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/iata-launches-programme-to-improve-aviation-safety-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"IATA Launches Programme to Improve Aviation Safety in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Addis Ababa<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 The International Air Transport Association (IATA)&nbsp; has &nbsp;launching the Collaborative Aviation Safety Improvement Program (CASIP) to reduce the accident and serious incident rate across Africa as part of the Focus Africa initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Launch partners in the program are:&nbsp;The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO),&nbsp;The African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC),&nbsp;The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),&nbsp;Boeing,&nbsp;The Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, the CASIP partners will prioritize the most pressing safety concerns on the continent and rally the resources needed to address them. The benefits of improving aviation safety in Africa will be spread across the economies and societies of the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cImproving aviation safety will play an important role in Africa\u2019s overall development. Safe, efficient and reliable air connectivity is a major driving contribution to the UN\u2019s Sustainable Development Goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In that sense, CASIP will make it clear to governments across the continent that aviation must be prioritized as an integral part of national development strategies. With such broad benefits at stake, we hope that other parties will be encouraged to join the CASIP effort,\u201d said Willie Walsh, IATA\u2019s Director General.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The starting point for safety improvement is the effective use of global standards for safety. At government level, a key indicator is effective implementation of ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Data for the year 2022 reveals considerable room for improvement with only 28 of 54 African states reaching an effective implementation rate for ICAO SARPS of 60% or higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Going forward the CASIP partners will, identify deficiencies in operational safety and implement corrective action plans, provide safety training and workshops continent wide; promote a data-driven approach to safety performance with emphasis on making safety data available to decision-makers and ensuring efficient accident\/incident reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Improving safety performance is a priority for Africa. And we don\u2019t need to reinvent the wheel to deliver the needed results. Collaborative safety teams in Latin America have demonstrated that safety improves when government and industry work together to implement global standards. By working together, the partners will pool resources to have a greater impact on areas where risk can be reduced, leading to measurable improvements in safety,\u201d said Walsh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Editor: msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Addis Ababa&nbsp;\u2013 The International Air Transport Association (IATA)&nbsp; has &nbsp;launching the Collaborative Aviation Safety Improvement Program (CASIP) to reduce the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aviation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OIF.jpeg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8651,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/iatas-focus-africa-initiative-to-strengthen-aviations-contribution-to-african-development\/","url_meta":{"origin":9291,"position":0},"title":"IATA\u2019s \u201cFocus Africa initiative \u201d to Strengthen Aviation\u2019s Contribution to African Development","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"April 4, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Geneva\u00a0-\u00a0The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is launching \u201cFocus Africa\u201d to strengthen aviation\u2019s contribution to Africa\u2019s economic and social development and improve connectivity, safety and reliability for passengers and shippers. 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