Flights delayed in air traffic chaos

BREAKDOWN: SUSPENSIONS SPARK SAFETY CONCERNS

- Faizel Patel

The Airline Association of Southern Africa (AASA) has raised concerns about persistent flight delays at several airports across the country.

This comes after the continued suspension of more than 200 instrument flight procedures by the country's Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) at airports across the country.

AASA CEO Aaron Munetsi said the suspension of flight procedures continues to disrupt airline operations and cost airlines millions of rands in additional fuel, engine wear and maintenance, crew flight duty, flight operations support, customer compensation and reputational damage.

Munetsi told eNCA that passengers are “safe in the skies”.