Revamping A.T.C in Sudan case study

Adopting the new air laws that recently passed by the Sudanese parliament , the Civil aviation in Sudan jumped a giant step towards a much needed new era in revamping the civil aviation industry as a whole and in particularly in the field of air traffic control and its system .
The Sudanese Air Traffic Control system established in 1954 followed the British commonwealth foot steps in all aspects became one of the pioneers in its efficiency and adherence to the ICAO regulations and its recommended practice, however the development of the system itself did not move as fast as the industry march leaving a big gap in the role that Sudan can play as the safest flight path to be flown to and from Europe.
The sudan air space as big as it is consist of an important flight segment that one determined by the African political landscape due to its international alliance during the cold war era the pre-U SSR brake up were most of the European in and out traffic to Africa forced to fly Sudan Air Space and ovoid the Libyan and Ethiopian FIR s .
The Sudanese ATC system was based on advisory services and flight information services till the late 1980th where the positive ATC were introduced on the main artery airway that connect the north of the century through the Khartoum TMA till few nautical miles passed the TMA south .

The purpose of this study is to reveal the readiness of the air traffic control system to deal with the major variables, which organized this important sector and then develop plans and ambitious programs to keep pace with change through multiple viewing angles and put the security of aviation safety as a basic non-infringement on the sovereignty of the Sudan.
Looking into the current infrastructure for air navigation requirements, we find that Sudan can be classified within the acceptable providers of air traffic services and its regulations rather than to its African neighbors, despite a wider area of airspace and can recognize its efforts to upgrade its navigational equipment along the lines of international flights.
This is clearly evident from the attempts of the Civil Aviation Authority in the rehabilitation of the air navigation equipment and the upgraded to VOR/DME equipment along the international routes for the purpose of complaisance with the ICAO recommended practices set forth in PAN –NAV doc 4444 and the requirement for ground-based-area navigation and through the current attempts to update the system equipment is expanding the network of radar and radar coverage.
In light of economic pressures, the rising prices of Crude oil, and its direct effects on prices of aviation fuel has embarked the IATA and ICAO organizations to engage in economical studies related to the operating cost and lowering the expenses by revamping the old navigational methods and procedures. Prompting those in charge of this matter to seek more accurate ways and take advantage of GPS system and satellites to facilitate air navigation by keeping up with Digital technologies as an ingredient in modern aircraft, with a huge capacity and to find the most wider airspace with less complex and shortest distance.
The RNAV ground – based- navigation and GNSS, became more known and used for area navigation, however integrating these new methods into the old area navigational routes created an elapse and nearly defeated the purpose thus it became a necessity to change.
The steady progress in the field of Aviation Technologies requires Sudan- to keep pace with this evolution and its application in order for the country to play its due role in pioneering this area regionally and access for the purposes of a major challenges thus it will not be done without proper planning and broad vision through that pave the way for the big changes coming.
Since completion of the Aviation Act in 2009, which represents the spearhead in the revolution of change and the future prospects?
Infrastructure for any aviation industry begins with laying the legislation and regulations governing this vital industry as well as construction of airports and modernization of air navigation and processing apparatus which provide the required match the specifications of the ICAO.

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