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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>South Sudan has taken ownership of its sovereign lower airspace from Sudan, the country\u2019s Minister of Transport Madut Biar Yil said on Saturday. Speaking during the launch of the South Sudan Pilots\u2019 Association in Juba on Saturday, Biar said the country has finally taken control of its lower airspace and is establishing infrastructure aimed at reclaiming its upper airspace.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are now controlling our lower airspace, we are now independent of Sudan and we are building now and the company is now working necessary infrastructure to control our upper airspace so that we become now an independent country not only by land but also by air,\u201d Biar said during the launch of the South Sudan Pilots\u2019 Association in Juba over the weekend.<\/p>\n

In 2016, the government of South Sudan signed a three-year agreement with Sudan under the International Civil Aviation Organization to manage and control its airspace.<\/p>\n

According to the agreement, South Sudan would take over the control of its airspace territory after training and acquiring a qualified workforce to oversee the system.<\/p>\n

In September, the Sudanese committee managing the airspace was directed by the cabinet to continue its job until South Sudan is ready to assume the role. Biar said Sudan failed to train Civil Aviation Staff who should take control of their airspace after three years.<\/p>\n

\u201cSudan was given the management of our airspace collecting fees from our airspace in the tune of millions of dollars per month and they couldn\u2019t meet their obligations to train our Civil Aviation Staff until the coronavirus came in and it becomes an excuse,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

South Sudan will be able to collect fees from all aircraft using the airspace; a source of revenue that could bring in tens of millions of dollars each year once the full upper airspace is reclaimed.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Sudan<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. South Sudan has taken ownership of its sovereign lower airspace from Sudan, the country\u2019s Minister of Transport Madut Biar Yil said on Saturday. Speaking during the launch of the South Sudan Pilots\u2019 Association in Juba on Saturday, Biar said the country has finally taken control of its lower airspace and is establishing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":5909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[234,265,233],"class_list":["post-5910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-sudan","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"\nSouth Sudan officially takes control of its sovereign airspace - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"South Sudan has taken ownership of its sovereign lower airspace from Sudan, the country\u2019s Minister of Transport Madut Bi ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-officially-takes-control-of-its-sovereign-airspace\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"South Sudan officially takes control of its sovereign airspace\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"South Sudan has taken ownership of its sovereign lower airspace from Sudan, the country\u2019s Minister of Transport Madut Bi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-officially-takes-control-of-its-sovereign-airspace\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Sudan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-13T16:36:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-12-13T16:57:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2021\/12\/img-61b77b7c18359.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"850\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"364\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-officially-takes-control-of-its-sovereign-airspace#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-officially-takes-control-of-its-sovereign-airspace\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"South Sudan officially takes control of its sovereign airspace\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-13T16:36:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-12-13T16:57:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-officially-takes-control-of-its-sovereign-airspace\"},\"wordCount\":322,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-officially-takes-control-of-its-sovereign-airspace#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2021\/12\/img-61b77b7c18359.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Sudan\",\"South-Sudan\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-officially-takes-control-of-its-sovereign-airspace#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-officially-takes-control-of-its-sovereign-airspace\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-officially-takes-control-of-its-sovereign-airspace\",\"name\":\"South Sudan officially takes control of its sovereign airspace - 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