Issues Continue To Hinder Sa Airport Operations

Flight disruptions plagued airlines and their travellers over the past weekend.

George Airport recently saw disruptions and flight cancellations over the due to the ongoing suspension of critical ATNS procedures at the airport which resulted in aircraft not being able to take off or land in bad weather.

According to FlySafair, six flights were cancelled while around 10 were delayed.

The disruptions came despite ATNSs assertion in January that George Airports procedures were being finalised and that efforts were underway to obtain approvals.

Since then, Minister of Transport, Barbara Creecy , has poured cold water over hopes for a fast resolution to the ATNS issue, which began in July last year. During a briefing on ATNS last week, the Minister clarified that ATNS at certain airports is currently operating under temporary alternative means of compliance AMOC for certain procedures. That AMOC is set to expire in April and Creecy has said that it was unlikely that the flight procedures would be flight-ready before April 2025.