Direct Approach To Boost Efficiency

Free Route Airspace

TRAILBLAZERS: From left to right: Abdérahmane Berthé, AFRAA Secretary General, Kanayo Awani, Executive Vice President, Intra-African Trade and Export Development, Afreximbank and Allan Kilavuka, Kenya Airways CEO, mark the implementation of free route airspace operations in Africa.

Credit: AFRAA
African airline leaders are heralding the initial implementation of a Free Route Airspace (FRA) initiative on the continent, enabling operators to reduce fuel burn and emissions by flying more direct routes. The first stage of FRA deployment took place at the end of October as six African operators...
Graham Dunn

Graham Dunn writes for Aviation Week Network's African Aerospace, Arabian Aerospace and Show Business titles.

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