Civil Aviation Authority calls for urgent action to close gaps in aviation weather information

The CAA Director General said Zambia’s aviation sector had experienced challenges including infrastructure limitations, coordination gaps among stakeholders and bottlenecks in the dissemination of meteorological information.

“The engagement must go beyond discussions and produce a practical, Zambia-specific action plan that is time-bound, implemented and jointly monitored by the institutions involved,” he said.

ICAO MET expert, Sammuel Maluta Tshifaro said the mission was designed to work with Zambia to identify gaps and develop solutions rather than simply inspect systems.

“We are not here as police or inspectors; we are here to say, let us move together,” he said.

Tshifaro said the assessment would examine not only the availability of meteorological information, but also the systems, procedures, infrastructure and coordination that determine whether the information reaches aviation users effectively.

The mission is being conducted under ICAO’s No Country Left Behind initiative, aimed at improving the timely, standardised and digital dissemination of aviation weather information, and ensuring critical data reaches pilots, and Air Traffic Controllers.

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