The Maldives government created a new state-owned enterprise, Maldives National Air Traffic Service (MNATS), to take over all air traffic services previously handled by Maldives Airports Company Limited's Air Traffic Management Unit at Velana International Airport. Mohammad Akhtar was named managing director of the new company.
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with over 60 to 70 planes occupying the national airspace at peak times, the government surmised.
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The company is a 100 percent government-owned limited liability company governed by a Board of Directors appointed by the President of the Maldives.
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The government has added another company to a growing list of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) with the creation of Maldives National Air Traffic Service (MNATS), a separate company with the stated intention of strengthening the nation’s air traffic control services.
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MACL air traffic control staff had recently undertaken the company’s first air traffic control (ATC), radar control and area control surveillance course. A comprehensive eight-week programme designed to empower air traffic control professionals and strengthen the company’s air navigation services, MACL had said in August.
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