GEORGE NEWS - Passengers hoping to fly to George Airport can continue to expect future flight cancellations, diversions or delays in instances of bad weather as certain flight procedures are still suspended by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA).
It is expected that the final procedures will be approved by next week.
At least eight flights to George Airport were cancelled on Monday 21 October. In addition, two flights were diverted, including a flight from Cape Town that had to return to Cape Town and a flight from Johannesburg that was diverted to Gqeberha.
Flight procedures determine the landing, take-off and other procedures a plane must follow when arriving at or departing from an airport.
The Air Traffic Navigation Services (ATNS) is responsible to design and renew these procedures, which have to be approved by SACAA.
According to Kirby Gordon, chief marketing officer at FlySafair, it's a very technical and time-consuming process, and one of the main issues that can complicate the process is structures that rise into the air space surrounding an airport - especially informal structures.
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