KARACHI: Pakistan has made key progress in the aviation sector with theinstallation of a modern radar system, Mode S, at major airports citingexpected rise in flights after doubling its airspace routes.
The development came after the formal approval of the Air Navigation Plan2025 by the executive committee of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA),sources told *ARY News*.
The aviation authority has started implementing the new plan citingexpecting a hike in revenue up to 25 to 30 per cent after increasing itsairspace routes from seven to 14 sectors in accordance with theinternational aviation regulations.
[image: CAA modern radar system airports Mode S]
Sources said that the country’s aviation sector will witness a sharp risein flight numbers especially from Europe, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Gulfcountries.
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It is said that control towers of the country’s airports are being equippedwith modern technology under the air navigation plan.
Moreover, the authority has installed a modern system, Mode S for SecondarySurveillance Radar process, that will equip control towers for selectiveinterrogation of planes. In its first phase, two radar systems have beeninstalled at Islamabad and four at Karachi airports.
