The federal government of Somalia officially takes over the control of its airspace and launches the opening ceremony of the airspace control tower at Aden Abdulle International Airport in Mogadishu today.
The Somali Civil Aviation Authority will start operations in Mogadishu for the first time in 27 years after the fall of the Somali central government in 1991. During that period of time, Somalia's airspace was being controlled by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) based in Nairobi. Many Somalis say that the organization was collecting the country's flyover fees but doing little in maintaining the decrepit Aden Abdulle airport in Mogadishu which is the main airport in the country.
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