PNG Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA)

Authority anticipates interception of aircraft invasions

This is a direct anticipation of possible terrorist activities as this is a world attracting event, participants at the Civil Aviation Safety and Security Conference in Kokopo, East New Britain, were told yesterday.

The PNG Civil Aviation Safety Authority’s (CASA) Gabriel Salayau says: “PNG is now focused on a more upbeat safety and security network to counter terrorism, following its decision to host the ACPEC 2018 after the last APEC meeting in Indonesia”.

CASA prepares for APEC 2018

In a presentation yesterday at the Civil Aviation Safety and Security Conference in Kokopo, CASA’s Gabriel Salayau highlighted zones that will take on extra flights during the APEC 2018.

These zones include those belonging to the country’s military flight base, which will be also used as a base for other such flights travelling to Rabaul, Madang and Goroka, possible host provinces for some sessions of the APEC 2018 Summit.

Salayau states this is to prevent anticipated airspace congestion during this high demand period.