Batumi

Renovation operations of Batumi control tower were completed in July, 2011. The design of the modernised tower belongs to famous Italian architect - Mr. Michelle de Lucchi. The construction operations were carried out by Italian company TENSOFORMA and Georgian side jointly.

Poti

The opening ceremony of new radar system of Poti facility, held on April 22, 2011, was attended by Mr. Thierry MARIANI, the Deputy Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transports and Accommodation, in charge of Transport, Ms. Vera KOBALIA, the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, as well as the representatives of various leading companies of Europe. The radiolocation facility of Poti is equipped with the newest radar system produced by French company THALES, which is the example of modern technologies in the radiolocation area. It provides opportunity for SAKAERONAVIGATSIA, Ltd to act in full compliance with the international standards in radiolocation area, to intensify and increase the transit status of the country and to refer the revenues obtained by the increased traffic towards introduction of future technologies that is the permanent process within the terms of fast-growing demands on the international aviation market.

On 22 January 2010 Mr. George Karbelashvili – Chairman of Supervisory Council of SAKAERONAVIGATSIA, Ltd. and Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Georgia met Mr. David Mc Millan – Director General of EUROCONTROL in Brussels at EUROCONTROL Headquarters.

The parties discussed the issues concerning the membership process of Georgia to EUROCONTROL.

EANPG Meeting at ICAO European and North Atlantic Office

On 1-3 December 2009, the Deputy Minister of Economical Development of Georgia and Chairman of Supervisory Board of SAKAERONAVIGATSIA, Ltd. – Mr. Giorgi Karbelashvili was attending the 51st European Air Navigation Planning Group meeting. On the meeting, Georgian delegation addressed the issue of resolving a safety problem of the Air Traffic Management. Namely, Mr. Giorgi Karbelashvili, spoke about the unlawful activities, committed by the Aviation Authorities of Russian Federation, by performing flights in the closed airspace over Abkhazian autonomous republic and to the closed Sukhumi Airport.

The Deputy Minister appealed to the President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization – Mr. Roberto Kobeh González, with the request to take adequate actions for preventing the abovementioned unauthorized activities.

Download the PDF copy of the official letter.

On 7 October 2009, SAKAERONAVIGATSIA, Ltd. announced a competition in order to select candidates for training on Air Traffic Controllers position.

The selection process was conducted in several stages: tests in English language, skills, abstract and spatial vision and final interview with experts invited from ENAC (The French Civil Aviation University ENAC with its experience in training more than 50 years, fully satisfies the needs of private and public sectors of the aviation industry).

The candidate selection process was finalized on 17 November 2009, as its result 6 students are going to be sent for 5 months training in Toulouse starting from January 2010 according to the contract signed between the students and SAKAERONAVIGATSIA, Ltd.
SAKAERONAVIGATSIA, Ltd. will cover the training costs of candidates.

French visit on point 1100, Tbilisi, Georgia

On November 24 2008, Secretary of State to the ministry of Economy, Industry and Employment, in charge of Foreign Commerce of France – Ms. Anne-Marie Idrac visited facility of SAKAERONAVIGATSIA Ltd. located on Kvishiana Mountain on the point 1100.

The main aim of her mission is signature of the preferential loan protocol for civil radar, destined for SAKAERONAVIGATSIA, Ltd.

Installation of the New Radar

In October 2008, SAKAERONAVIGATSIA Ltd installed new secondary radar on point 1100 of Kvishiana Mountain. The radar is made by French company – THALES and is covered with the radome made by Irish company – L3 communication, ESSCO Collins Ltd.

Georgian Air Navigation Special Announcement

 We expresses our concern regarding the safety violations in the Georgian Airspace due to the Russian Air Force activities when it bombed Georgian territory during the period of 08-08-2008 till 12-08-2008.  Lots of serious violations were recorded.

Starting 08:03 LT on 08-08-2008 a lot of foreign military flight activity was observed in Georgian Airspace and especially in the Tbilisi TMA. Simultaneously around five to six fighters, according to the displayed primary radar tracks, were always present in the area performing flights with their trajectories constantly intersecting the final approach.

At 00:30 LT on 09-08-2008 a bomb was thrown at the Senaki MSSR - a civil MSSR . Luckily enough the bomb fell about 150 m away from the radar.

At 04:37 on 11-08-2008 with a rocket a military aircraft hit the civil ASR-12 radar complex (PSR + MSSR) and completely destroyed it. What Russian air force did, on top of the radar destruction.

At the moment Sakaeronavigatsia is normally performing its usual air navigation services applying all of the required safety regulations.

Download photos of destroyed radar