Bosnia took full control of its airspace for the first time since independence
SARAJEVO … News Time
Bosnia gained full control of its airspace for the first time since the liberation war of the 1990s under the supervision of international peacekeeping forces. According to details, Bosnia will take full control of its airspace today for the first time since its independence. After the war, the International Peace Forces were in charge of airspace. The NATO-led peacekeeping force took control of its air space from 1995 to 2003, when it was transferred to neighboring Serbia and Croatia, while Bosnia had modernized its system.
This is the first time that Bosnia has taken control of its airspace and it has been a great success, said Davorin Primorac, head of Bosnian Air Navigation. Bosnia took control of an air space below 10000 meters (33000 feet) in 2014, after a 10-year plan and 400 staff training to establish its air navigation management system. Serbia and Croatia retained control over the height of 10,000 meters, while in the old Yugoslavia Federation the three countries were allies of the Republic.
Davorin Primorac said that it took decades for Bosnia to regain control of its airspace as its 1992-95 war, which resulted in the separation of Yugoslavia, destroyed major infrastructure and equipment and left it to skilled workers. Had given up he said it takes a lot of time to train flight controllers, rebuild infrastructure and get the necessary equipment, including radar systems. Davorin Primorac added that Bosnia’s flight controllers will monitor 1,600 flights a day, 8 times more than before. It should be noted that Bosnia has struggled for reconstruction since the devastating war of 1992-95 between its ethnic Serbs, Crete and Muslim communities.
