SEMINAR ON CONTROL OF OPERATION OF FOREIGN PLANES HELD IN DUBROVNIK

IN DUBROVNIK DUBROVNIK, 19 March (Hina) - Twenty-one national coordinators for the control of operation of foreign airplanes (SAFA) from 35 member-countries of the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) met in the hotel Excelsior in Dubrovnik on Wednesday. #L# The meeting, organised by the Croatian Ministry of Transport, Communications and Maritime Affairs, included discussions on the coordination of operations and procedures controlling the safety of foreign planes, with the aim of intensifying the safety of public air transport. According to a Croatian Transport Ministry official, Miljenko Radic, the meeting also included a discussion on visits of Croatian experts to foreign airline companies. Croatia Airlines has already hosted inspectors from the German Transport Ministry and the visit was successful, Radic said. All European ministries of transport and civil aviation departments have been informed about the results of such visits and this meeting is a proof that Croatia is fully ready for the forthcoming tourist season, Radic said. (hina) rm 191218 MET mar 97