Spain ready to entrust management of Sahara airspace to Morocco

Spain would consider entrusting Morocco with the provision of ATS (Air Traffic Service) services in the Sahara airspace. A decision which, if confirmed, would strengthen Morocco’s sovereignty over this territory.

According to sources in the aeronautics sector, the Spanish Ministry of Transport is considering taking this decision, specifying that “it is not a question of a transfer of the airspace itself, but only of the operational management of ATS services . » For Spanish senator Armas González, this transfer of ATS services would amount to “giving up effective control of this strategic space to Rabat. »