March 15, 2016: Minister of Works and Transport, the Honourable Fitzgerald Hinds will deliver the feature address at a ceremony to commission the Piarco African and Indian Ocean Satellite Network (AFISNET) Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) node.
The AFISNET is a dedicated satellite link that will provide direct voice and data communication between the Piarco Area Control Centre (ACC) and the Dakar ACC for the provision of Air Traffic Services.
The launch ceremony will take place at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday March 16th, 2016 at the First Floor Civil Aviation Training Centre (CATC), Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority Complex, Caroni North Bank Road, Piarco.
Date: Wednesday March 16, 2016.
Time: 10 AM
Venue: Civil Aviation Training Centre, 1st Floor, Trinidad & Tobago Civil Aviation Authority Complex, Caroni North Bank Road, Piarco.
Media are invited to attend and provide coverage.
For further information please contact:
Corporate Communications Unit
Ministry of Works and Transport
868-625-4701