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Advocating for strategic priorities and enhanced regional collaboration in South America
Aviation plays a vital role in connecting South America’s vast and diverse territories—stretching from Panama to Antarctica and spanning over 16% of the world’s airspace. Through our Lima-based…
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The strength of air transport’s recovery in the South American Region
Air transport has a significant impact on productivity and efficiencies in the business sector, helping to connect people and ideas and promote…
Harnessing South America’s potential in a greener future
Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) are defined as renewable or waste-derived aviation fuels that meet sustainability criteria. ICAO technical analysis…
Improving air traffic service communications between Europe and South America
A new air traffic services (ATS) interconnection has strengthened the exchange of information between Europe and South America, safeguarding the…
ICAO’s South American Region: aerodrome certification progress from 2016 to 2019
Aerodromes are one of the most important links in the civil aviation network. They are the key interface between the passengers and the aircraft, and…
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From Regional Offices around the World
Reducing CO2 emissions: the importance of developing and updating State Action Plans
A State Action Plan is a document that outlines how a State plans to reduce CO₂ emissions from international civil…
Expanding regional presence with this liaison office in the Pacific
There are seven ICAO Regional Offices worldwide — Bangkok, Cairo, Dakar, Lima, Mexico City, Nairobi, and Paris —…
Advancing air traffic capacity across the Asia Pacific
The capacity of Air Traffic Service (ATS) systems is shaped by route configuration, aircraft navigational accuracy,…
Asia-Pacific States advanced aviation cooperation during this conference
The Conference of Directors General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for the Asia and Pacific Regions is an annual meeting…
ICAO’s Regional Aviation Security Coordination Forum
The air passenger experience involves many requirements which countries must address relating to effective travel…
Moving toward free route airspace implementation in the APAC Region
In line with ICAO’s global efforts to optimize air traffic management and reduce environmental impacts, ICAO-hosted…
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This is the event where we will turn aviation’s ambitions into action
From 20 to 22 April 2026, the Global Implementation Support Symposium (GISS 2026) will…
Breathing easier: The action ICAO is driving to improve air quality
Clean air is a shared responsibility. Like international aviation, air pollution knows no borders—everyone is affected by it, and everyone has a role to play in safeguarding…
Setting the Standards: ICAO’s Annexes to the Chicago Convention
The Convention on International Civil Aviation—better known as the Chicago Convention—was…