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Capacity & Efficiency

World Pilots’ Day: Recognising the importance of IFALPA’s contributions to ICAO’s work

Albert Pelsser Apr 26, 2023
The International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations (IFALPA) was created during a conference of pilots' associations held in London in April 1948 for the express purpose of providing a formal means for the airline pilots of the…
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General Interest

The stamps that commemorate ICAO’s 75th Anniversary

Albert Pelsser Mar 6, 2020
From the first fragile biplanes to wide-body jets, from balloons and gliders to the space shuttle, stamps have continued to reflect the amazing interest that people have in vehicles travelling through the sky. As with aviation, stamp…
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General Interest

The selection of Montréal, Canada as the permanent headquarters of ICAO

Albert Pelsser Dec 10, 2019
On 6 June 1946, toward the conclusion of the first PICAO Interim Assembly, Montréal, Canada was selected as the permanent headquarters of the Organization, by 27 votes. The other candidate cities at the time obtained respectively:…
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General Interest

How did ICAO become part of the United Nations?

Albert Pelsser Dec 9, 2019
At the Chicago Conference, the drafters of the Convention on International Civil Aviation had anticipated the emergence of a United Nations type of post-war organization. Accordingly, they wrote into the Convention a provision…
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General Interest

The Edward Warner Award: Commemorating Greatness  

Albert Pelsser Jun 12, 2019
American aviation pioneer Dr. Edward Pearson Warner (1894‑1958) was an educator in aeronautical engineering, an author, scientist and a Statesman.…
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General Interest

ICAO and ITU: Celebrating a crucial cooperation at the heart of aeronautical telecommunications

Albert Pelsser May 17, 2019
With headquarters in Geneva, the International Telecommunication Union is the eldest organization in the United Nations family still in existence. It was founded as the International Telegraph Union in Paris on 17 May 1865 by its twenty…
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Safety

Celebrating the history of Aeronautical Information Services

Albert Pelsser May 14, 2019
‏One of the most vital roles in support of international civil aviation is the provision of Aeronautical Information Services (AIS), the objective of which is to ensure uniformity and consistency in the flow of aeronautical information/data…
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General Interest

Albert Roper: The first Secretary General of ICAO and Architect of the 1919 Paris Convention

Albert Pelsser May 2, 2019
Albert Jean François Roper was born in Paris in 1891. In 1914, he had just undertaken law studies when he served in World War I, initially enlisted in the infantry and later, in 1916, transferred to the Flying Corps. Awarded five citations…
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