Uniting Aviation, News and Features by ICAO - NEWS AND FEATURES BY ICAO

The Next Generation of Aviation Professionals (NGAPs) who are entering the aviation industry today, represent a new generation of learners. To engage and meet their needs, the aviation community has been harnessing innovative technologies…
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ICAO’s data analysis team launched a new web-based application (“app”) on the iSTARS 3.0 portal that enables authorized users of the Integrated Safety Trend Analysis and Reporting System to quickly determine the percentage of a State’s…
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Legal identity is at a crossroads. In its current form, it excludes over a billion individuals. Economic development, security and basic rights such as education, healthcare, employment and the freedom of movement are highly dependent on…
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The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) reappointed Dr. Fang Liu of China by acclamation as Secretary General of the UN Specialized Agency for a second three-year term, beginning 1 August 2018. “It is my great…
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In an important step toward a more integrated and responsive global air traffic management (ATM) system, the ICAO Council, during its ongoing 213th Session, has adopted a new amendment to Annex 15 to the Convention on International Civil…
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Airports Council International (ACI) World announced the winners of the 2017 Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Awards. In 2017, over half of the world's 7.7 billion travelers passed through an ASQ airport. An unprecedented sixteen airports…
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​Aviation touches millions of people’s lives and in millions of ways. It brings loved ones together. It creates new business opportunities. It’s a bridge across cultures and borders, taking us to places we could never go to otherwise. To…
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Speaking yesterday at CANSO’s Sixth World Air Traffic Management (ATM) Congress in Madrid, Spain, ICAO Council President Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu told the gathered experts and leaders that airspace design and management would be changing…
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The availability of reliable air transport services provides people with access to what they need: decent livelihoods, food, healthcare, education, safe communities and spaces, etc. Aviation is by far the world’s safest and most efficient…
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When it’s bird versus airplane, both lose. The energy released when a 3 kg (6.6 lb) bird is hit by an aircraft traveling 150 mph equals the energy released by dropping a 47 lb object from 100 feet. The results can be devastating. Just…
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