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

Weather information used in international air navigation is currently exchanged as products directly used by airline operators (e.g. dispatch, pilot). In the future, this same weather information will be exchanged using the ICAO…
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SIGMET (Significant Meteorological Information) – Information issued by a meteorological watch office concerning the occurrence or expected occurrence of specified en-route weather phenomena which may affect the safety of aircraft…
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Countering terrorism in civil aviation is of utmost importance, as many recent sad events, such as the Metrojet incident and the Brussels and Istanbul airport attacks, have once again demonstrated. Terrorism is not a national or regional…
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REGIONAL SAFETY COOPERATION
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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) is a global mechanism for regulating the allocation of the scarce radio frequency resource to various users. The Conferences are held every three to…
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The European Air Navigation Planning Group (EANPG) Programme Coordinating Group (COG) established the Volcanic Ash Exercises Steering Group for the (far) Eastern part of the EUR Region in 2010 in order to increase awareness and initiate…
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The ICAO EUR/NAT Office, in cooperation with Eurocontrol, the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Associations (IFATCA) and the International Federation of Air…
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The ICAO EUR/NAT Regional Office carried out four specific No Country Left Behind (NCLB) related projects aimed at improving safety of civil aviation in the Region. The first event, jointly organized by ICAO, IATA, the United States…
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For the past seven years, ICAO has been working on a comprehensive strategy to strengthen national capacities on environment protection and, specifically, to reduce the impact of international aviation on climate change. This includes…
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The developments in unmanned aviation have evolved at a far greater speed than those for manned aviation and the assumption that UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) or RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems) or “Drones” are only operated in…
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