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

ICAO Council President Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu paid an official visit to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in September, conducting high-level talks with its President, Dr. Gjorge Ivanov, and hand delivering the State’s ICAO…
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ICAOs special commendation to Prof. Galyna Suslova, ICAO Training Institute Director, for her tremendous work and tireless dedication and commitment in the field of aviation security. President of the ICAO Council, Dr.…
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The Workshop on Implementing ICAO Meteorological Provisions in the Maghreb States (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia) was held in Marrakech, Morocco from 11 to 12 April 2017. This was a European Air Navigation Planning Group (EANPG)…
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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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