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

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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The North Atlantic is the busiest oceanic airspace in terms of air traffic in the world. The North Atlantic Systems Planning Group was created in 1965 by the Council of ICAO. The NAT SPG aims to achieve the highest level of safety…
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Realizing their responsibility to the world aviation community and guided by the principles of the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation, 12 newly independent States of the former Soviet Union - one of the largest regions of…
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Only a few days ago, from 31 August to 2 September, Directors General of the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) held in Reykjavik their annual Special meeting hosted by an ECAC Member State. On this occasion, ICAO Secretary General…
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Have you heard of the Forum on Regional Safety Oversight Organizations (RSOOs) held in 2017? ICAO and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) jointly organized this Forum in March 2017 in Swaziland to discuss how regional cooperation can…
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EUROCONTROL has a long history of cooperation with ICAO; the first agreement between the two organizations was signed in 1965. This cooperation has continued on activities spanning many groups, events and services, both globally and…
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For me it has always been absolutely essential to actively engage with ICAO and to build a strong and solid partnership between the EU and ICAO. Aviation is a global industry and Europe is committed to supporting the development of a global…
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Ten million jobs. Almost four billion passengers. And contributions to global GDP in the range of 725 billion dollars. Those were the figures for aviation in 2016, and yet we’re anticipating global traffic volumes to double by 2032.…
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