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

Around the world, pilots rely on a myriad of communications, navigation and surveillance systems to fly safely. To ensure operational readiness, flight calibration services operators routinely measure and calibrate the airways using flight…
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Using advanced big data analytics, ICAO forecasts that air passenger demand in 2023 will rapidly recover to pre-pandemic levels on most routes by the first quarter and that growth of around 3% on 2019 figures will be achieved by year-end.…
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Following the decision of the European Air Navigation Planning Group (EANPG), Programme Coordinating Group (COG) and North Atlantic (NAT) Implementation Management Group (IMG), Volcanic Ash Exercises Steering Groups for the EUR and NAT…
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The COVID-19 pandemic was more than a humanitarian health crisis, among the many challenges that were elevated around the world, there was social and economic upheaval as well. Beginning in March 2020, the virus began spreading rapidly…
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The Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) is the first global market-based scheme that applies to a sector. It complements other aviation in-sector emissions reduction efforts such as technological…
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The former Regional Director of ICAO's Asia and Pacific Office, Mr. Lalit Bikram Shah accompanied by his wife, paid a visit to Bangkok, Thailand recently, where he met some of the current ICAO APAC Office team over lunch. They asked him…
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Air transport is an essential service industry in the development of a modern economy. Globalization, communications and markets have expanded around the world thanks to aviation. By spurring tourism and trade as it continues to grow,…
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The South China Sea and the Bay of Bengal, geographically divided by the Indochina peninsula and connecting the Indian Ocean with the Pacific Ocean, are not only crowded with the steady stream of marine transportation on the vast high seas,…
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ICAO's Communications, Navigation, Surveillance and Frequency Spectrum Management (CNSS) Section is the primary focal point within ICAO’s Air Navigation Bureau for standardization and implementation support of aeronautical communication,…
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ICAO’s ‘No Country Left Behind’ (NCLB) initiative highlighted ICAO’s effort to assist States in implementing ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs). The NCLB initiative also promoted ICAO’s efforts to resolve Significant Safety…
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