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Setting the safety strategy for the next decade
Safety is aviation’s top priority. The Global Aviation Safety Plan (GASP), ICAO’s strategy for the continuous improvement of aviation safety, aims to continually reduce aviation-related fatalities, and the risk of fatalities, by guiding the…
Aircraft nationality and registration
Regulatory Framework
The concept of nationality for aircraft was adapted from maritime law where the national flag is used to indicate a ship’s country of registration. The issues of aircraft nationality and registration were considered…
SKYLIVE: Bringing ICAO events to those who can’t get to them
Since 1944 ICAO has been working with the Convention’s Member States and industry groups to reach consensus on international civil aviation Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) and policies that support the safe, efficient, secure,…
Mexico City workshop to support the implementation of Extended Diversion Time Operations
ICAO provides Standards, policies, procedures and guidelines for transport category aeroplanes with two or more turbine engines where the diversion time to an en-route alternate aerodrome is greater than 60 minutes, and/or than the…
Aviation growth in the Middle East: ICAO’s latest traffic and forecast numbers shared at PIRG…
The ICAO MID Office hosted the Seventeenth Meeting of the Middle East Air Navigation Planning and Implementation Regional Group (MIDANPIRG 17) and the Seventh Meeting of the Regional Aviation Safety Group-Middle East (RASG-MID 7) which were…
Addressing the lack of qualified technical personnel: the development of ICAO’s Civil Aviation…
The Chicago Convention and its supporting nineteen Annexes establish several key obligations for the Contracting States. Annex 19 — Safety Management, Appendix 1 identifies eight critical elements (CE) that assist States in meeting the…