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Biometric Systems: Can they be cheap and simple?
Thinking about installing or improving a biometric system for traveller identification? You may feel pressured to buy something that’s expensive, complex and large in scope. Based on Australia’s experience with issuing passports, you may…
ICAO’s 75th Anniversary: Celebrating the pivotal importance of safety
The continuous enhancement of safety has always been the cornerstone of the sustainable development of civil aviation. This fact itself is no accident: the visionaries who conceived the 1944 Convention on International Civil Aviation, which…
SKYTALKS: Nuctech, an advanced security and inspection solution and service supplier
Since beginning operations in 1997, Nuctech has become a global supplier of advanced security and inspection solutions and services. By using independent innovation to meet customer demands, they provide advanced technologies and products…
Runway Surface Conditions: Ensuring Better Assessments and Reporting
A statistical analysis of high-risk accidents from 2008 to 2016 has shown that runway safety-related accidents, notably runway excursions, remain aviation’s number one safety risk category. The top contributing factors included poor braking…
Solid passenger traffic growth and moderate air cargo demand in 2018
Preliminary figures released by ICAO show a total of 4.3 billion passengers were carried by air transport on scheduled services in 2018. This indicates a 6.1 per cent increase over 2017. The number of departures rose to approximately 38…
The Community of Lusophone Aviation Authorities: Ensuring No Country is Left Behind
In October 2010, the 37th ICAO Assembly Resolution on environmental and climate change invited Member States to submit their national Action Plans for reducing international civil aviation CO2 emissions. Following this invitation, in 2013…