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The key role air transport plays in meeting consumer expectations
Earlier this week ICAO's Secretary General, Dr. Fang Liu, highlighted the nearly 90 percent of business-to-consumer (B2C) global e-commerce transactions that are delivered by air, noting that commercial aircraft are the only…
Staffing and training for air navigation services: EUROCONTROL develops a solution for CAAs to…
Through ICAO’s USOAP audits and ICAO Coordinated Validation Missions (ICVM), many States have identified needs in the area of human resources and technical personnel qualification and training. To help address these needs, EUROCONTROL has…
Dreams Soar when girls pursue STEM Education
When the Wright Flyer first took off from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on 17 December 1903, the world cheered with amazement as they witnessed the first powered aircraft soar through the sky. Among the crowds of people who watched the Wright…
ICAO and Singapore formalize joint agreement supporting Next Generation Aviation Professionals
While in Singapore to provide keynote remarks to the State’s sixth Aviation Leadership Summit, ICAO Council President Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu formalized a new Memorandum of Understanding between ICAO and Singapore for a new five-year, six…
SKY TALKS: Manuel Caballero – Environmental Protection Market Based Measures
Environmental Protection will always be an important ICAO Strategic Objective. ICAO has been working in this area since the late 1960s, first focusing on the establishment of international policies and standards related to aircraft noise,…
Asia and Pacific ministers endorse joint declaration on regional aviation safety and efficiency…
With the Asia and Pacific (APAC) air traffic market poised to become the world’s largest by 2022, ministers in charge of civil aviation representing 36 governments met together in Beijing last week to endorse a new declaration formalizing…