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Historic agreement reached to mitigate international aviation emissions
Government, industry and civil society representatives have agreed to a new global market-based measure (GMBM) to control CO2 emissions from international aviation.
The historic move came as the Plenary Session of the UN aviation agency’s…
Bringing Air Connectivity to Small Island Developing Countries
The Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) are a distinct group of developing countries that face specific social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities.
SIDS require special support from the international community because of the…
On This Day: The First Regularly Scheduled Transatlantic Passenger Service with Jet Powered Aircraft
4 October 1958 - The first regularly scheduled transatlantic passenger service with jet powered aircraft began when two British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) de Havilland DH.106 Comet 4 airliners, civil registrations G-APDB and…
ICAO Assembly elects new Council
Montréal – The 39th Session of the Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization completed the election of its new Council today. The 36-member Council is the governing body of the Organization and is elected for a three-year…
Monitoring Safety Achievements
In January 1999 ICAO launched its Universal Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) with the objective of promoting global aviation safety through the auditing of ICAO Member States. The programme specifically determines the status of States’…
New Aerospace Environmental Product Declaration
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft and the International EPD® System, an environmental declaration program based in Sweden, announced an aerospace industry first at ICAO’s World Aviation Forum in Montreal yesterday, with the publication of an…