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New Aviation Security Partnership in Europe
To strengthen, promote and develop cooperation on aviation facilitation and border integrity issues, governments must meet their national security responsibilities. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Secretariat of…
Opportunities for Field Experts
Attracting new talent and retaining world class aviation experts to offer human resource capacity to States has been and remains an integral and strategic responsibility of the Technical Cooperation Bureau (TCB).
Field Project Experts…
UK and China to increase travel between their nations by 150%
Following successful negotiations, the United Kingdom and China have signed a bilateral agreement that will more than double the number of flights between the two countries.
Under the new agreement, the number of weekly passenger flights…
Why did ICAO develop a global MBM scheme for international aviation?
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,…
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…