Safety

ICAO provides Standards and Recommended Practices for licensing flight crew members, such as pilots, flight engineers and flight navigators, air traffic controllers, aeronautical station operators, maintenance technicians and flight…

On 14 March 2023, ICAO’s seven Regional Directors provided an annual briefing to the ICAO Council on priorities for implementing the ICAO Business Plan and Global Aviation Safety, Security and Air Navigation Plans at the regional level,…

The presence of wildlife in the vicinity of the airfield is a threat to aircraft operations worldwide. Every year numerous collisions occur between aircraft and wildlife that cause damage to aircraft. Although the majority of wildlife…

Safety is a top priority for ICAO and the global air transport network, and we have seen remarkable advancements throughout the sector. Our 2022 Safety Report presented a detailed analysis of global civil aviation safety performance for…

The ICAO Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) continues to be one of the most visible programmes that ICAO has launched in the last two decades. It provides critical assistance and guidance to States, and helps them to…

Around the world, pilots rely on a myriad of communications, navigation and surveillance systems to fly safely. To ensure operational readiness, flight calibration services operators routinely measure and calibrate the airways using flight…

Following the decision of the European Air Navigation Planning Group (EANPG), Programme Coordinating Group (COG) and North Atlantic (NAT) Implementation Management Group (IMG), Volcanic Ash Exercises Steering Groups for the EUR and NAT…

The South China Sea and the Bay of Bengal, geographically divided by the Indochina peninsula and connecting the Indian Ocean with the Pacific Ocean, are not only crowded with the steady stream of marine transportation on the vast high seas,…