Safety

In the last few years, there has been an increasing range of new aviation activities occupying very low altitude airspace, typically at and below 1 000 feet above ground level (AGL), in urban or suburban environments. Such activities…

ICAO has issued new COVID-19 calls to governments globally, urging improved coordination with aircraft operators on the current air services updates and flight restrictions in force. We have asked our Member States to examine the best…

ICAO issued a call to national governments today on COVID-19 response effectiveness, urging all of its 193 Member States to establish or adhere to several key international requirements contained in Annex 9 to the Convention on…

During a special ceremony conducted at yesterday’s fourth meeting of the ICAO Council’s 219th Session, ICAO Council President Salvatore Sciacchitano accepted a framed gift from the UN agency’s Secretary General, Dr. Fang Liu, commemorating…

Affirming the urgent need to reduce the risks of the spread of COVID-19 by air transport, and to protect the health of air travellers and aviation personnel, the ICAO Council adopted a special Declaration on COVID-19 today during the fourth…

The World Health Organization (WHO) published a joint statement with ICAO that provides updated advice regarding COVID-19 and civil aviation. Signed by the Director-General of the WHO, Mr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and by ICAO Secretary…

Drone deliveries, drone inspections and even flying taxis are now near term realities for societies all over the world. As the development of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and UAS traffic management (UTM) continues to advance, governments…

This article was written by CIRES, the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. CIRES has more than 800 environmental scientists working to understand the dynamic Earth system, including people’s relationship with…