Safety

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…

Issues that impact airports became the focus of the second ANC Talk that took place on Monday, February 3rd. Discussions opened with Airports Council International (ACI) announcing the appointment of the new Director-General, Luis Felipe…

ICAO has conveyed new advice to its Member States urging them to review and implement applicable civil aviation standards and recommended practices relevant to communicable disease response. We are reminding national governments of the…

Stressing the importance of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) operations to sustainable development, ICAO highlighted the significance of Africa’s global leadership in this area during last week’s African Drone Forum in Kigali, Rwanda. The…

A specialized agency of the United Nations, ICAO was established by States in 1944 to manage the administration and governance of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention), to help States achieve the highest…