Rolling out the technology for seamless and contact-free air travel
Talks during the ICAO TRIP Symposium focused on how to broaden and accelerate implementation
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Combatting Human Trafficking One Flight at a Time
Human trafficking – also referred to as trafficking in persons – is a global criminal enterprise second only to the trafficking of drugs and tantamount to modern-day slavery. Victims and perpetrators can sometimes make use of commercial…
Aviation security innovation: the latest and greatest
In September 2019 the world’s most prominent aviation security administrations and bodies will come together to take important, determined steps forward in the field of aviation security. The present threat environment is more dynamic,…
SkyLive Streaming: ICAO’s Fifteenth Symposium on the ICAO Traveller Identification Programme
Welcome to the page where we live-streamed ICAO's Traveller Identification Programme (TRIP) Symposium as it took place at ICAO Headquarters from 25 to 28 June 2019. Though we broadcast all of the presentations on YouTube Live with SkyLive,…
Artificial intelligence: Reducing the cognitive flaws encountered by human X-ray screeners
Security screening plays a critical role in securing airports, relying heavily on human perception, judgment, attention, and decision-making. The screening task can be draining and monotonous because it is both repetitive and constrained by…
African States achieving more sustainable development through collaborative progress on civil…
Opening the Sixth ICAO Africa (AFI) Aviation Week in Kampala last week, ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu stressed how ongoing aviation safety, security, and capacity improvements all across Africa are maximizing air transport’s role as a…
ICAO’s important role in UN effort to limit the movement of Foreign Terrorist Fighters
At the official launch of the United Nations Countering Terrorist Travel Programme (UNCTTP) at UN Headquarters in New York, ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu emphasized that aviation security and the facilitation of passenger movements…