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Collectively designing the future of air traffic management post COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly and economically impacted every aspect of the aviation industry. To understand the challenges that various States and industry members have encountered as they navigated through the early and current…
Introducing the Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka
ICAO’s Asia Pacific Regional Office interviewed the new Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority in Sri Lanka, Captain Themiya Abeywickrama. We are sharing excerpts from this session below.
Q: Tell us about the…
A wish for a happy retirement!
After 23 years of dedicated and loyal service, our special friend and colleague, Mr. Li Peng, Regional Officer, Communications, Navigation and Surveillance, retired from the Organization on 31 July 2020. We held a farewell party offered for…
Addressing wildlife hazard management in the Asia/Pacific region
The aviation industry has been severely impacted by the challenges COVID-19 pandemic has brought to every area of the network. With the drastic reduction in air traffic, there have been increases in wildlife activities in the vicinity of…
The APANPIRG Spectrum Review Working Group
In 2014 the Spectrum Review Working group was established to explore the spectrum capacity for very high-frequency communications (VHF-COM) band in order to support the regional strategy on the introduction of 8.33KHz channel spacing, and…
Providing assistance for the COVID-19 recovery in the Middle East Region
In June, the ICAO Council adopted a new report and recommendations to help restart the air transport system and align the global recovery. The COVID-19 report and ‘Take-off’ guidelines that were produced by the Council’s Aviation Recovery…