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ENVIRONMENT AND THE EUR/NAT REGION FOCUS ON ICAO STATE ACTION PLAN INITIATIVE
For the past seven years, ICAO has been working on a comprehensive strategy to strengthen national capacities on environment protection and, specifically, to reduce the impact of international aviation on climate change. This includes…
CIVIL AVIATION AND UAS – RPAS – DRONES
The developments in unmanned aviation have evolved at a far greater speed than those for manned aviation and the assumption that UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) or RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems) or “Drones” are only operated in…
NORTH ATLANTIC SYSTEMS PLANNING GROUP: NAT SPG
The North Atlantic is the busiest oceanic airspace in terms of air traffic in the world. The North Atlantic Systems Planning Group was created in 1965 by the Council of ICAO. The NAT SPG aims to achieve the highest level of safety…
Results of a Quarter of a Century of Successful Regional Cooperation
Realizing their responsibility to the world aviation community and guided by the principles of the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation, 12 newly independent States of the former Soviet Union - one of the largest regions of…
ECAC and the ICAO EUR/NAT Office: Uniting European Aviation
Only a few days ago, from 31 August to 2 September, Directors General of the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) held in Reykjavik their annual Special meeting hosted by an ECAC Member State. On this occasion, ICAO Secretary General…
EASA and Its Role as Regional Safety Oversight Organisation
Have you heard of the Forum on Regional Safety Oversight Organizations (RSOOs) held in 2017? ICAO and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) jointly organized this Forum in March 2017 in Swaziland to discuss how regional cooperation can…