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VOLCANIC ASH EXERCISE IN KAMCHATKA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION – VOLKAM17
The European Air Navigation Planning Group (EANPG) Programme Coordinating Group (COG) established the Volcanic Ash Exercises Steering Group for the (far) Eastern part of the EUR Region in 2010 in order to increase awareness and initiate…
WORKSHOP ON COMPETENCY-BASED TRAINING FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS AND ENGINEERING PERSONNEL
The ICAO EUR/NAT Office, in cooperation with Eurocontrol, the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Associations (IFATCA) and the International Federation of Air…
ICAO EUR/NAT NO COUNTRY LEFT BEHIND PROGRAMME GAINS MOMENTUM
The ICAO EUR/NAT Regional Office carried out four specific No Country Left Behind (NCLB) related projects aimed at improving safety of civil aviation in the Region.
The first event, jointly organized by ICAO, IATA, the United States…
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…