Safety

After more than a decade of development, review and preparation, the applicability date for the Global Reporting Format (GRF) for runway surface conditions (the ‘GRF’) is here. As of 4 November 2021, this important set of runway…

The ICAO Global Reporting Format (GRF) for assessing and reporting runway surface conditions, which became applicable worldwide today, will help mitigate the risk of runway excursions, which continue to be the most common form of an…

When a pilot communicates with air traffic control, static and other interferences often lead to confusion with English language letters. ICAO developed the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet to ease communication via telephone…

Recognizing that aviation and tourism are critical tools in the environmental, economic, and social development of countries in every world region, ICAO and the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has formalized a new Memorandum of…

After two weeks, Ministers, Deputy Ministers and the heads of 24 international organizations completed a comprehensive review of pandemic-driven priorities for global air transport, formalizing new commitments on border risk management and…

The Air Navigation Bureau (ANB) in ICAO manages the safety and air navigation capacity and efficiency strategies of ICAO in partnership with aviation stakeholders. This work is carried out within a framework that includes policy and…

For two weeks the attention of ministers of transport and health for 193 countries will be focused on air transport, as discussions are underway at the ICAO High-level Conference on COVID-19 (HLCC) on how to safely accelerate the resumption…

Though collisions between passenger aircraft are among the most catastrophic accidents imaginable, airborne collision avoidance systems (ACAS) can advise pilots in near real-time on how to avoid potential collisions. To be able to meet the…