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The Launching ceremony for the Common aeRonautical VPN (CRV) project in APAC Region was conducted on 9 May 2019 at ICAO's Asia and Pacific Office in Bangkok, Thailand, just before the joint session of CRV OG/6 and SWIM TF/3. Dr.…
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An interview with Rajan Pokhrel, the recently appointed Director-General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal Q: As the DGCA of CAA, Nepal, what are your significant challenges for CAAN and the future initiatives that CAAN is embarking…
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ICAO APAC – FAA Collaboration Meeting - 21 March 2019 On March 21, 2019, a team of the Federal Aviation Administration Asia Pacific group led by Ms. Carey Fagan, Director (Asia Pacific), visited the ICAO APAC Office. They were provided a…
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In 2013 the Asia/Pacific embarked on a visionary process of modernizing the Air Traffic Management (ATM) system, and associated services such as airports, to match the capability of aircraft systems, as the region was facing unprecedented…
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Frequency spectrum is a finite and limited resource, managed by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) through its World Radiocommunication Conferences (WRCs) that are held every four years. It is essential that aviation…
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The wider trend of liberalization is likely to provide a further boost to the Asia Pacific region's expanding tourism industry, trade connections, and air connectivity. Based on ICAO's long-term traffic forecasts, APAC is expected to be the…
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The Chicago Convention, the landmark agreement on aviation signed by 54 nations in 1944, established ICAO to promote cooperation and “to create and preserve friendship and understanding among the nations and peoples of the world”.…
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The ICAO Regional Office that is based in Cairo, Egypt is responsible for serving 15 Contracting States:  Bahrain, Egypt, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syrian Arab…
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Joining a high-level audience of government and air transport officials for the inaugural ICAO-UAE Blockchain Summit and Exhibition in Dubai, ICAO Council President Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu appreciated the foundational rather than…
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In mid-June, as UBER was announcing the launching of its unmanned electric vertical take-off vehicle for commercial use as soon as 2023, I realized that “The Jetson” era had arrived. For those from a younger generation,  the Jetsons were in…
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