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ICAO Secretary General, Dr. Fang Liu, and EUROCONTROL Director General, Mr. Eamonn Brennan, have formalized a new air navigation training cooperation agreement. Signed under the ICAO TRAINAIR PLUS Corporate Partnership umbrella, the new…
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In his keynote address to the Global Aviation Investment Summit in Dubai yesterday, the President of the ICAO Council, Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, reminded the many dignitaries and participants in attendance that “aviation is essential to…
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Traditionally, halogenated hydrocarbons (halons) have been the only fire-extinguishing agents used in civil transport aircraft as fire extinguishers because they are effective on different kinds of fires and they are very lightweight.…
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In line with the ICAO “No Country Left Behind” (NCLB) initiative, the ICAO APAC Regional Office has reached out to the PIS by launching various supporting programmes: Aviation Security related workshops and seminars AVSEC…
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The Global Aviation Security Plan (GASeP) was approved by the ICAO Council in November 2017 after being transmitted to States and international organizations for comments. Subsequently, the APAC Aviation Security Regional Roadmap was…
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The main objective of the ICAO Regional Technical Cooperation Programme is to coordinate the assistance to States to implement, improve and harmonize Safety Oversight in all USOAP technical areas and Safety Management (SSP and SEIs), in…
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The Eighth Meeting of the Regional Aviation Safety Group – Asia and Pacific Regions (RASG-APAC/8) was held at the ICAO APAC Office, on 6-7 September 2018. Mr. Shane P. Carmody, CEO and Director of the Aviation Safety, Civil Aviation Safety…
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Recognizing the APAC Ministers’ commitment through the Beijing Declaration (January 2018), to certify all aerodromes used for international operations by 2020, the Regional Office conducted the following associated activities: ICAO…
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Globally, ICAO's Meteorology Panel is working on a roadmap for a regional advisory system, which will eventually help all States meet the requirements from users for seamless (or harmonized) SIGMET service. In the meantime, several ICAO…
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To be able to cope with the expected air traffic growth in the APAC Region, States need to work together to increase the airspace capacity and maximize the utilization of available airspace. As airspace management is not only performed at…
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