Uniting Aviation, News and Features by ICAO - NEWS AND FEATURES BY ICAO

This summer, 20 girls entering Grade 10 high school from across Canada will gather in Cornwall, Ontario. Their mission: one week of learning, fun and friendship with a focus on aviation. This all-expenses-paid camp uses hands-on learning to…
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Pilot and Air Traffic Controller Communication in a Foreign Language Dr. Francois Grosjean interviews Dr. Bürki-Cohen There are some 100,000 commercial flights each day in the world, which means that literally millions of interactions…
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With a view to modernizing Venezuelan civil aviation and to fulfilling the requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the National Institute of Civil Aeronautics (INAC) of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,…
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Earlier this week ICAO's Secretary General, Dr. Fang Liu, highlighted the nearly 90 percent of business-to-consumer (B2C) global e-commerce transactions that are delivered by air,  noting that commercial aircraft are the only…
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Through ICAO’s USOAP audits and ICAO Coordinated Validation Missions (ICVM), many States have identified needs in the area of human resources and technical personnel qualification and training. To help address these needs, EUROCONTROL has…
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When the Wright Flyer first took off from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on 17 December 1903, the world cheered with amazement as they witnessed the first powered aircraft soar through the sky. Among the crowds of people who watched the Wright…
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While in Singapore to provide keynote remarks to the State’s sixth Aviation Leadership Summit, ICAO Council President Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu formalized a new Memorandum of Understanding between ICAO and Singapore for a new five-year, six…
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Environmental Protection will always be an important ICAO Strategic Objective. ICAO has been working in this area since the late 1960s, first focusing on the establishment of international policies and standards related to aircraft noise,…
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With the Asia and Pacific (APAC) air traffic market poised to become the world’s largest by 2022, ministers in charge of civil aviation representing 36 governments met together in Beijing last week to endorse a new declaration formalizing…
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Addressing African leaders at the 30th African Union (AU) Summit last week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ICAO Council President Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu praised the official launch of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), noting…
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