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

Following successful negotiations, the United Kingdom and China have signed a bilateral agreement that will more than double the number of flights between the two countries. Under the new agreement, the number of weekly passenger flights…
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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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Government, industry and civil society representatives have agreed to a new global market-based measure (GMBM) to control CO2 emissions from international aviation. The historic move came as the Plenary Session of the UN aviation agency’s…
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The Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) are a distinct group of developing countries that face specific social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities. SIDS require special support from the international community because of the…
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4 October 1958 - The first regularly scheduled transatlantic passenger service with jet powered aircraft began when two British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) de Havilland DH.106 Comet 4 airliners, civil registrations G-APDB and…
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