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In December 2020, ICAO organized an online global symposium that addressed innovation implementation in aviation. The ICAOTV broadcasts offered eleven sessions for the Asia Pacific region to address innovation implementation in different…
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With its latest economic impact analysis of COVID-19 now completed, ICAO has confirmed that international passenger traffic suffered a dramatic 60 per cent drop over 2020, bringing air travel totals back to 2003 levels. According to our…
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Visit the Asia/Pacific Newsletter page to discover more updates on the progress that took place in the second half of 2020 that are not shared below. The Thirty-first Meeting of the Asia/Pacific Air Navigation Planning and…
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During the 1st Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Civil Aviation that was held in Beijing, China from 31 January to 1 February 2018, the ministers responsible for civil aviation in the Asia and Pacific regions agreed to the Beijing…
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Speaking to the 8th Virtual Meeting of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Global Tourism Crisis Committee this week, ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu acknowledged that the latest measures to confront the most recent waves of…
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This month ICAO's APAC Family said goodbye to the Regional Director who had served them well for seven bright years. Mr. Arun Mishra provided exemplary leadership, wisdom, and commitment to the APAC Office, bringing strength, motivation,…
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About 37 years after it was first instituted, and after more than a decade of trying to resolve the safety issues, through the concerted efforts by States, ICAO and IATA to coordinate improvements, we are hopeful to see some significant…
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Following the decision of the CNS SG meeting/23, the first meeting of the APAC Ground-Based Augmentation System and Satellite-Based Augmentation System (GBAS/SBAS) Implementation Task Force was held through VTC from 23-24 June 2020 in which…
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For the first time ever and understandably so, ICAO conducted the Regional Aviation Security Coordination Forum – Asia Pacific virtually due to the travel restrictions caused by the Covid-19 global pandemic. The objective of the Forum,…
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The Twenty Fourth Meeting of the Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Subgroup (CNS SG/24) of Asia/Pacific Air Navigation Planning and Implementation Regional Group (APANPIRG), was held virtually, for the first time, from 30 November…
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