COVID-19

Appreciating recent increases in domestic passenger and freight movements in the ICAO Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, ICAO Secretary General Fang Liu encouraged APAC States this week “to continue the proactive pursuit of public health corridor…
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A new Global Airport Safety Professional (ASP) qualification programme has been developed by ICAO and Airports Council International (ACI) to help airports improve ICAO compliance, and support critical pandemic recovery activities being…
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As part of an important two-day event bringing together ICAO North and Central American and Caribbean Directors General of Civil Aviation, and their respective ministers of health, transport and tourism, ICAO Council President Salvatore…
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Aviation’s strength has always been derived from the inter-connectedness and interdependence of all its parts, but the industry is facing its biggest crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic, its effects and impacts, have brought the industry to a…
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ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu reiterated the UN agency’s call for national governments to assure the sustainable funding of their civil aviation authorities (CAAs). Her appeal was made during her opening remarks to the latest virtual…
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Under a Memorandum of Understanding signed in September, ICAO and UK CAAi have partnered to jointly create and deliver courseware consistent with the Chicago Convention, ICAO’s Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) and relevant ICAO…
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 Our world has reached an agonizing milestone:  the loss of one million lives from the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a mind-numbing figure.  Yet we must never lose sight of each and every individual life. They were fathers and mothers, wives and…
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Addressing recent European (EURNAT) and South American (SAM) Directors-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) meetings, ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu reminded the national heads of civil aviation of the urgent need to more effectively align…
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Imagine a project so massive that it employed one-tenth of the world’s population. This monument to global cooperation would bring together almost every culture on the planet, driving not just social development but peace and prosperity…
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In September, ICAO and the Universal Postal Union (UPU) released a joint statement encouraging national governments to support their designated postal operators, air cargo carriers, and express mail operators through financial aid and…
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