Air traffic management safety assessments
Safety is crucial when upgrading air navigation systems. ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices require that any significant safety-related change to the air traffic management (ATM) system shall be effected after a safety assessment has…
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Did you miss ICAO’s Global Symposium on Innovation in Aviation?
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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2020 passenger totals drop 60 per cent as COVID-19 assault on international mobility continues
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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APAC Regional Activity Updates – August to December 2020
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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Assisting States in Aerodrome Certification
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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Updating the Global Tourism Crisis Committee on the latest vaccine and testing developments in air…
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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A farewell to the APAC Regional Director
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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Air traffic management updates: the airspace corridor between China and Japan
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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A collaborative approach for the Ground and Satellite Augmentation Systems Task Force
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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The 8th Regional Aviation Security Coordination Forum – Asia Pacific
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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