ICAO SG Stresses Safe, Harmonized Airspace Management For RPAS, UAS

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Dr. Fang Liu, ICAO Secretary General has affirmed the need for responsive regulatory frameworks to support the safe integration of unmanned air traffic innovations into the global aviation network. Dr. Liu who spoke at ICAO’s Unmanned Aviation Week states: “Worldwide, RPAS and UAS technologies and operations have been evolving rapidly in recent years, spurring thousands of new entrants to the …

ICAO, South Africa Partner On Major Step Forward For Gender Equality In Global Aviation

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In a major step forward for gender equality and gender action in international air transport, ICAO and South Africa’s Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) were joined by over 500 leaders and experts from around the world in Cape Town for the opening of the first-ever Global Aviation Gender Summit. SACAA was supported by the Government of the Republic of South Africa …

ICAO SG Highlights Policy Compliance As Key To Africa’s Aviation Development

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ICAO Secretary General, Dr. Fang Liu has concluded the UN aviation agency’s 2018 ‘AFI Week’ series of events, reaffirming that Africa has now established the necessary partnership and policy foundations to help African States realize the full socio-economic potential of future air transport growth. “Aviation is recognized as crucial to the achievement of the United Nations Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development …

ICAO Announces New ‘ACT CORSIA’ Capacity-Building Initiative – By Roland Ohaeri

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Just days after its Governing Council adopted the international Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) supporting the ‘CORSIA’ international flight emissions offsetting framework, ICAO announced a new ‘ACT CORSIA’ capacity-building initiative during a CORSIA seminar being conducted at its Montreal Headquarters earlier this week. In his opening remarks to the Seminar, the President of the Council of ICAO, Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard …