Kenya Launches Airport Solar Project

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Kenya has launched a 500kW solar power generation facility and mobile airport gate electric equipment at the Moi International Airport in Mombasa, Kenya. By providing pre-conditioned air and compatible electricity that runs on solar energy to aircraft during ground operations, the new solar-at-gate project will eliminate carbon dioxide emissions from aircraft parked at the gate, which currently use their auxiliary …

ICAO Council President Calls For Liberalized & Harmonized Air Services

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Photo Caption: L-R: Kenyan President, HE Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta and ICAO Council President , Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu at the Eleventh ICAN in Nairobi, Kenya, recently The President of the ICAO Council, Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, strongly encourages regulators to liberalize and harmonize air services at the Eleventh ICAO Air Services Negotiation (ICAN) Event in Nairobi recently, where he delivers the opening address. Dr. …

Tremendous Modernization In Air Transport, Focus At 13th ICAO Air Navigation Conference

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International experts representing a wide range of disciplines have converged at the UN aviation agency, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montréal  for the  ten-day long 13th Air Navigation Conference which runs from 9-19 October 2018. The landmark global event is seen as pivotal to how governments and industry will collaborate internationally to adjust to emerging aviation challenges and …

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 …