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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) regarding an Ebola virus disease outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is coordinating closely with the WHO and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) with respect to potential implications for air connectivity. WHO’s current risk assessment for travel and …
The Secretary General of ICAO, Dr. Fang Liu, and the Director General and CEO of IATA, Mr. Alexandre de Juniac, have officially launched new ICAO legal guidance on the management of unruly and disruptive passengers. The new ICAO Manual on the Legal Aspects of Unruly and Disruptive Passengers (Doc 10117) is a key result emerging from the adoption of the …
Opening the Sixth ICAO Africa (AFI) Aviation Week in Kampala recently, ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu stresses how ongoing aviation safety, security, and capacity improvements all across Africa are maximizing air transport’s role as a catalyst for socio-economic development in the region. Drawing attention to the cooperative planning and capacity-building which ICAO and African States have been pursuing together …
Photo Caption: Aerial view of high-profile delegates at the event The African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) has engaged the United States’ Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in discussions to promote the implementation of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). Mr. Tefera Mekonnen, AFCAC Secretary General and Mr. David Burkholder, FAA’s International Affairs Deputy Director, who met recently …
Photo caption: Hon. Joseph Kofi Adda, Ghana’s Minister for Aviation Ghana has obtained a provisional Effective Implementation (EI) rate of 89.89 percent after the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) concluded its Coordinated Validation Mission (ICVM) recently, in line with the United Nations aviation agency’s Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP). The rating comes after a nine-day follow-up onsite activity by a …
Airports Council International (ACI) World Annual General Assembly (WAGA) held in Hong Kong, China unanimously expressed its position on increased engagement with ICAO on policy development, capacity building and environmental protection. As ICAO plans for its 40th Triennial Assembly, to be held from 24 September to 4 October this year, the ACI Assembly confirmed the importance of ACI alignment with the …
By Roland Ohaeri Sustained Optimism The aircraft market in Africa may be growing slowly in line with the slow growth of airlines on the continent. But the potential for more aircraft to be demanded in Africa as the economy and the air transport industry emerge, for aircraft sellers, is worth waiting and positioning for. Air traffic growth and demand for …
Bringing together African Ministers of Air Transport and Tourism for an inaugural Ministerial Conference hosted by Cabo Verde, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) stress important messages to their distinguished guests on their sectors’ reciprocal socio-economic benefits. “Air transport and tourism are major and highly synergistic economic sectors which continue to deliver …
Caption: Important technical global players in the aviation and tourism sectors at the first UNWTO-ICAO Ministerial Conference on Air Transport in Africa held in Cabo Verde, recently President of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Mr. Benard Aliu, says market liberalization, visa facilitation among others are important to have a sustained growth in Africa and thereby encourages African States to …
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) says that the realization of better air connectivity in Africa, and the crucial sustainable development it promises, will only be accomplished through the mobilization of sufficient and appropriate investments and through greater levels of compliance with ICAO Regional and Global Planning Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, ICAO Council President, who spoke recently at the ICAO …
