Source: ICAO During a special ceremony today at ICAO’s 41st Assembly, Pacific States officially launched a new Pacific Regional Aviation Strategy. The new Strategy is a major turning point for the Pacific Sub-region, and will help its participating States work together more effectively with ICAO and the Pacific Aviation Safety Office (PASO) to assure the safe, secure, and sustainable growth of regional air connectivity and socio-economic development. “ICAO, especially through its Asia Pacific Regional Office, has actively engaged with the Pacific Small Islands Developing States through various activities promoting a closer working relationship between the Pacific Sub-region and ICAO,” commented ICAO Secretary General Juan Carlos Salazar, who was joined by H.E. the Hon. Walter Schaubelt, Minister of Transport of Papua [...]

Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Trade Centre (ITC) joined forces to improve access to global trade and air cargo supply chain information for businesses and air cargo professionals. Through this agreement, ITC and IATA will cross-link their information offerings, including data, to expand access to strategic information for trade and cargo professionals. Users of multiagency platform Global Trade Helpdesk can now also benefit from the IATA ONE source platform with information on freight forwarders. IATA TACT Online users will benefit from ITC’s Market Access Map and its information on temporary trade restrictions related to the Ukraine-Russia conflict and COVID-19 measures, as well as up-to-date information on market demand trends and market access conditions through ITC’s Market Analysis tools. Pamela Coke-Hamilton, [...]

Source: ICAO The Edward Warner Award, acknowledged as the highest honour in the world of civil aviation, was posthumously conferred by the ICAO Council on Dr. Ángela Marina Donato of Argentina. Named in honour of the first President of the ICAO Council, Dr Edward Warner, the award is bestowed, in the form of a gold medal, on an individual or institution, in recognition of outstanding achievements in international civil aviation. Dr. Donato was selected in light of her eminent contributions to the development of international civil aviation throughout her career, and for serving as a beacon of ambition and accomplishment to several generations of women pursuing aviation careers. The award ceremony took place on the opening day of ICAO’s 41st [...]

Source: ALTA Passenger numbers in Latin America and the Caribbean show a solid and promising recovery as of July of this year Tourism revival has been one of the keys to overcoming the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the world. As the travel restrictions were lifted, we began to see a phenomenon of "revenge tourism" in which people no longer wanted to stay at home and resumed travel, pending visits to loved ones, and taking advantage of the ability to work remotely from anywhere. According to the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), the global revival process represented, by 2021, a total of 289.5 million jobs in the industry, of which 18.2 million were new jobs (6.7% growth vs. [...]

Source: ICAO Some 2,000 Ministers and high-ranking government officials from 167 States gathered in-person and virtually at the Montréal Headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) today, for the launch of the UN aviation agency’s 41st Assembly, the first since the COVID-19 outbreak. They were joined by hundreds more participants, observers, and media attending the first-time hybrid Assembly, which runs through to 7 October with a key focus on the themes of aviation innovation and resilience, underpinning the continued sustainability of the air transport sector. ICAO’s Council President Salvatore Sciacchitano opened the ten-day event, being joined on the occasion by the Mayor of ICAO’s host city of Montréal, Madame Valerie Plante, the Deputy Minister of International Relations and La [...]

Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urges the 41st Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to address top industry issues, including: Agreeing a Long-term Aspirational Goal (LTAG) for the decarbonization of international aviation in line with the aviation industry’s commitment to achieve net zero CO2 emissions by 2050 Strengthening the landmark Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) as the single economic measure used by governments to manage aviation’s carbon footprint Implementing lessons learned from the economically and socially painful destruction of global connectivity that resulted from government attempts to control the spread of COVID-19 “The industry’s expectations for the 41st ICAO Assembly are ambitious but realistic given the challenges that we face. For example, governments must learn [...]

Source: ATAG Representatives of the world’s governments meeting in Montreal are being urged to adopt a long-term climate goal of net-zero carbon by 2050 for the aviation sector. Over 150 countries are expected at the 41st International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly where one of the most important topics of discussion will be climate change. Executive Director of the Air Transport Action Group, Haldane Dodd says the climate emergency needs action from all actors: “last October, the aviation industry set net-zero carbon by 2050 as a challenging, but achievable, goal for aviation. This cannot rely on industry action alone – we will need support from the energy sector and governments to make net-zero aviation a reality. “Governments meeting at the ICAO [...]

Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) highlighted four priorities to build resilience and strengthen air cargo’s post-pandemic prospects. The priorities, outlined at the 15th World Cargo Symposium (WCS), which opened in London today are: 1. Achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050; 2. Continuing to modernize processes; 3. Finding better solutions to safely carry lithium batteries; 4. Making air cargo attractive to new talent “Air cargo had a stellar year in 2021 achieving $204 billion in revenues. At present, however, social and economic challenges are mounting. The war in Ukraine has disrupted supply chains, jet fuel prices are high and economic volatility has slowed GDP growth. Despite this, there are positive developments. E-commerce continues to grow, COVID restrictions [...]

Source: FAA Part of agency's work to usher in new era of aviation safely The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today released new design guidelines for vertiports, infrastructure that will support Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) aircraft. The design standards will serve as the initial step to provide key information for airport owners, operators and infrastructure developers to begin development of facilities that will support operations of AAM aircraft that are electrically powered and take-off and land vertically. "Our country is stepping into a new era of aviation. These vertiport design standards provide the foundation needed to begin safely building infrastructure in this new era." said Associate Administrator for Airports Shannetta Griffin, P.E.  These Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) operations will transport passengers [...]