Airports Council International (ACI) World and four of its prominent member airports have presented their views to a new International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) forum on the innovation and technology trends that will define the development of aviation in the medium to long term. The Indu...

ICAO is pushing for greater sustainability in the world of airport planning and design following the release of a new report entitled Water Management at Airports. The report notes that due to a mixture of growing demand, urbanisation and climate change some regions are increasingly experiencing ...

IATA is teaming up with the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on a virtual training initiative to boost runway safety and improve the operational efficiency of aviation. The three industry organisations have launched a new ...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) chief Alexandre de Juniac delivered his take on the state of the industry at the IATA annual general meeting held virtually on Nov. 24. The executive called on airlines and other industry stakeholders for immediate action in working to open up the s...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is appealing to all travelers to wear face covering during the travel journey for the safety of all passengers and crew during COVID-19. Wearing face coverings is a key recommendation of the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) gu...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released an airline self-assessment health checklist to support the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Take-off: Guidance for Air Travel through the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis. The Take-off guidance is the global standard framew...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is urging African governments to: Unblock bottlenecks so that urgently needed financial relief pledged for air transport and tourism reaches the distressed businesses it is meant to help. Implement the International Civil Aviation Organizati...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomes the decision by the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to use 2019 as a baseline for the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). In 2022, the ICAO Assembly will consider if fu...

Following the recent adoption of new guidelines on air transport safety by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO); Nicolas Jouan, Aerospace and Defense Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view: “As a UN agency, the ICAO is expected to play a le...

Airlines for America (A4A) – the industry trade organization representing the leading U.S. airlines – today applauded newly released recommendations from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a United Nations agency, for the safe, sustainable and secure restart and recovery of g...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged governments to quickly implement the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO’s) global guidelines for restoring air connectivity.  Today, the ICAO Council approved Takeoff: Guidance for Air Travel through the COVID-19 Public H...

Following yesterday’s release of the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) air travel forecast projecting a 1.2 billion travelers drop and US$160bn to US$253bn in revenue losses for the air travel industry in 2020; Nicolas Jouan, Aerospace and Defense Analyst at GlobalData, a le...

The Harvard Project on Climate Agreements has published an aviation policy brief by ARGS contributor George Anjaparidze on the topic of the CORSIA carbon offset scheme. The airline industry perspective explores in some depth the Carbon Offset and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORS...

ICAO secretary general Fang Liu and IATA director general and CEO 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 ...