Tag: International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

• Tuesday, May 13th 2025 - 20:40 UTC

  International aviation agency rules Moscow was behind downing of Flight MH17

  

  The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) ruled Tuesday that Russia was responsible for the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, killing all 298 people on board. Although victims included Britons, Belgians, and Malaysians, 196 stemmed from the Netherlands.

• Thursday, February 13th 2025 - 01:05 UTC

  UKOTs, including Falklands, in SAR workshop with exercise of cruise vessel incident

  

  The annual SAR, workshop for UK Overseas Territories took place in Miami during the first week of February, with the purpose of sharing experiences and recognizing common challenges. The workshop was facilitated by HM Coastguard and funded by UK Government and referred to two main theatres of action, one involving a cruise ship and the other an aviation incident.

• Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 20:01 UTC

  ICAO agrees to review Venezuela's claim against Argentina regarding the Emtrasur freighter

  

  The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has agreed to review Venezuela's complaint against Argentina for seizing the Boeing 747-300 freighter belonging to Conviasa's cargo subsidiary Emtrasur and later handing it over to US authorities for scrapping. The aircraft was wanted by Washington because it had belonged to Iran's carrier Mahan Air and was said to be involved in logistics operations assisting terrorist attacks.

• Friday, December 2nd 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  Argentine President okays purchase of “new” Tango 01 aircraft

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernandez Thursday approved the purchase of a replacement for the Tango 01 aircraft through a budget extension to be funded with a CAF loan.

• Monday, August 1st 2022 - 08:35 UTC

  International tourism has recovered to almost half of pre-pandemic 2019 level

  

  According to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, international tourism saw a strong rebound in the first five months of 2022, with almost 250 million international arrivals recorded. This compares to 77 million arrivals from January to May 2021 and means that the sector has recovered almost half (46%) of pre-pandemic 2019 levels.

• Sunday, March 18th 2018 - 10:00 UTC

  Dr. Fang Liu of China reelected as Secretary General of UN's ICAO

  

  The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has reappointed Dr. Fang Liu of China by acclamation as Secretary General of the UN Specialized Agency for a second three-year term, beginning 1 August 2018.

• Thursday, February 11th 2016 - 05:45 UTC

  ICAO agrees on first binding limits on emissions from the aviation industry

  

  UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the announcement by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) proposing the first binding limits on emissions from the aviation industry.

• Tuesday, October 15th 2013 - 12:41 UTC

  “Chinese Taipei” represented at ICAO for the first time in four decades

  

  Taiwan was represented at an International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly for the first time in over four decades when a Taiwanese delegation was present at the opening session of this year's meeting in Montreal last month.

• Wednesday, March 20th 2013 - 23:29 UTC

  UN aviation and tourism agencies pledge to coordinate efforts to facilitate travel

  

  The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) signed a special Joint Statement on Aviation and Tourism acknowledging the intention of the two UN agencies to begin cooperating more closely on issues of common priority.