Expressing their strong condemnation of the use of weapons against civil aviation, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Airports Council International (ACI) and the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO), have agreed to immediately establish a senior-level Task Force in response to the shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. At the meeting in Montreal earlier this week the civil aviation organisations said … [Read more...] about ICAO-led Task Force on conflict zone overflight
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Europe/CIS: Three-way deal to reduce emissions
IATA, Eurocontrol and the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation announced a three-way deal to “expedite efficiency improvements in European air traffic management” that will achieve annual savings of 470,000 tonnes of fuel, US$550 million and 1.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions, according to the trio. The plan calls for an airspace redesign to accommodate a 0.1 per cent reduction in routes equivalent to 4 million nautical miles per year and US$28 million in … [Read more...] about Europe/CIS: Three-way deal to reduce emissions