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UN agencies to work more closely on tourism

ICAO AND UNWTO sign statement

UN agencies to work more closely on tourism

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) signed a special Joint Statement on Aviation and Tourism today, acknowledging the intention of the ...

Airbus supports new noise standard

Airline industry to further reduce aircraft noise by seven decibels

Airbus supports new noise standard

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) has adopted a new noise stringency level for commercial airplanes.

IATA & ICAO urge AU ministers to adopt action plan

Aviation Safety in Africa

IATA & ICAO urge AU ministers to adopt action plan

MONTREAL, Canada -The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) urge Ministers attending the African Ministerial Meeting on Aviation ...

African aviation training organization launched in Nairobi

Improving aviation safety in Africa

African aviation training organization launched in Nairobi

By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda

(eTN) - Following 5 days of meetings in Kampala last week, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) moved on to Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, where another series of seminars, workshops, ...

South Sudan joins ICAO

International Civil Aviation Organization

South Sudan joins ICAO

By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda

(eTN) - As the long march for the new Republic of South Sudan continues into independence, the young country has made another milestone step when it finally was accepted as the 191st member of ...

Africa conference tackles aviation issues

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Africa conference tackles aviation issues

By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Africa

On days two and three of the continental gathering of aviation regulatory bodies and stakeholders under the auspices of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), more relevant topics ...

Indian airlines:  Not safe enough?

Indian Aviation

Indian airlines: Not safe enough?

By Hazel Heyer, eTN Staff Writer

India’s aviation sector is at risk of losing airline business in the US because of the threat of being downgraded by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for consistently not adhering to ...

Tanzania’s national airline: At death’s door

Air Tanzania

Tanzania’s national airline: At death’s door

By Apolinari Tairo

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (eTN) - Almost two weeks after Tanzania’s national flag carrier, Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL), was suspended from plying the skies, the International Air Transport ...

Air Tanzania CEO: We will be back

Air Tanzania

Air Tanzania CEO: We will be back

By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Africa

The CEO and managing director of Air Tanzania, David Mattaka, has reacted promptly to reports that the Tanzanian Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) had suspended their AOC (Air Operator Certificate) ...

ICAO calls on EU to lift Indonesian air ban

Indonesian Aviation

ICAO calls on EU to lift Indonesian air ban

By Balidiscovery.com

Tempo Interactive quotes the president of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Robert Kobeh Gonzales, as calling on the European Union to lift its blacklisting of Indonesian ...

Kenya civil aviation regulations begin to bite

Africa Aviation

Kenya civil aviation regulations begin to bite

By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Africa

Three months after the new Kenya Civil Aviation Regulations (KCAR) were bulldozed over the objections from stakeholders, the first cracks appear in their implementation.

Business as usual despite new Kenya civil aviation regulations

Kenya Aviation

Business as usual despite new Kenya civil aviation regulations

By Wolfgang H. Thome

Reports from the field indicate that, so far, the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) inspectors have not "swooped down" on aircraft operators in Kenya to enforce the new contentious Kenya Civil ...

Why are there so many plane crashes in Iran?

Aviation Safety

Why are there so many plane crashes in Iran?

By Ben Leffell, www.medialine.org for eTurboNews

Over the last several years boarding a domestic flight in Iran has become like playing Russian roulette.

Blame game begins for Congo crash

African Aviation

Blame game begins for Congo crash

By Wolfgnag H. Thome

(eTN) - Information received from a foreign staff dealing with logistics and handling at Goma’s airport has now put a fair share of the blame on the Kinshasa regime.

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