![]() The agenda items on health, facilitation and crisis response were reviewed by the Executive Committee. There was strong support for ICCAIA’s paper on Aviation Safety for Regional Operations, with agreement to additional work by expert groups and the inclusion of amendments to highlight the issue in the draft Assembly resolution. It referred the issue to the ICAO Council for consideration to be included in the budget and work plan. The Technical Commission recognized the different views on greater automation and autonomy including ICCAIA’s WP/099 on Extended Minimum Crew Operations and agreed that further work was needed to develop a structured plan, based on a clear concept of operations, for safely addressing extended minimum crew operations. It also highlighted the need for greater engagement with ITU and adopted a new Consolidated statement of continuing ICAO policies and practices related to a global air traffic management (ATM) system and communications, navigation, and surveillance/air traffic management (CNS/ATM) systems, including a new appendix on ensuring the resilience of ICAO CNS/ATM systems and services. ![]() The Commission supported ICCAIA’s working paper on CNS and Spectrum, which highlighted the importance of a mechanism and engagement from industry to ensure the foreseen ICNSS roadmaps and concepts to be addressed across all ICAO activities. ICCAIA will highlight this issue at Council and ANC to ensure the concern is well understood. However, sufficient support was obtained to refer the paper to the Council of ICAO for further consideration. There was no consensus reached on the need for additional work on challenges with Certification and Regulatory Approval for Specialized Firefighting aircraft. The topic of Halon Replacement received broad support from States the Commission noted the need to ensure availability of options for aircraft fire-extinguishing agents through consideration of exemptions from regulation for halon replacement technologies. ICCAIA’s paper on Wake Energy Retrieval operations was supported by several European States, and was referred to the Council of ICAO for consideration in its budget. Although the Commission did not feel that a new resolution was necessary, it agreed that the topic should be brought to the attention of the relevant expert groups. Several States supported the recommendations laid out in ICCAIA’s working paper on the Next Era of Air Traffic and Airspace Management. Highlights included agreement on the importance of safety management systems, increased safety oversight where needed and updates to the Global Air Navigation Plan (GANP) and Global Aviation Safety Plan (GASP). The Technical Commission reviewed over 200 papers on Safety and Air Navigation. ICCAIA’s paper Carbon Reduction Technology – Regulatory Framework Development to Facilitate Aeroplane and Engine Technology Developments for Carbon Reduction was well received by the Executive Committee, with many States supporting the recommendations and agreement to adopt the technology roadmap defined in the LTAG report and develop a parallel regulatory roadmap for certification, airworthiness and operations to enable manufacturers to develop those technologies to globally agreed standards and bring them to market. The Assembly adopted a Long Term Aspirational Goal for carbon reduction that aligns with the industry’s own ambition to achieve Net Zero operations by 2050, as well as the Consolidated statement of continuing ICAO policies and practices related to environmental protection – Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). The recommendations in all twelve working papers were taken up by the Assembly as concrete actions, including referral to expert groups and/or referral to the ICAO Council for consideration for inclusion in the ICAO work plan. ![]() ICCAIA presented 12 working papers and 3 information papers. The Assembly reviewed more than 580 papers on topics across the spectrum of aviation interests, as well as hearing statements from Ministers, electing the ICAO Council for the next three years and hosting many side events, talks, workshops and social events. There were over 2,500 delegates registered, from over 250 countries and organizations, including 45 participants from ICCAIA attending either in person or watching online. Montreal, October 7 th 2022 The 41 st Assembly of ICAO concluded today, with successful outcomes for ICCAIA and its members in all areas.
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