International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

News & articles from International Airport Review covering the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which codifies international air navigation.

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Digital transformation to better serve airport passengers: A case study of Shenzhen Airport

1 September 2021 | By Huawei

Huawei explains how digital transformation helps airports to reduce flight delays, enable smoother travel and improve the passenger experience.

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Digital identities and airport responses to COVID-19

26 August 2021 | By Jean-Sébastien Pard, Kirk Goodlet

Kirk Goodlet, Director - Airports at the Winnipeg Airport Services Corporation, and Jean-Sébastien Pard, Director of Facilitation and Passenger Services at ACI World, discuss how passenger digital identities supported airports’ responses to COVID-19.

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Resiliency on the path to recovery for Carrasco International Airport

19 August 2021 | By Diego Arrosa

Diego Arrosa, CEO of Corporación América in Uruguay, explains to International Airport Review that it is the airport workforce’s adaptability and resiliency which has seen Carrasco International Airport through the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Hamad International Airport awarded ‘Best Airport in the World’

10 August 2021 | By International Airport Review

Hamad International Airport, Qatar’s gateway to the world, has been granted the 'Best Airport in the World' title at the renowned Skytrax World Airport Awards 2021.

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ACI World updates airport operations business recovery guidance

3 August 2021 | By International Airport Review

ACI has updated its guidance on practical health and operational measures that can be introduced to support safe travel, and has also expanded the guidance to include information on health passes and vaccinations, as well as risk management with a particular focus on human factors during recovery.

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ICAO announces new resource package to support creation of COVID-19 travel corridors

12 July 2021 | By International Airport Review

ICAO's 'Establishing a Public Health Corridor'  iPack is composed of guidance material, support personnel, training and other resources in order to assist countries in establishing travel corridors.

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Confronting the risk of an uneven global recovery

12 July 2021 | By Luis Felipe de Oliveira

For International Airport Review, Luis Felipe de Oliveira, Director General of Airports Council International (ACI) World, discusses how there is no one-size-fits-all solution approach to recovery and that it will require heightened levels of collaboration and partnership among industry stakeholders in order to ensure success.

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ACI World airport members contribute to ICAO’s Industry Consultative Forum

5 July 2021 | By International Airport Review

During the inaugural session of the Industry Consultative Forum, ACI World and four of its member airports presented their views on the technological challenges that are currently facing aviation.

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Aviation’s Post-Crisis Recovery Series: London City Airport

2 July 2021 | By Robert Sinclair

In the next instalment of International Airport Review’s exclusive series, the Chief Executive Officer of London City Airport, Robert Sinclair, explains how the long-term approach applied to every aspect of the airport’s strategy and decision making will be key in its recovery.

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Aviation can only recover if it realises its most vital resource – its workforce

23 June 2021 | By Erin van der Maas

For International Airport Review, Erin van der Maas, Airport Organising Programme Lead at the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), highlights how the inconsistencies between different worker groups, industry stakeholders, state relief, airlines and airports in differing countries during the pandemic has seen the majority of the workforce ignored – an…

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UK aviation industry reaffirms commitment to net zero by 2050 with interim decarbonisation targets

22 June 2021 | By International Airport Review

Five areas have been identified that need further support in order to make sure that the UK aviation industry continues to lead the world in aviation decarbonisation.

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Investing in the future of Greece

17 June 2021 | By Bill Fullerton

Bill Fullerton, Chief Technical Officer of Fraport Greece, speaks to International Airport Review about the challenges that the operator faced when undertaking a hugely ambitious project of renovating and expanding 14 regional airports in Greece in less than four years.

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How to create a robust sanitary protocol for your airport’s restrooms

16 June 2021 | By Robson Freitas

Robson Freitas, Head of Operations and Passenger Experience at Belo Horizonte International Airport in Brazil, speaks to International Airport Review about the measures that the airport is undertaking to keep its restrooms clean and to promote health security.

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Technical specifications for proof of vaccination solution published by ICAO

15 June 2021 | By International Airport Review

ICAO's Visible Digital Seal solution will make the process of checking passenger COVID-19 test and vaccination certificates at airports much more efficient and less vulnerable to fraud.

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ACI World extends its Airport Health Accreditation programme

14 June 2021 | By International Airport Review

As the original accreditation is granted for only 12 months, ACI has extended its Airport Health Accreditation programme so that airports can be re-accredited for an additional 12 months.