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Angola and the United States sign bilateral Open Skies Agreement

On Wednesday, April 26, 2023, the Angolan Minister of Transport, Ricardo Viegas D’Abreu, and the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg, signed a historic Open Skies Air Services Agreement and a Memorandum of Consultations in the field of Civil Aviation. The signing, which took place in Washington, aims to promote a strong international aviation system between the two countries, based on healthy competition of their airlines and with direct access of Angola to the largest civil aviation system in the world. For the Angolan Minister of Transport, the signing of…

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71st Extraordinary Session of the ASECNA Committee of Ministers: Rolland Fidiariseheno RANJATOELINA elected as the next Chairman of the Agency’s Board of Directors

The Committee of Ministers of the Agency for the Safety of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA), meeting by videoconference on 31 January 2023, in its 71st extraordinary session, proceeded to the election of the new Chairman of the Board of Directors (PCA), in accordance with Article 8 of the Statutes, as the term of office of the outgoing PCA expires on 30 April 2023. The proceedings, chaired by the current Chairman of the Committee of Ministers, Mr. Oumarou Malam ALMA, Minister of Transport of Niger, led to the…

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Adefuke Adeyemi elected AFCAC Secretary General

DAKAR, 15 July 2022 – The African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) announced today that Ms. Adefunke Adeyemi has been elected as the new Secretary General of the Commission. The Bureau and the Secretariat of AFCAC have the honor to inform AFCAC member States, InternationalOrganizations, States Partners and all aviation and affiliated Stakeholders that Ms. Adefunke Adeyemi has been elected the new Secretary General of the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC). Ms. Adeyemi’s election as the new Secretary General of AFCAC was announced on July 15, 2022 at the 34th AFCAC…

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The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a specialized United Nations agency established by states in 1944 to manage and administer the International Civil Aviation Convention. ICAO works with the 193 States Parties to the Convention and industry groups to build consensus on standards and recommended practices (SARP) and international civil aviation policies that provide the basis for a safe and efficient civil aviation sector that is economically sustainable and environmentally responsible. These SARPs and policies are used by ICAO Member States to ensure that their local civil aviation operations and…

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