The aviation medicine section is responsible for all aspects of health of aviation personnel, including health promotion, medical certification, providing support and developing guidance to promote flight safety. In this Skytalk, the ICAO aviation medicine section will discuss the elements of decision-making for medical fitness to fly in accordance with the ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs). It will include a visualization of the integration of various ICAO Annexes, several ICAO Manuals, latest scientific developments State best practices and industry initiatives concerning medical fitness. The process of developing SARPs and associated guidance material will be briefly outlined. Current and future activities will be discussed, highlighting concerns to be addressed as a matter of priority.
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Health dimension - HLCC and TF-HIOA
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, ICAO has been acting as the main forum for States and relevant international organizations to share, develop and promote relevant guidance to facilitate the restart and recovery of civil aviation from the pandemic as well as a resilient future civil aviation. The...
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ICAO Long-term Traffic Forecasts
This session provides an overview of the development of ICAO long-term traffic forecasts and post-COVID-19 scenarios. Additionally, results and outlook of air traffic in the next 30 years will be presented.
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Aviation Competitiveness Index
This Skytalk presents the work of the Aviation Competitiveness Working Group (ACWG) established by the Third meeting of the Aviation Data and Analysis Panel (ADAP/3). The ACWG is tasked with the development of methodologies and data sources to arrive at a global aviation competitiveness index. Th...
