COVID-19: ICAO issues new guidelines on virus safety risks for CAAs

The United Nations agency charged with setting standards for the international aviation industry, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) issued new guidelines for the world’s civil aviation authorities on safety management for the COVID-19 pandemic. Download the new guidelines here. Produced specifically for national aviation regulators and civil aviation authorities (CAAs), the new Handbook for CAAs on the Management of Aviation Safety Risks related to COVID-19 was developed with the support of aviation experts serving on the ICAO Safety Management Panel, the agency said in announcing the release of the guidelines. Dr Fang Liu, secretary general of the International Civil Aviation Organisation. (PHOTO: ICAO) “COVID-19 has presented the entire world with many new types of challenges, and the need to adjust how we conduct ourselves in our day-to-day lives,” said ICAO Secretary General Dr Fang Liu. “As a highly integrated and complex network, international aviation has not been immune to these effects, some of which pose new challenges in managing risks which were never before considered in traditional safety management practices. ICAO therefore considered it essential to provide new guidance in this area as quickly as possible, so that the countries we support can continue to effectively coordinate, collaborate, and communicate to uphold the highest possible levels of aviation safety while they maintain the continuity of critical operations.” IATA coronavirus resource centre ICAO coronavirus resource centre Johns Hopkins University Virus Tracking Site Air Cargo COVID-19 Action Page IATA Quick Reference for Ground Handling During COVID-19 IATA Guidance on the Safe Carriage of Cargo in the Passenger Cabin WHO: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pandemic International Society for Infection Diseases COVID-19 Page Download the latest issue of Asian Aviation here. For Editorial Inquiries Contact: Editor Matt Driskill at [email protected] For Advertising Inquiries Contact Head of Sales Kay Rolland at [email protected]