Annual Report

of the Council - 1978

DOCUMENTATION
for the session of the Assembly in 1980

INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION

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 TO THE ASSEMBLY

OF THE

INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION

I have the honour to transmit, at the direction of the Council, its Report for
the year 1978, prepared in compliance with Article 54 (a) of the Convention
on International Civil Aviation. It constitutes documentation for the next
ordinary Session of the Assembly, which will be convened in 1980, but
it is being circulated to Contracting States now for their information. It will
also be sent to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations in
pursuance of Article VI, paragraph 2 (a) of the Agreement between the
United Nations and ICA 0.
The Report was prepared by the Secretariat and circulated in draft form
to the Representatives of Council Member States for their suggestions. The
Council, as a body, did not formally examine or adopt it but, as in the past,
delegated to its President authority to approve the final text after considering
all the suggestions received.
As in previous years, Chapter I is a description of significant developments
in civil aviation during the year; the activities of ICAO itself are described in
Chapters II to VIII.
The Council held three sessions in 1978. These were the Ninety-third ’
Session from 16 January to 23 March, with a total of fourteen meetings; the
Ninety-fourth Session from 4 May to 29 June, with a total of twelve meetings,
and the Ninety-fifth Session from 25 September to 20 December, with a
total of eighteen meetings, one of which was held outside the Council phase.
Authority was delegated to the President to act on a number of matters, as
necessary, when the Council was not in session.

Assad Kotaite
President of the Council
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Chapter I. Civil Aviation in 1978 ........................ .................. 1

1. Traffic on Scheduled Services. ..................... .................. 1
2. Non-scheduled Commercial Air Transport. .......... .................. 13
3. Financial Results. ................................ .................. 17
4. Airline Fares and Rates ........................... .................. 20
5. Inter-Airline Co-operation ......................... .................. 27
6. General Aviation ................................. .................. 29
7. Evolution of the Commercial Air Transport Fleets of
ICAO Contracting States .......................... .................. 32
8. Safety ........................................... .................. 35
9. Technical Trends and Developments ............... .................. 38

ACTIVITIES AND DEVELOPMENTS IN ICAO IN 1978

Chapter II. Air Navigation ................................................. 47

1. Introduction.. ...................................................... t:
2. Meetings ...........................................................
3. International Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPSJ ........... 50
4. Air Navigation Plans. ................................................ 51
5. Participation of the Regional Offices in Air Navigation Activities ......... 52
6. Projects given Special Attention during 1978 ........................... 59

Chapter III. Air Transport ................................................. 6”:

1. Introduction.. ......................................................
2. Meetings.. ......................................................... 65
3. Economic Activities .................................................. 66 .
4. Statistics ............................................................ 67
5. Facilitation .......................................................... 68
6. Participation of the Regional Offices in Air Transport Activities .......... 69

Chapter IV. Joint Financing ............................................... Tf

1. General ............................................................
2. North Atlantic Crossings Panel (NACPJ ............................... 73
3. Implementation of Certain Recommendations of the
DEN/ICE/3 Conference ............................................. 73
4. Agreement on the Joint Financing of Certain Air Navigation Services
in Greenland and the Faroe Islands, 1956 (The Danish Joint
Financing Agreement) ............................................... 73
5. Agreement on the Joint Financing of Certain Air Navigation Services
in Iceland, 1956 (The Icelandic Joint Financing Agreement) ............. 74

Chapter V. Technical Assistance ........................................... 76

1. Introduction ........................................................ 76
2. Participation of the Regional Offices in Technical Assistance Activities .... 78
3. Finance ............................................................ 82
4. Personnel....................................................~ ...... 82
5. 1978 Fellowship Awards ...................................... 1...... 82
6. Equipment and Subcontracts ......................................... 82
7. UNDPandTF Programmes .......................................... 83

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Chapter VI. Constitutional and Legal Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

1. Introduction.. .................................................... , 100
2. Chicago Acts ..................................................... 100
3. International Air Law Conventions .................................. . 101
4. Legal Meetings ................................................... 102
5. Unlawful Interference with International Civil Aviation and its Facilities 103
6. Work Programme of the Legal Committee ........................... . 103
7. Privileges, Immunities and Facilities of the Organization .............. . 103
8. Registration of Agreements and Arrangements ....................... 104
9. Collection of National Aviation Laws and Regulations ................. . 104

Chapter VII. Relations with other International Organizations ............... 105

1. The United Nations ................................................. 105
2. Inter-Agency Bodies ................................................. 106
3. Specialized Agencies ................................................. 106
4. Other International Organizations ..................................... 107

Chapter VIII. Organization and Administration ............................. 109

1. Introduction.. ...................................................... 109
2. Organization ........................................................ 109
3. Personnel .......................................................... 109
4. Twenty-eighth ICAO Familiarization Course ........................... 110
5. Public Information Activities ......................................... 110
6. Computer Activities ................................................. 111
7. Language Services, Publications and Library ........................... 1I I
8. Finance ............................................................ 112

Appendices
1. Part I - States Parties to the Chicago Acts as of 31 December 1978 ...... 115
Part II - Protocol on the Authentic frilingual Text of the Convention
on International Civil Aviation (Chicago, 19441, done at
Ruenos Aires on 24 September 1968 .................................. 120
Pdrt III - Protocol on the Authentic Quadrilingual Text of the Convention
on International Civil Aviation (Chicago, 1944), done at
Montreal on 30 September 1977 ...................................... 123
2. List of States Parties to the Geneva, Rome, Guadalajara, Tokyo,
The Hague and Montreal Conventions and The Hague Protocol,
asof December 1978 ............................................. 124
3. Annexes to the Convention - Amendments adopted during 1978 ........ 128
4. The Council, its Committees and the Air Navigation Commission ........ 129
5. ICAO Meetings Held in 1978 ......................................... 136
6. Participation of States and International Organizations in
Main ICAO Meetings in 1978 ........................................ 140
7. Programme of ICAO Meetings for 1979 ............................... 144
8. Structure of ICAO Secretariat as of 31 December 1978 .................. 146
9. National Distribution of Professional Category Staff
as of31 December 1978 ............................................. 147
10. Distribution of Technical Assistance Field Staff by Nationality,
Grade and Programme, 1978 ......................................... 150
11. Distribution of Technical Assistance Field Staff by Programme and
ProfessionorTrade, 1978 ............................................ 152
12. Fellowship Awards Made During 1978 under ICAO Programmes ......... 156
13. Statistics for Diagrams ............................................... 164