ICAO

International Civil Aviation

Organisation
 What are ICAO
objectives

• Safety
• Air Navigation Capacity and
Efficiency
• Facilitation
• Regional planning
• Economics
 Why ICAO are
created

• To promote the safety and efficient development of civil

aviation

• The tremendous development of aviation during World

War II demonstrated the need for an international
organization to assist and regulate international flight for
peaceful
 HISTORY

• The convention on International Civil Aviation

(Chicago Convention) was signed on 7 Dec 1944 by
52 states

• The provisional ICAO was established from 6 June 1947

untill 4 Apr 1947 (cause of the pending ratification by 26
states.

• ICAO came into being 4 Apr 1947 (as ratification was

received.

• ICAO became a specialized agency of the United Nations

 What are ICAO
purposes?
• Encourage the development of airways, airports, and air
navigation facilities for international civil aviation
• Meet the needs of the peoples of the world for safe,
regular, efficient, and economical air transport
• Prevent economic waste caused by unreasonable
competition
• Ensure that the rights of contracting states are fully
respected and that every contracting state has a fair
opportunity to operate international airlines
• Avoid discrimination between contracting states
• Promote safety of flight in international air navigation;
and promote generally the development of all aspects of
international civil aeronautics
 Who are
they?
Head:
Secretar assembl
y y
General
The council

• The three main

organisation of ICAO

secretariat
 Assembl
y

• All members assembly meets every 3 years

• They made the decision by a simple majority
vote
• Makes policy recommendations, review of
works, determine the budget
 Counci
l
• Permanent body, composed of 33 members states elected
by
the assembly
• In selecting process, the assembly is required by Chicago
Convention to give adequate representation regarding
the nations of major importance in air transport
• Powers are unusually broad and adopt international
standard and recommended practice pertaining the Civil
Air Navigation
 Secretariat

• Appointed by Council
• Assist member states in providing aeronautical
services
 Functions of
ICAO
• Defines the protocols for air accident investigation
followed by signatory agencies of the Convention
on International Civil Aviation in respective
countries.
• Supervises the standards and practices of air
navigation, its infrastructure, Flight inspection,
prevention of unlawful interference, and facilitation of
border- crossing procedures for international civil
aviation
 Case
• MH370
The official declaration that the case of Malaysia Airlines
Flight MH370 was an accident was made based on
definitions set by the International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO)

According to ICAO, the fact that the Boeing 777 aircraft did
not land on any airport after departing and did not reach
its intended destination and that the search mission for
the aircraft failed to achieve its objective were among the
factors the incident was deemed as an accident.

Declared the disappearance of Malaysia Arilines flight

MH370 as an accident and that all of its 239 passengers
and crew members were presumed dead.
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