ICAO MEETING SUPPORTS GLOBAL HARMONISATION OF COMPLEX AIR INDUSTRY RULES
May 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A MAJOR international meeting on making air transport more sustainable has heard calls for a harmonisation of civil aviation administrative and regulatory processes, encouraging efficiency and transparency.
Overly complex rules controlling how airlines can use airports and airspace are restricting the sector's growth, delegates told an International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) symposium, at the UN agency's headquarters in Montréal, Canada.
ICAO Secretary General Raymond Benjamin complained: "Traffic rights are governed by a ...
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