INTEGRATION

BY MIKE FOXTHE HISTORIC political changes, which swept across Europe in the previous decade, have also brought huge changes to the world of aviation; the European Civil Aviation Conference, (ECAC), has welcomed 16 countries from the region as members since 1990.A majority of these are former Soviet bloc countries, the most recent to join being Ukraine, which was admitted in December 1999.One of ECAC's main priorities is to integrate the new arrivals and ensure their aviation authorities follow the same standards as the rest of Europe. The recently-retired ...


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