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Published Monday, May 11, 2020
International aviation authorities
issue new guide
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff and wire services
International Civil Aviation Organization, ICAO, has developed a new handbook aimed at helping countries to address the aviation safety risks arising due to the global effects of the covid-19 pandemic.
Produced specifically for national aviation regulators and civil aviation authorities, 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 organization Safety Management Panel.
ICAO announced a letter that will be issued to encourage the Member States to take advantage of this new handbook.
“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 Fang Liu, ICAO Secretary-General. “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.”
According to Liu, ICAO, therefore, considered it essential to provide new guidance in this area as quickly as possible, so that the countries 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.
The new handbook is available on the Organization website.
In April, the directors of Aviation in North America, Central America and the Caribbean, known as NACC, gathered via video conference to discuss the current situation of the covid-19 and how they will get back to business.
Airline sectors should be preparing for the reactivation of flights after the pandemic, said Alvaro Vargas, Director-General of Civil Aviation of Costa Rica.
According to the authorities, in this meeting, they analyzed precautionary measures such as the reduction in the number of flights and passengers on each flight for the rest of 2020.
There was also talk of different post-pandemic scenarios that could take shape such as restrictions on airport operations. NACC is looking to be prepared for all. They went as far as to develop a series of proposals for plans to reactivate the aeronautical sector, authorities in Costa Rica said.
The meeting was attended by more than 88 delegates of air operators from Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, the United States, Spain, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, as well as other international organizations such as ICAO.
In Costa Rica the border closure was extended until June 15.
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