Global economic reform is essential to the transformation of international air transportNegotiations at the International Civil Aviation Organization next week will realign aviation’s global economic framework with the industry’s needsToshiyuki Onuma, President of the ICAO Council
A new global economic framework will define the next era of international air transport. As aviation faces rapid technological advancement, climate ambition, and evolving global demand, the rules and systems that once sustained its growth must once again adapt to build a resilient, sustainable, and inclusive future.
Few industries rely on international cooperation as fundamentally as aviation. Every international journey depends on the standardization and trust established by the Convention on International Civil Aviation in 1944, a framework uniquely capable of responding to changing technologies, evolving markets, and complex operational requirements. Over the decades, this architecture has continually been reimagined and improved through visionary redesigns. (....)