ICAO
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- noun
- /aɪˈkeɪ.oʊ/
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OACI
- Furthermore, Beijing has asked the EU to postpone the ETS implementation until the next assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in October 2013.
- ICAO report
- ICAO standards
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The ICAO is not a for-profit organization, but it is what enables airlines, as profit-making ventures, to access global markets, as well as allowing private flight operations, which include everything from multi-million dollar executive jets to the smallest private plane.
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The decision, according to EU officials, came as a result of positive developments at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council meeting last week, which got the EU to believe that "a global solution for addressing the fast-growing aviation emissions from international aviation is within reach at the upcoming ICAO Assembly in 2013."
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That was the copy they used for filing the ICAO flight plan.
Fiction book (2000) -
Companies would, of course, claim it's the former, but looking at the history of the talks on this issue at the ICAO, it seems like the latter is more reasonable.
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The other one is that the EU made a practical decision, truly believing that the ICAO can now achieve real progress in reducing aviation emissions on an international level.
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The Union expects the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to coordinate a worldwide model to control emissions in aviation.
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The EU explained that its decision to "stop the clock" on the regulation is nothing but "a gesture of good faith," giving ICAO a chance to create within a year an international regulatory framework to tackle emissions from aviation.
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Not surprisingly, the standard-setting functions of the ICAO Council (whose president upon election becomes a salaried official of the organization) are akin to those of national lawmaking; for example, decisions are made by majority vote.
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After all, as the Guardian noted, "the commission's move on aviation in the ETS buys some time for ICAO, which was arguably galvanised into action by the EU in the first place after years of foot-dragging on this issue."
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The International Civil Aviation Organization, or ICAO, sets standards for safety and efficiency in air travel.
Synonyms
A United Nations organization that makes rules for safe international air travel
Surface Forms
Morphology
ICAO = I + C + A + O
ICAO is an initialism whose component letters do not convey the meaning to learners; the full expansion must be known.
Etymology
The word ICAO is a short name made from the first letters of International, Civil, Aviation, and Organization. Each part helps you remember its job: 'international' means 'between countries', 'civil' means 'for people not the military', 'aviation' means 'flying', and 'organization' means 'a group', so ICAO is the United Nations group that makes rules for civil flying between countries.