Ivan La Cruz

Montréal, 27 September 2022 – The Edward Warner Award, acknowledged as the highest honour in the world of civil aviation, was posthumously conferred by the ICAO Council on Dr. Ángela Marina Donato of Argentina. Named in honour of the first President of the ICAO Council, Dr Edward Warner, the award is bestowed, in the form … Read more

The hundredth-first meeting of the Executive Committee was held on September 22 of this year. With the participation of 62 delegates representing 17 member States and 3 observer organizations, topics related mainly to the terms of reference of GRUGES, Audit (TOR), the Orientation Guide for the 41st Assembly of ICAO, and negotiations with non-Member states … Read more

The course on “Airport Development and Project Management” was held in Guatemala City, Guatemala, from September 19 to 23 of this year, sponsored by the General Directorate of Civil Aviation of Guatemala. It was taught by instructors from the Aviation Academy of the Incheon Airport in Korea and 32 officials from the administrations of LACAC … Read more

The LACAC Secretary participated in the ALTA AVIATION LAW AMERICAS 2022, held in Rio de Janeiro, between September 14 and 16. On the occasion, the panel “The pros and cons of a common consumer rights regulation in Latin America and the Caribbean” was held, which was moderated by Ricardo Fenelon with the following panelists: Ricardo … Read more

ICAO SAM and NACC together with the BID developed the webinar: “Studies on the Regulatory Impact of Air Services Agreements for the Promotion of the Liberalization of the Air Transport Market in the Latin American Region” on September 13, 2022. The Secretary of LACAC, Mr. Jaime Binder, participated in the panel: How to further promote … Read more

On September 5, 2022, a hybrid meeting was held between the Secretary General of the African Civil Aviation Commission, Adefunke Adeyemi; the Executive Secretary of the European Civil Aviation Conference, Patricia Reverdy; the Director General of the Arab Civil Aviation Organization, Abdennebi Manar, and the Secretary of the Latin American Civil Aviation Commission, Jaime Binder. … Read more

From August 16 to 18, the President of LACAC, Mr. Gaetano Battagliese, and Secretary, Mr. Jaime Binder, participated in the Directors General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) Programme on Aviation Resilience and Workshop on ICAO SARPs, sponsored by the CAAS of Singapore and the IDAC of the Dominican Republic. Within the framework of this program, the … Read more

The CAAS-LACAC course “Airport Management COVID 19 Recovery” was held in the city of Bogotá, Colombia, from August 15 to 19, 2022 in conjunction with the Civil Aviation Authority of Colombia. Representatives from different LACAC member States participated in the course given by Mr. Bala and Mr. Jeyaraj, professors representing Singapore. The students participated in … Read more

On July 28, the Secretary of the Commission attended the Greeting Ceremony of Heads of Diplomatic Mission and Representatives of International Organizations accredited in Peru, to President José Pedro Castillo Terrones. In the activity, the Apostolic Nuncio Monsignor Nicola Girasoli offered the protocol greeting.

From July 19 to 22, the High Level Meeting was held in Montreal: on the feasibility of a long-term aspirational goal for international aviation CO2 emissions reductions (HLM-LTAG), in which the delegates from the member States of LACAC. Likewise, LACAC held a daily coordination meeting, in a hybrid manner, during the meeting.