Noticias

On Monday, January 16, 2023, Mr. Carlos José Escobedo Menéndez, ambassador of the Republic of Guatemala in Peru, visited the LACAC Secretariat. The meeting addressed issues related to the work carried out in the LACAC Secretariat and in the working groups constituted by the Executive Committee of which Guatemala is part of as first vice-presidency.

On Wednesday, December 20, 2022, Mr. Marcos Castillo Masís, Director of the Civil Aviation Technical Council (CETAC) of Costa Rica, visited the LACAC Secretariat. The meeting discussed issues related to the work carried out in LACAC and coordination paths between the Commission and Costa Rica, and information was shared that can be used as a … Read more

The 102nd meeting of the Executive Committee was held on December 14, with the participation of 42 delegates representing 17 Member States and 3 observer organizations. At the time, a presentation was made by ALTA: “Air Transport Competitiveness Index in Latin America and the Caribbean”. In addition, topics of interest for LACAC activities during 2023 … Read more

On Tuesday, December 6, 2022, Mr. José Iván García, General Director of civil aviation of Bolivia, and his delegation visited the LACAC´s Secretariat. The meeting discussed issues related to the work carried out in the LACAC Secretariat and in the working groups constituted by the Executive Committee, in addition to the activities that are contemplated … Read more

The tenth meeting of the AVSEC/FAL LACAC-ICAO Regional Group was held in the city of Foz de Iguazu, Brazil, from November 21 to 26. Prior to the meeting, two workshops were held: Cybersecurity and Unruly and/or disruptive passengers. During the meeting of the Group, the following issues were addressed, among others: Election of the president … Read more

LACAC´s Secretary participated in the EU LAC APP II meeting held in Foz de Iguazú during 21-22 of November 2022. Mr. Binder provided a speech during the opening dinner that highlighted the importance of the collaboration between EASA and LACAC. On the second day, the project board met in order to review the plan for … Read more

On October 27 and 28, 2022 in Buenos Aires, the XLIV LATIN AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE LAW and the celebration of the 60th/62nd Anniversary of the Latin American Association of Aeronautical and Space Law – ALADA – were held. The LACAC Secretary participated in the activity and in the panel entitled: ACCESS TO … Read more

On October 17 and 18, the meeting “ALTA Aviation Leaders Forum” was held in the city of Buenos Aires, in which the President of LACAC, Mr. Gaetano Battagliese, and the Secretary, Mr. Jaime Binder, participated. At this meeting, issues of special interest for the development of commercial aviation in the coming years were addressed, highlighting … Read more

On October 14, the meeting to evaluate the results obtained during the 41st ICAO Assembly was held virtually for the member States of LACAC. It was attended by 25 delegates from thirteen LACAC member States. The meeting especially addressed the need to align LACAC’s Strategic and Operational Plan with the ICAO guidelines approved at the … Read more

Within the framework of the 41st ICAO Assembly, the SMOU (Supplementary MOU) was signed between the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and LACAC on October 6, 2022. The SMOU was created to add details to the MOU which was recently renewed at the LACAC General Assembly in March 2022. Thanks to this SMOU, LACAC … Read more