Passing of Mr. Diego Pardo Tovar (1933 – 2021)

The Member States of the Latin American Civil Aviation Commission deeply regret the passing  of Dr. Diego Pardo Tovar, founder of LACAC, Manager of the First Latin American Conference of Aeronautical Authorities and First Executive Director of AITAL today ALTA. His valuable legacy is an example for the new generations in Civil Aviation in Latin … Read more

MOU: Temporary liberalization of the seventh freedom for exclusive cargo services

In the framework of the celebration of the VI Extraordinary Assembly of LACAC, ten member states of LACAC: Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela, signed the MOU that temporarily liberalizes transportation for exclusive cargo services in order to facilitate cargo transportation, especially vaccines against COVID-19. The subscription was made … Read more

VI Extraordinary Assembly

With the participation of 17 member states, the Sixth Extraordinary Assembly was held on December 14, 2020. Among the various issues presented, Resolution AE6-1 on ” Air Transport Consumer Protection” and Resolution AE6-3 “Balance Measures between Consumer Protection and the Financial Sustainability of Airlines during the Pandemic established by the WHO” were unanimously approved. Likewise, … Read more

XCIV Executive committee

On December 14, 2020, the Ninety-fourth Meeting of the Executive Committee was held virtually with the participation of 44 delegates representing 17 Member States. Among other matters, the Executive Committee approved two draft resolutions related to the rights of air transport consumers to be presented to the LACAC Assembly. It also acknowledged the drafts of … Read more

LACAC – CAAS High Level Round Table

The directors and / or representatives of the senior management of the Member States of LACAC met with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 in a virtual round table to discuss “Aviation Restart and Creating Resilience.” 50 delegates from 17 Member States participated in this meeting.

GEPEJTA/45

The GEPEJTA held its Forty-Fifth Meeting virtually. Presentations were made at the meeting by Ms. Tan Siew Huay, Chairperson of the ICAO Legal Committee, and Ms. Jane Hupe, Director of the Environment of the ICAO Secretariat. Among the various topics discussed by the delegates, those related to overcoming the crisis caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic … Read more

XCIII Executive Committee

The Ninety-Third Meeting of the Executive Committee was held virtually, with 54 delegates from 18 member states participating, approving, among other issues, postponing the LACAC Ordinary Assembly scheduled for this year, until a new date when it can be held face-to-face in 2021 and call an Extraordinary Assembly for September 25, to define the short … Read more

Forum: Impact of COVID-19

On November 24 and 25, 2020, the Forum “Impact of COVID-19 on Air Transport – New Challenges and Opportunities in the Vision of the Aeronautical Strategic Plan” was held. Likewise,  LACAC’s Secretary, Mr. Jaime Binder, participated in the Panel on Institutionality, where he mainly pointed out that Civil Aeronautics maintains its goal to increase Air … Read more