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The Air Transport Bureau (click to view the Structure)
supports the implementation of the Strategic
Objectives of ICAO in particular objectives B - Security
and C - Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development
of Air Transport. This Bureau also contributes towards Strategic
Objective A - Safety.
The Bureau works under the direction of the Council, Air
Transport Committee, the Committee on Unlawful Interference
and the Committee on Joint Support of Air Navigation Services.
Secretariat support is provided to the Committee on Aviation
Environmental Protection (CAEP), which is a Committee of Council.
In particular, ATB focuses on the following areas:
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ICAO plays an essential leadership
role in the field of aviation security with
the ultimate goal of enhancing civil aviation
security worldwide. To this end, its efforts
are focused primarily on developing and coordinating
an effective global policy and legal framework
in response to the evolving threat to civil
aviation, conducting audits that identify aviation
security shortcomings, and assisting States
in implementing security Standards and resolving
deficiencies.
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In the environmental area, ICAO’s overall
objective is to enhance the sustainability of international
aviation operations by minimizing aircraft noise
and the impact of engine emissions on local air
quality and the global climate. In this field, ATB
focuses on:
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quantifying the impact of
aviation on the environment through the development
of methodologies, tools, models and databases;
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establishing policies, standards
and recommended practices to address the impact
of aviation on the environment through technological,
operational and market-based measures.
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The Bureau’s activities in the economic fields
are linked to the sustainability of air transport
development. In this regard, the Bureau is responsible
for developing, promoting and disseminating policies
and guidance materials on major regulatory issues
linked to the economic regulation and liberalization
of international air transport and to the economics
of airports and air navigation services. Of paramount
importance is the availability of a wide range of
reliable and robust aviation data. Towards this
purpose, ATB manages the Statistics Programme, the
forecasting activities and the economic studies,
enabling the provision of authoritative information
on present and future air transport development.
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In addition to supporting the Strategic Objectives above,
ATB administers the:
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the Joint
Financing Agreements with Denmark and Iceland
for the provision certain North Atlantic air navigation
services (DEN/ICE),
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The ICAO
Public Key Directory is the main global distribution
point for public signing key certificates from all
issuers of ePassports.
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Within this framework, the work of the Air Transport Bureau
for the 2011-2013 triennium reflects a significant repositioning,
consistent with the Business Plan of the Organization, in
response to increasing demand for regulation and monitoring
of aviation security worldwide, facilitation of air transport,
border security, recognition of and response to environmental
concerns, globalization and transnationalization of markets,
the emergence of regional and sub-regional trading and regulatory
blocs, liberalization of economic regulation, the commercialization
of airports and air navigation services providers and application
of "user pay" and "polluter pay" principles.
Please visit this link
for a brief synopsis of the Air Transport Bureau programmes.
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