Challenges and opportunities for civil aviation: safety, security and the environment

The member states of the Commonwealth represent roughly one-quarter of the membership of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and together can contribute substantially to ensuring the safe and orderly development of international civil aviation around the world. In late 2009 and the first part of 2010, major events crystallised the evolving strategy of ICAO and its member states, in co-operation with the air transport industry, in addressing the three main strategic objectives of ICAO: safety, security and environmental protection.