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Airbus and Boeing are forecasting that more
than 40,000 new aircraft will be needed by 2037
and out of that, 16,000 aircraft are to be delivered
to the Asia Pacific region.
Boeing, meanwhile, predicts that the value
of the approximately 41,000 planes that will be
delivered worldwide within the same period of
time will be worth around USD5 trillion - while the
demand for services to support this fleet will be
worth around USD8.5 trillion.
Out of the total, 4,000 new aircraft are to be
delivered to the Southeast Asia region by 2037.
The International Board for Research
into Aircraft Crash Events (IBRACE)
(Source: Wikipedia)
The International Board for Research into Aircraft
Crash Events was founded on November 21,
2016 by a group of subject-matter experts in
aviation (cabin safety and accident/incident
investigation), engineering (sled-impact testing,
aerospace materials, lightweight advanced-
composite structures, and air transport safety
and investigation), clinical medicine (specifically,
orthopaedic trauma surgery and anaesthesia),
and human factors.
IBRACE is a joint co-operation between
these experts for the purpose of producing an
internationally agreed, evidence-based set of
impact bracing positions for passengers and
(eventually) cabin crew members in a variety of
seating configurations, which will be submitted to
the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)
through its Cabin Safety Group (ICSG). IBRACE is
still supported by the ICAO Cabin Safety Group.
International Civil Aviation Organisation
(ICAO) Airport Codes (Source: ICAO)
The ICAO airport code or location indicator is a four-
letter code designating aerodromes around the
world. These codes, as defined by the International
Civil Aviation Organisation and published in ICAO
Document 7910: Location Indicators, are used by
air traffic control and airline operations such as
flight planning.
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ICAO codes are also used to identify other
aviation facilities such as weather stations,
International Flight Service Stations or Area
Control Centers, and whether or not they are
located at airports. Flight information regions are
also identified by a unique ICAO code.
ICAO codes vs IATA codes
ICAO codes are separate and different from
International Air Transport Association (IATA)
codes, which are generally used for airline
timetables, reservations, and baggage tags. For
example, the IATA code for London’s Heathrow
Airport is LHR and its ICAO code is EGLL. ICAO
codes are commonly seen by passengers and the
general public on flight-tracking services such as
FlightAware, but passengers will more often see
the IATA codes, such as on their tickets and their
luggage tags. In general IATA codes are usually
derived from the name of the airport or the city it
serves, while ICAO codes are distributed by region
and country. Far more aerodromes (in the broad
sense) have ICAO codes than IATA codes, which
are sometimes assigned to railway stations as
well.
How the International Civil Aviation
Organisation Develops Standards
(Source: ICAO)
The establishment and maintenance of
international Standards and Recommended
Practices (SARPs), as well as Procedures for Air
Navigation Services (PANS), are fundamental
tenets of the Convention on International Civil
Aviation (Chicago Convention) and a core aspect
of ICAO’s mission and role.
SARPs and PANS are critical to ICAO Member
States and other stakeholders, given that they
provide the fundamental basis for harmonised
global aviation safety and efficiency in the air and
on the ground, the worldwide standardisation of
functional and performance requirements of air
navigation facilities and services, and the orderly
development of air transport.
Today, ICAO manages over 12,000 SARPs
across the 19 Annexes and five PANS to the
Convention, many of which are constantly