and International Organizations

The Air Navigation Commission is composed of nineteen commissioners, who have qualifications and experience in various aviation domains, as described in the Chicago Convention. Even though these Commissioners are nominated by their State, they do not represent the interest of their State or any particular State or region: they act independently and utilize their expertise in the interest of the entire international civil aviation community.

Additionally to these 19 Commissioners, several other representatives from States and 8 members from the Industry are invited to take part in ANC meetings as observers. The International Organizations are represented by ACI, CANSO, IAOPA, IATA, IBAC, ICCAIA, IFALPA and of course IFATCA.

through innovation and global harmonization

As mentioned earlier, the ANC reviews, amends and eventually recommends SARPs and PANS for adoption or approval by the ICAO Council.

This process can be sometimes challenging, as there are many stakeholders involved and several priorities to keep in mind, such as maintaining and improving the overall safety of aviation in general, the efficiency of the air navigation system, all this while also considering the increase of traffic demand and the associated pressure on the current aviation infrastructure.

There are also new and advanced systems to introduce, risks to mitigate, all this while staying in line with global priorities highlighted in the Global Air Navigation Plan (GANP) and the Global Aviation Safety Plan (GASP). No doubt this requires a lot of coordination and effort!