International Civil Aviation Organization
Specialised agency of the United Nations
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| May 2 2025 | ICAO Council expressed grave concern over continued GNSS radio frequency interference by North Korea, potentially escalating the matter to the 42nd Session of the ICAO Assembly in September 2025. |
| October 2 2024 | Ongoing Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) radio frequency interference began in the Incheon Flight Information Region (FIR), attributed to North Korea. |
| January 1 2024 | Andrew M. Veprek takes office as acting U.S. representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization. |
| December 31 2023 | Completion of the pilot phase of CORSIA implementation, which used 2019 emissions as the baseline. |
| October 2022 | The ICAO Council was elected, consisting of 36 members from three groups representing different global regions and contributions: Group I (Chief Importance), Group II (Large Contributions), and Group III (Geographic Representations). |
| August 1 2022 | Brent Christensen begins serving as acting U.S. representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization. |
| February 3 2022 | Sully Sullenberger becomes the seventeenth U.S. representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization. |
| 2021 | CORSIA entered a voluntary participation phase for all countries, allowing aircraft operators to participate in carbon offsetting mechanisms. |
| December 11 2021 | Spirit Airlines landed the first commercial flight from Houston at 13:36 local time, marking the airport's inaugural commercial flight. |
| December 11 2021 | The second commercial flight, operated by Spirit Airlines from Miami, landed one hour after the first flight. |
| October 15 2021 | Comayagua International Airport was officially inaugurated in a ceremony presided over by president Hernández. |
| September 2021 | Volaris El Salvador announced flights to San Salvador at Comayagua International Airport. |
| September 2021 | Volaris El Salvador announced flights to San Salvador. |
| August 2021 | Juan Carlos Salazar Gómez becomes Secretary General, succeeding Fang Liu and Raymond Benjamin. |
| August 2021 | Aeroméxico Connect announced flights to Mexico City. |
| July 2021 | First airline and destinations announced: Spirit Airlines to operate flights to Fort Lauderdale, Houston, and Miami. |
| January 1 2021 | CORSIA's pilot phase begins, with 65 nations voluntarily participating and using 2019 emissions as the baseline reference due to the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on aviation. |
| 2020 | Salvatore Sciacchitano becomes ICAO Council President, serving from 2020 to present. |
| 2020 | The United States and China promised to begin participating in the CORSIA scheme, with many countries agreeing to voluntary implementation. |
| 2020 | CORSIA established its baseline year for achieving carbon neutral growth in international aviation. |
| August 2020 | Dante Mossi, president of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration, publicly stated that the Comayagua International Airport would serve to 'revive the economy' during the Covid-19 pandemic. |
| April 17 2020 | Sean E. Doocey begins serving as acting U.S. representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization. |
| February 1 2020 | The U.S. Department of State issued a press release heavily criticizing ICAO's actions as 'outrageous, unacceptable, and not befitting of a UN organization'. |
| January 2020 | ICAO blocked several Twitter users, including think-tank analysts, U.S. Congressional staff, and journalists, who mentioned Taiwan in tweets related to ICAO and the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| January 2020 | El Heraldo reported potential flights to 14 countries, including destinations in North and South America, with Colombia being the only confirmed South American destination. |
| 2019 | The president of the Air Transport Association of Canada publicly supported Taiwan's inclusion in ICAO, emphasizing aviation safety as a priority. |
| 2019 | ICAO began requiring member states with international flight operators to monitor, report, and verify carbon dioxide emissions annually. |
| February 18 2019 | European Council urged ICAO to implement CORSIA swiftly and agree on a long-term goal at its next assembly in September. |
| February 15 2019 | ICAO announced an agreement on alternative fuels to reduce offsets, with uncertain details on reaching the target of halving 2005-level emissions by 2050. |
| December 10 2017 | Thomas L. Carter takes office as the sixteenth U.S. representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization. |
| 2016 | Fifty organizations, including Attac Europe, Friends of the Earth International, Global Justice Now, Greenpeace, and the Indigenous Environmental Network, signed a joint petition against ICAO emissions measures. |
| 2016 | Non-governmental organizations formed the Stay Grounded network during the ICAO conference, bringing together multiple environmental advocacy groups to critique aviation emissions policies. |
| December 5 2016 | Initial construction phase of the airport began, marking the start of the land-side project development. |
| October 2016 | CORSIA was adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as a carbon offset and reduction scheme to address CO2 emissions from international aviation. |
| March 31 2016 | Government of Honduras signed a contract with the concessionaire to begin construction and manage the Comayagua International Airport facilities. |
| 2015 | Fang Liu becomes Secretary General, serving until August 2021. |
| July 22 2014 | Michael Anderson Lawson begins serving as the fifteenth U.S. representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization. |
| 2013 | Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu becomes ICAO Council President, serving until 2019. |
| 2013 | Taiwan was invited for the first time to attend the ICAO Assembly at its 38th session as a guest under the name of 'Chinese Taipei'. |
| May 2013 | Qatar withdrew its bid to host ICAO after a proposal to move the triennial conference to Doha was defeated by a vote of 22-14. |
| April 2013 | Qatar offered to serve as the new permanent seat of ICAO, promising to construct a new headquarters and cover moving expenses, citing concerns about Montreal's location, climate, visa processes, and taxation. |
| 2012 | First period of Kyoto Protocol concludes, with ongoing challenges in addressing international aviation emissions. |
| 2011 | ICAO introduced additional NOx emissions standards with the CAEP/8 regulation. |
| 2010 | International flights emitted a significant amount of carbon dioxide, highlighting the need for emissions reduction strategies. |
| October 1 2010 | Duane Woerth becomes the fourteenth U.S. representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization. |
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