ICAO Conventions Flashcards
What does ICAO stand for?
International Civil Aviation Orgnaisation
Aviation standards are?
Hard law
How many members of ICAO?
193 members, 31 of those members of EASA
How many working languages of ICAO?
6
What is EASA?
European Aviation Safety Agency
31 members
What does SARPS stand for?
Standards and Recommended Practices
Annexes contain SARPS
How many ICAO Annexes?
19 Annexes
Standard practice is a…?
Hard Law
What is a PANS?
Procedures for Air Navigation Services (PANS)
Pans are not considered hard Law and are supplementary documents to the Annexes.
PANS-ATM - Air Traffic Management (4444)
PANS-OPS Aircraft Operations (8168)
PANS contain?
Guidance Material
How many contracting states of ICAO?
193 / 195
Sovereignty is?
Each state has complete, exclusive sovereignty over the airspace above its territory.
Suzerainty is?
Each state contracts to adopt rules and regulations of ICAO and embody them as state laws.
What is cabotage?
the right to operate a DOMESTIC flight, meaning carriage of passengers or cargo between two airports within the borders of one country, by an aircraft registered outside of that country.
the purpose of the cabotage rule is to protect the domestic industry from foreign competition.
What is the ICAO definition of territory?
The territory of a state is deemed to be the land areas and waters adjacent to that state over which that state exercises sovereignty.
A states territory does not have an Upper Limit.
The territory extends …. into sea?
12 nm
What is a scheduled flight?
Flights in which an aircraft have prior permission to be operated over or into the territory of a State and maintains and publishes schedules and tariffs for passenger service between named airports at regular & specific times.
What is a Non-Scheduled Flight?
a non-scheduled airline may hold domestic or international licenses or both.
Where is ICAO HQ?
Montreal Canada
What is ICAOs main objective?
Develop Principles and Techniques for international Air Navigation and to foster the planning and development of international air transport.
What is the Chicago Convention?
Delegates of 52 states Signed the Convention on International Civil Aviation in the USA.
96 Articles were agreed on.
The Articles serve as the foundations of what are now the ICAO Annexes.
When was ICAO ratified and Established?
Ratified - 1944
Established - 1947
What is Article 1?
“The contracting states recognize that every state has complete and exclusive sovereignty over the air space above its territory.”