ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization [to 21 November 2015]
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ICAO Welcomes ITU Frequency Allocation Decision
MONTRÉAL, 13 NOVEMBER 2015 – The Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Dr. Fang Liu, today welcomed the positive outcome on ICAO frequency allocation position for global flight tracking at the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU’s) 15th World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva (WRC-15).
“Safety is aviation’s number one priority,” stressed Dr. Liu, “and ICAO is therefore very much encouraged by the positive support our global tracking position has received at WRC-15. The allocation of frequencies enabling satellite-based ADS-B provides a very important piece in the global flight tracking solution which ICAO and the aviation community have been working toward, and will now help it to become a practical and cost-effective reality over remote and high seas airspace.”…