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Aviation Management at Anadolu University

ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization)

The International Civil Aviation Organization was established under the auspices of the

United Nations in 1947. The ICAO was formed following the the Convention on International

Aviation (also known as the Chicago Convention) and is located in Montreal, Canada.

The Objectives of the ICAO are:

1. To provide

international civil aviation standards

for safe and regular use of international

airspace.

2. To stimulate designing and operating

aircraft markings intended for peaceful

purposes.

3. To contribute developing airports

and institutions related

to civil aviation.

4. To collect data and gather

international public opinion to insure

more organized and economical use

of air transportation and efficiently

meet the needs of the public.

IATA (International Air Transportation

Association)

The International Air Transportation Association is a

cosmopolitan dealing builds set up by the respective air carriers. It is

a representative for 230 different airlines, which constitute about 84

percent of the total air traffic. In general, IATA puts forth an effort to

remunerate carriers for tariffs and address other problems which arise

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in international air transportation.

In previous time, the biggest mission of IATA was in addressing technical issues because

safety and security is the most important issue for airlines companies. If we can sum up the

objectives of IATA, they would be as follows:

1. To cause air transporters to take pains in insuring safe and systematic air travel.

2. To build up commercial relationships in the air transportation industry.

3. To propose liability and insurance laws in place which protect passengers in case loss of life

and property.

4. To collaborate with all of the organizations associated with international air traffic (travel).

EUROCONTROL

(European Organization for the Safety of

Air Navigation)

European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation

(Eurocontrol) is an organization that was established by six

European countries including Belgium, France, Germany,

Luxembourg, Netherlands and the United Kingdom, in

1960.The Organization put into practice a standard of

recommended rules by ICAO. The aim of Eurocontrol is to

develop a single air traffic system. Thus, Eurocontrol would

provide being more safe, secure and eco-friendly practices in

European Aviation.

The principle goals of Eurocontrol are:

1. To get integration in European Air Space.

2. To collect navigation fees from air transporters.

3. To educate and design projects about aviation.