Expected growth in air traffic and the increased use of drones, artificial intelligence and other new technologies are about to transform aviation, and the industry must meet the transformation with plans for “a safe, interoperable, seamless and global civil air traffic management system,” Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, president of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) says.
Aliu (pictured above) made the remarks Tuesday during his keynote address on the first day of the ICAO Thirteenth Air Navigation Conference (AN-Conf/13) being held in Montreal. The10-day event runs until Oct. 19.
He said that the civil aviation community has been slowly moving toward a future air navigation system over the past few decades, and that “the future is now” for air traffic management and other operations that must be adapted to meet the industry’s needs.
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