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27 May 2021 - We, the aviation authorities of the 44 Member States1 of the European Civil Aviation Conference, are gravely concerned by the diversion of Ryanair Flight 4978 to Minsk on 23 May 2021. We support ICAO performing any relevant investigation to establish the facts associated with this incident.
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26 May 2021 - ECAC organised one European coordination meeting in May with Directors General of ECAC Member States, DG MOVE, EASA and EUROCONTROL to discuss the most recent developments surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the diversion of Ryanair flight FR4978 to Minsk on 23 May. Participants exchanged information on the measures implemented and planned at national level in their own States in the follow-up to the diversion.
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20-21 May 2021 - The ECAC Secretariat joined forces with the European Commission’s DG MOVE to organise a first workshop on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques on aviation security.
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5 May 2021 - During the DGCA/156 meeting held on 5 May 2021, Directors General elected by acclamation Ms Elisabeth Landrichter, Director General of Civil Aviation of Austria, and Mr Kemal Yüksek, Acting Director General of Civil Aviation for Türkiye, as new members of the ECAC Coordinating Committee.
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5 May 2021 - ECAC’s Directors General met virtually for their 156th meeting, joined by observers from the European Commission, EASA, EUROCONTROL, ICAO and JAA TO.
The impact of the pandemic on the European air transport sector - including on civil aviation authorities - and the challenges associated with the recovery of the sector, featured high on the agenda.
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28-29 April 2021 - Key elements of security culture were discussed virtually by more than 20 security experts, including industry representatives, from Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine at a workshop on security culture organised by ECAC under the EU-funded and EASA/ECAC-implemented Eastern Partnership and Central Asia (EaP/CA) Project.
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