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Published: 28 March 2023

Brussels, 28 March 2023 — The Director General of EUROCONTROL, Raúl Medina Caballero, ECAC President, Alessio Quaranta, and Executive Secretary, Patricia Reverdy met in Brussels to discuss the implementation of the ECAC-EUROCONTROL Agreement, and to emphasise the good cooperation between the two organisations.

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Published: 24 March 2023

Paris/videoconference, 23-24 March 2023 — European economic experts gathered on 23 and 24 March for respectively the 8^th meeting of the ECAC Network of Chief Economists and the 15^th meeting of the Economic Working Group. The Network of Chief Economists picked up the theme of the ECAC Directors General Forum in December 2022 on the lessons learnt from the summer 2022 challenges faced by the air transport sector.

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Published: 24 March 2023

Geneva, 22-24 March 2023 — Pilot phase II of the ECAC Quality Assessment Programme (QAP) on assistance for persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility (PRM) was completed with an assessment of easyJet Switzerland’s operations at Geneva Airport, at the request of the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation.

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Published: 23 March 2023

Videoconference, 21-23 March 2023 — Aviation experts from Sweden and Switzerland participated in a Best Practices for National Auditors – Cyber Security (basic) training course, aimed at strengthening their understanding of cyber threats to aviation and cyber security measures.

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Published: 17 March 2023

Videoconference,15-17 March 2023 — Due to high demand, a second Basic Aviation Security Training course was organised for security experts from Albania, Finland, the Netherlands, North Macedonia and Serbia. The course was conducted by instructors from Romania and the United Kingdom. Through a combination of theoretical presentations and virtual activities, participants were able to learn more about the history of civil aviation security, threats and likely methods of attack as well as the role of risk management in aviation security. The course reviewed the key aviation security measures described in ECAC Doc 30, Part II - Security, and the security technologies used for screening. Attention was also paid to the role of the appropriate authority in the aviation security system.

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Published: 15 March 2023

Paris, 15 March 2023 — Executive Secretary Patricia Reverdy led a delegation from the ECAC Secretariat in a meeting with representative of Airlines for America (A4A) during the organisation’s recent visit to Paris. The meeting provided insight into A4A’s latest engagement with authorities in the United States, as well as their recent conversations with European stakeholders.