Recent developments, working methods and future work programme on the agenda for economic experts

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Videoconference, 19-20 October 2022 — The Economic Working Group took stock of recent developments, began a new format of working, and agreed its proposed work programme for 2023. It received a detailed presentation from ACI EUROPE on air connectivity and the economic impacts of climate change, prompting decisions on new ways of working to examine the economic impacts of aviation policy issues in other domains - and other events creating potential economic shocks - through a series of shorter online topical meetings as well as the traditional twice-yearly meetings. It also agreed on proposals aimed to bring work on the Paris Agreement of 1956 to a conclusion and to refresh the liberalisation toolkit.

New training document on behaviour detection

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Paris/online, 13-14 October 2022 — The ECAC Behaviour Detection Study Group developed a new document linking the online training methodology for behaviour detection and the model training programme for behaviour detection officers, at its 33rd meeting, hosted by the French Directorate General of Civil Aviation. This document is due to be finalised by mid-November 2022. New guidelines defining different levels of mentoring in behaviour detection will also be finalised in November 2022.

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Amendments to ECAC Doc 30 technical recommendations

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Berlin/online, 11-12 October 2022 — The Technical Task Force met to review proposed amendments to ECAC Doc 30, Part II – Security technical recommendations. The proposed updates relate in particular to the adoption of a new standard for chemical substances to be detected by explosive detection systems for cabin baggage (EDSCB) and explosive trace detection (ETD), modification of the concept of operations for security scanners to allow screening without removing outer garments, implementation of requirements to use explosive vapour detection (EVD) for cargo screening, and new recommendations on threat image projection (TIP).

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Experts analyse data on potential sustainable aviation fuels supply

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Videoconference, 13 October 2022 — The ECAC/EU Sustainable Aviation Fuels Task Group (SAF-TG) analysed preliminary data available on potential SAF supply at ECAC level at its online meeting on 13 October. The group also continued to develop the SAF guidance document and agreed that the draft could be finalised and sent to the European Aviation and Environment Group (EAEG) (Expanded) for consultation in early December.

Experts take stock of historic environmental achievements at ICAO Assembly

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Videoconference, 12 October 2022 — The 13^th ECAC monthly familiarisation webinar on basic knowledge on aviation and the environment took stock of the key environmental achievements at the 41st ICAO Assembly, and what will happen next as a result of the agreements reached. The ECAC Secretariat highlighted States’ overwhelming support for the ICAO collective long-term global aspirational goal (LTAG) for international aviation of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and its relevance towards boosting assistance and cooperation programmes in the coming years.

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Snapshot of the 41st ICAO Assembly

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Montreal, 27 September - 7 October 2022 — The 41^st ICAO Assembly saw major advances on environment and other domains (aviation security, cyber security, safety and ATM, facilitation, economics), against the background of extended discussions, re-timetabling of meetings and newsworthy decisions. The Assembly, in an historic decision, adopted a collective long-term aspirational goal (LTAG) of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. It also completed the first review of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) with a baseline reflecting the original ambitions of the scheme, with revised percentages for sectoral and individual growth factors that were acceptable to Europe.

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