WASHINGTON— The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will require SpaceX to take more than 75 actions to mitigate environmental impacts from its proposed plan to launch the Starship/Super Heavy vehicle from Boca Chica, Texas. The actions are part of the agency’s environmental review. The environmental review must be completed along with public ... Read More»
Statement of Ambassador Sullenberger to the ICAO Council Regarding Russian Aggression in Ukraine
FEBRUARY 25, 2022 The United States condemns Russia’s unprovoked and massive invasion of Ukraine in the strongest possible terms. As President Biden said, President Putin has chosen a premeditated war that will bring a catastrophic loss of life and human suffering. Russia alone is responsible for the death and destruction this attack will bring. Russia’s ... Read More»
Ambassador Sullenberger on the ICAO Council’s 1/31/22 Decision on Report into Ryanair Flight 4978 in Belarus Airspace on 23 May 2021
Statement of Ambassador Sullenberger on the ICAO Council’s January 31, 2022 Decision on the Report into Incident Involving Ryanair Flight 4978 in Belarus Airspace on 23 May 2021 The United States welcomes the decision of the ICAO Council based on the report of the ICAO Fact Finding Investigation Team (FFIT). This is an important first step towards protecting international civil aviation ... Read More»
Statement of the U.S. Representative to ICAO on the ICAO FFIT Report on the Ryanair Flight 4978 Forced Diversion by Belarus
Statement of the U.S. Representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on the ICAO Fact Finding Investigation Team (FFIT) Report on the Ryanair Flight 4978 Forced Diversion by Belarus The United States welcomes the report by ICAO’s Fact-Finding Investigation Team on the May 23, 2021, forced diversion of Ryanair Flight 4978 by the Lukashenka regime. The Report’s findings leave ... Read More»
United States Submits Six Working Papers to CAEP/12 Meeting
ICAO’s Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) will meet for its twelfth triennial meeting in February 2022. Consistent with the Biden-Harris administration’s commitments to addressing the climate challenge and tackling environmental issues, the United States submitted six working papers seeking increased climate and environmental ambition in the committee’s work for the next three years. The ... Read More»