Many States rely on aviation operations, from Remote Island Nations, land-locked countries to highly industrialized States involved in import/export trading.  For all of them it is essential that the international aviation network keeps up and running, even in difficult times.  Therefore it is important to be assured that all key actors and service providers in the aviation sector have plans on how to mitigate impacts of various hazards that could affect safe operations.  Measures to take during a volcanic eruption come to mind, but also measures to deal with high staff absenteeism rates caused by disease outbreaks such a pandemic or because of other hazards are of similar importance and relevance.

For this reason, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) have launched a survey in order to explore whether airlines, air navigation service providers, airports and other important stakeholders have developed business continuity plans.  ICAO and UN-OCHA would like to encourage aviation stakeholders to participate in this survey in order to assess the present day preparedness status of the aviation community.

Please click here to read more or to answer the survey.