New ICAO guidelines could keep widebody aircrafts grounded: GlobalData

The recent adoption of new guidelines on air transport safety by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), could keep widebodied aircraft grounded, according to Nicolas Jouan, Aerospace and Defense Analyst at GlobalData. “As a UN agency, the ICAO is expected to play a leading role in the recovery of the air travel industry in order to ensure global connections on which the world economy relies. For this purpose, ICAO’s Council Aviation Recovery Task Force (CART) recommended in a report the adoption of new guidelines concerning good practices for professionals of air transport,” However, Jouan says that the strengthening of standard