Regional progress to amend the Pacific Islands Civil Aviation Safety and Security Treaty (PICASST) and strengthen Pacific regional aviation is on schedule in the lead up to the next Regional Aviation Ministers Meeting (RAMM2) in June 2022.
The Pacific Aviation Safety Office (PASO) and the Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility (PRIF) have committed to work together in 2022 to enhance regional aviation development for the benefit of the people of Pacific region.
The virtual Regional Aviation Ministers Meeting on Wednesday, 30 June resulted in Pacific Forum Member States committing to the Port Moresby Declaration on Aviation Safety and Security to progress important Pacific regional aviation matters through a new enhanced collaboration framework.
The next Regional Aviation Ministers Meeting (RAMM2) is being planned for June 2022 and will be hosted by the Government of the Cook Islands, following the success of the first Regional Aviation Ministers Meeting (RAMM1) in June.
Positive outlook forecast for Pacific aviation safety and security
Providing in-country safety and security services to support Pacific Member States’ aviation compliance as regional travel restarts is the strategic focus of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office (PASO) for 2022.