International standardization compliance in aviation

Tyler B. Spence, Richard O. Fanjoy, Chien-tsung Lu and Stewart W. Schreckengast

Journal of Air Transport Management, 2015, vol. 49, issue C, 1-8

Abstract: The commercial aviation industry is global in the sense that passengers travel around the world from destination to destination. It is also global in that the states of the world (countries) regulate the industry domestically and internationally. There is a unique stage where the world comes together to promote aviation, discuss ideas and establish international standards. This stage is the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The 191 current member states signed treaties acknowledging their commitment to abiding by the standards and practices established by ICAO. No state is 100 percent compliant with international standards, however, and the purpose of this paper was to explore the relationship between the fulfillment of compliance by individual member states and the safety of the commercial aviation industry in terms of fatality rates. Using a Negative Binomial regression, the results suggested that there was a relationship between compliance with international safety standards and fatalities, as well as associations between fatality rates and member states levels of GDP and population. Implications of this research apply to all ICAO member states as the concerns grow over growing air travel and airspace congestion over the next several decades.

Keywords: ICAO; International aviation standards; Aviation fatalities; Aviation safety; Aviation policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2015.06.015

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