(Posted 16th November 2026)
ICAO’s 193 Member States have been invited to Montréal for intensive talks to modernize the economic framework governing air transport. They will also elect new Member States to the ICAO Council. Media accreditation is required to access the ICAO Headquarters (see below.)
ICAO has convened the Seventh Worldwide Air Transport Conference at ICAO Headquarters in Montréal, Canada, from 16th to 20th of November 2026.
For the first time in over a decade, 193 ICAO Member States have an opportunity to reform the economic policies that govern air transport to ensure they align with the needs and opportunities presented by aviation’s technological and environmental transformation. This will be formalized by a Ministerial Declaration.
Key topics including enhancing consumer protection, alignment on levies on aviation, funding cleaner aviation fuels and energies, enabling and encouraging new aviation technologies (flying taxis, supersonic, etc.), emergency planning and reducing disruptions, and supply chain resilience.
The ICAO Safety Promotion Exhibition, sponsored by Airbus, will officially open at the ICAO Museum in the Headquarters building at 1700 on 16th of November 2026. The exhibition will demonstrate how people, technology and global collaboration contribute to aviation being the safest form of transportation today.
The 43rd Extraordinary Session of the Assembly will take place on 19th and 20th of November 2026 to elect the new Member States of the ICAO Council.
Logistics
Register for the Worldwide Air Transport Conference here
Register for the Extraordinary Assembly here
Key Moments
ICAO Headquarters, 999 Boulevard Robert Bourrassa, Montréal
16th Nov 0900: Conference opening ceremony
Addresses by the President of the ICAO Council Mr. Toshiyuki Onuma; the Secretary-General of UN Tourism, Ms. Shaikha Al Nuwais; and the Honourable Minister of Transport of Canada, Mr. Steven MacKinnon
16th Nov 1700: Opening of ICAO Safety Promotion Exhibition
Addresses by ICAO Council President Toshiyuki Onuma and
Airbus Senior Vice President Yannick Malinge
19th Nov 1530: Assembly opening ceremony
20th Nov 1100: Adoption of Ministerial Declaration and closing ceremony
