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FOREWORD

For many years, it has been recognized that there is a need for an effective guide to the civil aviation statistics of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), particularly a need to provide adequate guidance and standards to those officials of governments, airlines and airports who are engaged in the preparation of statistical data to be sent to the Organization.

This fifth edition of the manual takes into account the changes introduced in 2010 to the ICAO Statistics Programme following the adoption by the Council of the Recommendations of the Tenth Session of the Statistics Division (STA/10).

This manual is designed to serve as:

• a general introduction to civil aviation statistics;

• a guide to the reporting requirements of ICAO, and how they should be met by ICAO Member States;

• a reference for persons directly responsible for civil aviation statistics, especially those who compile reports for the ICAO Statistics Programme; and

• a central information source for those using civil aviation statistics who wish to know about the content and availability of the ICAO worldwide statistical series.

Copies of the ICAO Air Transport Reporting Forms which contain relevant instructions and definitions in pdf format, as well as copies of the Reporting Forms in MS Excel to be used to submit data to ICAO in electronic format can be downloaded from: