civil aviation

Noun

civil aviation (uncountable)

1. All non-military forms of aviation, including private and commercial flight services.
   • U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg called on Tuesday to allow Taiwan to participate in a U.N. body overseeing civil aviation, drawing criticism from the Chinese government.
   • “We believe that all of international civil aviation’s important stakeholders -- particularly those who administer critical airspace, like Taiwan -- should have the opportunity to participate meaningfully in ICAO’s work,” Buttigieg said at the International Civil Aviation Organization assembly held...2022 September 27, Allison Lampert, David Shepardson, “Buttigieg backs Taiwan participation in UN civil aviation body”, in Leslie Adler, Jonathan Oatis, editors, Reuters, archived from the original...