Today the 72nd annual conference of the International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations (IFALPA) closed. This conference was held in Montreal, Canada and the next IFALPA conference will be hosted by the Association Luxembourgeoise des Pilotes de Ligne (ALPL) from 16 March to 19 March 2018 in Luxembourg.
The year 2018 will also mark ALPL’s 50th anniversary. Captain Darrell Myers, ALPL Executive President: “We are pleased that our airline pilot colleagues from around the world voted to hold 2018’s conference in Luxembourg, the place ALPL calls home. This was only possible due to the outstanding joint effort together with the Luxembourg Convention Bureau. We also extend thanks and our sincere appreciation to the Luxembourg Government and the City of Luxembourg for their support to host IFALPA’s 73rd conference in Luxembourg”.
IFALPA’s annual conference and Global Pilot’s Symposium is regularly attended by more than 500 delegates from the Federation’s worldwide member associations, as well as by airline industry representatives like Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier and Embraer. Also, attending, are other international organizations such as the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and various aviation Regulators. Over the last seven decades IFALPA’s annual conference has become a landmark event in international aviation.
