General aviation (GA) has lost a useful tool for measuring safety performance and industry activity since the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) stopped publishing GA statistics in 1998, says the International Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (IAOPA). ICAO says most of its 185 member states do not file reliable GA statistics, but IAOPA says the statistics that ICAO did publish were useful for gauging industry performance.
Source: Flight International
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