ABSTRACT
For the purposes of this work, the Americas are considered as comprising Canada, Mexico and the United States. The American continents are by themselves large regions, both geographically and in terms of traffic volume carried within the territory of the region. As for South America and the Caribbean, the region is heavily interlinked with North America and Mexico, and is progressively advancing towards policies in aviation which are consistent with coexistence with North America. Therefore this chapter will not address aviation challenges faced by the South American aviation industry separately. There will be a separate chapter to follow on South American Aviation. The United States stands both as initiator of global policy pertaining to civil aviation and as the most prolific contributor to aviation in the region. Its influence, therefore, on civil aviation in the next millennium will be significant. The above notwithstanding, the importance of the roles played by Canada, Mexico and the South American and Caribbean nations in shaping the destiny of aviation in the years to come cannot be underestimated.
