ABSTRACT
The International Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979, which was enacted by Congress on February 15, 1980, amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide competition in the international market. The difficulty of negotiating for each new route was among the many reasons the United States and some other nations were anxious for a modification of the international law of civil aviation. The establishment of such standards or rules of the air, of air traffic control, of personnel licensing, and of the design of airplanes and airports, as well as other considerations of prime importance to the safety and economic viability of international aviation, all require more than national action. The Chicago Conference established the International Civil Aviation Organization, composed of "an Assembly, a Council, and such other bodies as may be necessary" to foster the planning and development of international air transport in accordance with certain enumerated principles.
