66973 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) this week released data showing growing momentum in the recovery of air travel as restrictions are lifted. First of all, international tickets sold in recent weeks (in proportion to 2019 sales) rose 11 percent. The numbers reflect a spate of...
Overall travel demand strengthened in 2021 despite travel restrictions due to Omicron but it is far from normal in many parts of the world and the challenge for 2022 is to "normalize travel", according to International Air Transport Association (IATA) Director General Willie Walsh. media "Last...
AirAsia Ancillary Products Earnings from inflight food, baggage allowances and other ancillary products can boost the 2022 revenues of airlines because half of Filipino travelers, five out of ten, purchase them during flight, according to AirAsia Philippines executives. “Even though flight...
To aid their recovery, major airline groups have urged government to allow increased mobility for vaccinated Filipinos, scrap travel requirements that are costing as much as P25,000 per passenger, and place North America on the list of green countries. According to the group, strict policies of...
It’s about time for the government to consider implementing shorter quarantine period for fully vaccinated travelers from North America to encourage them to spend the Christmas season with their respective families in the Philippines, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said...
Major airline groups have sought Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion's help in airing their concerns to the government regarding the impact of the protracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on their businesses. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo...
Senator Nancy Binay on Monday, September 6, said the government should help the nation’s flag carrier, Philippine Air Lines (PAL), weather through its financial setbacks by setting in place mechanisms to alleviate their circumstances while they go about their restructuring plans....
The global airline industry will continue to be in the red throughout 2021, according to a new analysis which the International Air Transport Association (IATA) released last night ( February 24, 2021). It was a reversal of the association's November 2020 analysis indicating that airlines would...
Emirates has partnered with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to become one of the first airlines in the world to trial the IATA Travel Pass, a 'digital passport' that verifies passengers' pre-travel test or vaccination to comply with any government's COVID-19 requirements. Before...
In the midst of the pandemic and the worst period in the history of aviation, flagship carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) achieved the first five-star rating it has been working on for years. The US-based Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX), a global non-profit and one of the world’s...
Airlines cannot cut costs enough to stave off bankruptcies and keep jobs in 2021, according to the newest analysis of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). As a result, airlines would be forced to cut their labor force by 40 per cent. Unless governments act fast, some 1.3 million...
Despite the restart of operations, the airline industry expects to burn through $77 billion in cash for the second half of this year, at $13 billion per month or $300,000 per minute, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) warned. The slow recovery of air travel will see the industry...
