**media* Despite the tragedy unfolding in Ukraine, record high fuel prices and the pandemic devastating the global aviation sector, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) remains steadfast in its commitment to reduce the industry's net carbon footprint to zero by 2050. "Flying net zero...
media IATA: Omicron restrictions dampen demand By EMMIE V. ABADILLA Travel restrictions in the wake of the Omicron variant hampered recovery in both domestic and international air travel in the first month of 2022, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA)'s latest data. Total...
media Today, March 11, exactly two years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID19 a global pandemic, airports and airlines called for the scrapping of all COVID19 restrictions in intra-European Union and Schengen area travel. Both ACI EUROPE (Airports Council International) and...
Disrupted supply chains, capacity constraints, plus deteriorating economies, slowed down the growth of global air cargo markets in January 2022, according to the latest data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Global demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometers (CTKs), was up 2.7...
69529 The safety performance of commercial airlines showed "strong improvement in several areas", with zero fatal accidents last year and no runway or taxiway excursion accidents, for the first time in at least 15 years. This was according to the just- released 2021 report of the International Air...
69304 Air traveler numbers will reach four billion in 2024 (counting multi-sector connecting trips as one passenger), up 103 percent over 2019 pre-COVID-19 levels, simply because "people want to travel", according to latest projections from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). "There...
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...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the reopening of the Philippines to foreign travel today, Feb. 10, 2022, but said more needs to be done. 64928 "IATA welcomes the border opening by the Philippines to fully vaccinated travellers," Philip Goh, IATA's Regional Vice President...
63103 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) last night (Feb. 1, 2022) welcomed the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)'s move to create a global directory of public keys required for authentication of health credentials. The directory—called the Health Master List (HML)...
61881 Governments should scrap travel bans and barriers, including quarantine and testing, for those fully vaccinated with a World Health Organization (WHO) - approved vaccine and enable quarantine-free travel for the non-vaccinated with negative pre-departure antigen test results. The...
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...
By EMMIE V. Abadilla As the air cargo business boomed and passenger traffic gradually improved, the pressure on the global airline industry’s operating profitability eased in the third quarter of last year, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA)'s December 2021 to January...
