International Air Transport Association

Air Cargo Bottlenecks Could Put Lives at Risk

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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and its members renewed their call to governments to take urgent measures to ensure that vital air cargo supply lines remain open, efficient and effective. The COVID-19 crisis has seen almost the entire world-wide passenger aircraft fleet grounded; a fleet which normally transports almost half of total air cargo shipments. Airlines are scrambling to meet the gap between cargo demand and available lift by all means possible, including … [Read more...] about Air Cargo Bottlenecks Could Put Lives at Risk

Opportunity for Aviation in Europe’s Green Deal

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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) asked the European Union to support aviation’s energy transition to sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) as part of the bloc’s Green Deal, being launched tomorrow. Since SAF were first certified as ready for use in commercial operations in 2009, over 215,000 flights have taken off using some blend of this low carbon fuel. The industry believes that achieving 2% of global jet fuel from non-fossil sources by 2025 could create a tipping point for … [Read more...] about Opportunity for Aviation in Europe’s Green Deal

IATA launches 25by2025campaign

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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) launched the 25by2025campaign—an airline industry initiative to advance gender diversity in the airline industry by 2025.   The 25by2025 Campaign is a voluntary commitment by participating IATA member airlines. Key among the commitments of airlines participating in the 25by2025 Campaign are:   Increasing the number of women in senior positions (to be defined by the member airlines) by either 25% against currently reported … [Read more...] about IATA launches 25by2025campaign

Passengers want Governments to cut aviation carbon emissions

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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on European governments considering a Dutch proposal for an EU-wide tax on air tickets to listen to what their citizens want. IATA-commissioned research shows that air passengers want governments to encourage the development of new technologies and sustainable aviation fuels to reduce aviation carbon emissions, rather than impose ineffective “environmental” taxes. According to the survey, the most preferred actions for governments to … [Read more...] about Passengers want Governments to cut aviation carbon emissions

IATA highlights key priorities for ground handling industry

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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) highlighted three key priorities for the ground handling industry to support the growing demand for air travel: harmonizing global standards to improve safety, improving collaboration between stakeholders, and developing talent. Global standards IATA called for the ground handling industry to accelerate the global adoption of the IATA Ground Operations Manual (IGOM) to ensure a level of operational consistency and safety across the … [Read more...] about IATA highlights key priorities for ground handling industry

Air Cargo Day 2017: Airfreight Frontiers, Breaking Barriers and Fostering Trade

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Air Cargo Day 2017, a joint event platform, organized on 2nd November 2017 was the first step towards closer collaboration. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and SAAA@Singapore, who came together to organize the event both seek to work on various initiatives and share economic forecasts, data and statistics with the air cargo community.       Together, the two associations are joint synergies, with aligned visions and missions to serve the air … [Read more...] about Air Cargo Day 2017: Airfreight Frontiers, Breaking Barriers and Fostering Trade