La nueva cabina Airspace de pasillo único de Airbus entra en servicio con Lufthansa Group
Lufthansa ha comenzado a operar con su primer avión de la Familia A320 -un A321neo- que cuenta con la nueva cabina Airspace de Pasillo Único de Airbus. Con ello, la aerolínea se convierte en el primer operador en Europa en introducir las nuevas características de la cabina Airspace para los pasajeros a bordo de los […]
European carriers renew call to speed up airspace modernization
Airlines for Europe (A4E) has renewed calls to speed up airspace modernization as structural air traffic control (ATC) issues—including capacity issues and staff shortages—have contributed to a 114% increase in airline delay minutes in the first half of 2019 compared with 2017. ATC capacity and staff shortages were responsible for more than 70% of all […]
DSNA and IATA to Cooperate on French ATM Strategy
DSNA, the French Air Navigation Service provider, and IATA, the International Air Transport Association, have agreed to cooperate on the development of a French Air Traffic Management (ATM) Strategy (FAS). In 2016, DSNA was the first European ANSP to cross the symbolic threshold of 3 million safely controlled flights. Over the next two decades, passenger […]
Panama facing airspace overhaul challenge
Panama is planning to modernise its airspace to support how its manages a forecast annual increase in international traffic of 5 per cent. Experts of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), Boeing, the Federal Aviation Authority and the country"™s air navigation services provider met at the Technological University […]
IATA close to agreements in revised Single European Sky effort
IATA is "two or three weeks away" from announcing its first agreements with national air navigation service providers (ANSPs) under a revised effort towards achieving its Single European Sky (SES) goal. Speaking at the association"™s AGM in Cancun today, Rafael Schvartzman, IATA’s regional vice-president Europe, says: "It"™s good that we work together [with national authorities] […]
Global Traveler distingue a la aerolínea lusa TAP
La compañía TAP ha sido recientemente distinguida con el premio a la "˜Mejor aerolínea de Europa"™ y el de la "˜Mejor nueva ruta de lanzamiento – Boston / Lisboa"™, por la revista estadounidense Global Traveler, en su 13ª edición de la GT Tested Reader Survey. Así, Fernando Pinto, presidente ejecutivo de la aerolínea portuguesa, ha […]
Airspace modernisation to boost European economy, says IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has conducted a study revealing that airspace modernisation will add one million jobs and a €245bn boost to the European economy in 2035. At present, European air traffic supports 11.7 million jobs as well as $860bn of European gross domestic product (GDP). However, European airlines travel on average about […]
