Delta Air Lines CEO Calls for Travel Industry to Unify
The CEO of Delta Air Lines said the aviation would take several years before volumes return to 2019 levels unless the entire travel industry comes together to communicate a unified message about safety and trust. Delta CEO Ed Bastian said during an interview with SAP Concur president Jim Lucier last week the airline is operating […]
Proposed Environment Tax Will Destroy Jobs and Fail to Decarbonize Aviation
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) warned that proposed new environmental taxes in France will fail to decarbonize the aviation sector and eliminate 150,000 French aviation jobs. The Convention Citoyenne pour le Climat (CCC) – a citizens’ body created under President Macron – is proposing a series of measures to curb aviation emissions, including an […]
IATA outlook: “Cargo is following a fairly typical recession recovery cycle”
Cargo continues to be the bright spot for the aviation sector, IATA revealed in a conference today (last Wednesday) in which the association’s chief economist, Brian Pearce, gave a market update and outlined the role of air cargo during global economic expansion. Pearce explained: “Cargo volumes were hit much less than the passenger business. By […]
Heathrow repeats urgent call for testing regime
The UK must introduce a testing on arrival regime if it wishes to maintain a leading position in global aviation, Heathrow chief executive John Holland-Kaye has argued. Echoing concerns from the International Air Transport Association earlier, he argued the country was already suffering. “Britain’s economic recovery is falling behind,” he said. “Heathrow’s traffic figures for […]
Ongoing travel restrictions pose risks for global economy, IATA CEO warns
The head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) is warning about the consequences of not loosening current air travel restrictions, saying that current rules could become economically disastrous for most countries. “There will be a major shrinkage in the footprint of aviation,” Alexandre de Juniac, director general and CEO at the IATA, said in […]
ICAO and UPU urge governments to support air cargo
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the Universal Postal Union (UPU) have urged governments to support the air cargo industry in order to combat the Covid-19 pandemic and aid economic recovery. The two organsiations issued a joint statement to United Nations members urging them to support postal operators, air cargo carriers, and express mail […]
Aviation needs to ‘reinvent itself’ on sustainability
The coronavirus crisis has heightened the need for more environmentally sustainable practices and the industry needs to “reinvent itself,” a senior easyJet figure has said. The LCC’s sustainability director Jane Ashton said the current pandemic “has been a strong reminder of our relationship with the natural world and raised further, important questions about how the […]
ACI urges strong and coordinated government action to support recovery
Airports Council International (ACI) World has today laid out a road map for the recovery of the airport sector and wider aviation ecosystem from the devastating impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Aviation is one of the most strategic sectors of national and global economies. It is essential for trade, business, tourism, and economic growth […]
China domestic air travel close to 2019 levels
ForwardKeys is predicting that domestic air travel in China, which has been growing progressively in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak, will reach a full recovery by the start of September. In the second week of August, domestic arrivals at Chinese airports reached 86 per cent of 2019 levels and bookings (issued air tickets) hit […]
Support for industry workers
IATA estimates that the coronavirus pandemic has put at least 25 million aviation-related jobs at risk. With pop-up quarantines, lightening lockdowns, and continuing uncertainty that number will only increase. People in aviation are losing jobs and many are suffering from mental health issues. Aviation Action—launched by Chris Wild, Head of Airfield Operations at the UK’s […]
