IATA warns Trump trade war could hit airline demand
Global airline lobby group IATA has warned that a US-led international trade war could hit worldwide demand for air travel. Fears of a trade war increased Thursday after US President Donald Trump pushed forward with plans to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports but said the administration would use the next 15 days to […]
El tráfico mundial: el menor aumento en 4 años salvo en Europa y Sudamérica
El tráfico mundial de pasajeros ha registrado en enero un aumento del 4,6% en comparación con el mismo mes de 2017, dato que representa el crecimiento más lento en casi cuatro años; según el reporte mensual de la Asociación Internacional de Transporte Aéreo (IATA). No obstante, a pesar del inicio más lento, el impulso económico […]
January Passenger Demand Growth Slows on Temporary Factors
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for January 2018 showing traffic (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 4.6% compared to January 2017. This was the slowest year-over-year increase in nearly four years, but results were affected by temporary factors including the later timing of the Lunar New Year in 2018 […]
Air Cargo Off to a Robust Start in 2018
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), rose 8.0% in January 2018 compared to the year-earlier period. This was up from the 5.8% annual growth recorded in December 2017. Freight capacity, measured in available freight tonne kilometers (AFTKs), rose by […]
IATA quiere vuelos sustentables para mil millones de pasajeros
En el marco del décimo aniversario del primer vuelo que utilizó biocombustible, la Asociación de Transporte Aéreo Internacional (IATA, por sus siglas en inglés) se puso como objetivo que para 2025 mil millones de personas viajen en aviones con esta clase de combustible. El impulso de los combustibles para la aviación sostenible es imparable. De […]
Mejoran los índices de seguridad aérea
El 2017 ha sido un año excelente en lo que se refiere a la seguridad aérea, según informa la Asociación de Transporte Aéreo Internacional (IATA). Durante el pasado año se registraron 6 accidentes mortales con 19 vÃctimas entre pasajeros y tripulación. El dato actual contrasta con los 10,8 accidentes mortales y 315 vÃctimas mortales del […]
Aim for 1 Billion Passengers to Fly on Sustainable Aviation Fuel Flights by 2025
The International Air transport Association (IATA) set out an aim for one billion passengers to fly on flights powered by a mix of jet fuel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2025. This aspiration was identified on the tenth anniversary of the first flight to blend sustainable aviation fuel and ordinary jet fuel. On 24 […]
JFK storm crisis prompts better communications initiative
IATA is coordinating efforts to ensure airlines, airport authorities, air traffic control (ATC) authorities and other key aviation stakeholders communicate critical information better when there is an incident that causes severe operational disruption at a major airport. The effort stems from the chaos that was experienced at New York JFK Airport in early January when […]
IATA Releases 2017 Airline Safety Performance
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for the 2017 safety performance of the commercial airline industry showing continued strong improvements in safety. The all accident rate (measured in accidents per 1 million flights) was 1.08, an improvement over the all accident rate of 1.68 in 2016 and the rate of 2.01 for the […]
Port authority chief vows New York-area airports will improve
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey hasn’t always been up to the task in its management of LaGuardia, Kennedy and Newark airports, said Huntley Lawrence, the agency’s aviation director. But that will change, starting now, he promised. «Every day more and more customers arrive and every day those same customers tell us […]
