Qatar Airways starts programme to meet second level of IATA’s environmental management certification scheme

Having achieved the foundation level of IATA"™s Environmental Assessment (IEnvA) certification scheme, Qatar Airways has begun implementing additional environmental management system procedures to attain stage 2 certification. The programme will cover all aspects of the airline"™s global operations, including flight and ground operations, and corporate activities. By the end of 2017, it aims to have […]

Jet fuel prices in region drop by 49.2 per cent in a year

This is the largest fall in five years as prices fell in Europe also by 47.6 per cent Jet fuel prices fell last July by 15.6 per cent to $59.8 per barrel in the Middle East and Africa, according to IATA"™s jet fuel index. The prices of jet fuel recorded the largest fall in five […]

United Airlines takes a chance on biojet fuel

A Phoenix airport only allows cabs using an ethanol-based fuel on airport premises; Brazilian airliner GOL has flown a commercial flight on sugarcane jet fuel; and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) offers subsidies to commercial airlines using biojet fuel. Maybe these are just trends, but here to whip them into a full blown airline case […]

Boeing Fuel Dashboard mejorará la operación de la flota de 737s de GOL

Boeing y GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. anunció, en el marco del congreso MRO Latin America, la firma de un acuerdo para la implantación de la solución Boeing Fuel Dashboard en la flota de aviones 737 Nueva Generación de GOL. La solución de software analí­tico de Boeing brindará a los equipos de operaciones de GOL […]

Airline fuel bill may ease: IATA chief economist

Jet fuel prices could be set for a further decline after the global average fell 8.4 per cent year-on-year at the end of August. Brian Pearce, chief economist at the International Air Transport Association (IATA), told reporters in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday jet fuel prices will "typically" follow market indicator brent crude. The European benchmark, […]

Soaring Ontario Fuel Tax Will Hurt Province"™s Jobs, Economy

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expressed shock and disappointment over the Ontario government"™s proposal to more than double the Province"™s aviation fuel tax. The fuel tax already costs Ontario travelers and shippers over C$60 million annually. When fully implemented, the increase from C2.7 cents per liter to C6.7 cents per liter will add more […]