Viagens domésticas aumentaram em março, mas rotas internacionais continuam paralisadas

A Associação Internacional de Transporte Aéreo (IATA – International Air Transport Association) anunciou que o tráfego de passageiros caiu em março de 2021 em relação aos níveis pré-COVID (março de 2019), mas aumentou na comparação com o mês anterior (fevereiro de 2021). Como as comparações entre os resultados mensais de 2021 e 2020 estão distorcidas […]

IATA Welcomes G20 Push to Restart Tourism

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the agreement by the G20 Tourism Ministers to support the safe restoration of mobility by following the G20 Rome Guidelines for the Future of Tourism. IATA urged G20 governments to quickly follow up their endorsement of the guidelines with actions, particularly the five-point agenda to safely restore mobility: […]

March Domestic Demand Sees Upsurge but International Travel Still Largely Shutdown

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that passenger traffic fell in March 2021 compared to pre-COVID levels (March 2019) but rose compared to the immediate month prior (February 2021). Because comparisons between 2021 and 2020 monthly results are distorted by the extraordinary impact of COVID-19, unless otherwise noted all comparisons are to March 2019, […]

El coste elevado de las pruebas COVID-19 pone en riesgo la recuperación

La Asociación de Transporte Aéreo Internacional (IATA, por sus siglas en inglés) ha pedido a los gobiernos que se aseguren de que los altos costes de las pruebas COVID-19 no hagan inaccesibles los viajes para las personas y las familias, en particular. Un reinicio eficiente de los viajes internacionales exige que las pruebas COVID-19 estén […]

Vueling implementa el IATA Travel Pass

La aerolínea Vueling se ha convertido en la primera compañía aérea de bajo coste que va a realizar una prueba piloto para implementar el IATA Travel Pass, una aplicación para dispositivos móviles que permite guardar y administrar certificados de pruebas del Covid-19, y en un futuro, de la vacunación. Así, los pasajeros del día 7 […]

Air Cargo Demand Reaches All Time High in March, up 4.4% Compared to Pre-COVID Levels

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released March 2021 data for global air cargo markets showing that air cargo demand continued to outperform pre-COVID levels (March 2019) with demand up 4.4%. March demand reached the highest level recorded since the series began in 1990. Month-on-month demand also increased albeit at a slower pace than the […]

High Testing Costs Could Stall the Recovery

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on governments to ensure that high costs for COVID-19 testing don’t put travel out of reach for individuals and families. To facilitate an efficient restart of international travel, COVID-19 testing must be affordable as well as timely, widely available and effective. An IATA sampling of costs for PCR […]