Delta, entre las compañías más innovadoras de 2018

La aerolínea estadounidense Delta Airlines fue nombrada una de las compañías más innovadoras del mundo en 2018 por la revista Fast Company, gracias al uso de la tecnología RFID para rastrear el equipaje de los pasajeros en tiempo real. Esta tecnología surgió del hecho de que anualmente los 110 millones de clientes de Delta registran […]

Vueling renueva la certificación de seguridad de la asociación IATA

Vueling ha renovado por tercera vez la certificación ‘IATA Operational Safety Audit’ (IOSA) de la International Air Transport Association, que agrupa a múltiples compañías aéreas, ha informado la aerolínea catalana este martes en un comunicado. Para lograrlo, Vueling ha sido auditada por un organismo independiente acreditado por la Iata que ha evaluado todos los aspectos […]

Delta named among Fast Company"™s Most Innovative Companies for 2018

Delta has been named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies Worldwide in 2018. The airline’s use of RFID technology to track customer bags in real time earned it the No. 6 spot among travel companies. Delta’s airport biometrics partner CLEAR, in which the airline owns a 5 percent equity stake, also made the list […]

Iata: 1 bi de paxs voarão com combustível sustentável

A Associação Internacional de Transporte Aéreo (Iata) traçou uma estimativa de que um bilhão de passageiros terão voado em aeronaves com combustível de aviação e combustível de aviação sustentável (da siga SAF, em inglês) até 2025. Essa estimativa foi traçada há uma década quando, em 24 de fevereiro de 2008, quando um Boeing 747 da […]

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 víctimas entre pasajeros y tripulación. El dato actual contrasta con los 10,8 accidentes mortales y 315 víctimas 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 […]

Air travel technology predictions for 2018

The pace of technological change is accelerating. Over the last few years the travel experience has become more efficient thanks to new technologies such as mobile internet, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, big-data, internet of things and biometrics. But we are only scratching the surface of their potential. Many more benefits are yet to be realized. […]

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 […]