Travel Demand Continues Strong in April; Domestic Traffic Fully Recovered

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced continued strong passenger traffic demand in April. Total traffic in April 2023 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 45.8% compared to April 2022. Globally, traffic is now at 90.5% of pre-Covid levels. At 81.3%, industry load factor was only 1.8 percentage points below pre-pandemic level. Domestic […]

La demanda de carga aérea se desacelera en abril

La Asociación de Transporte Aéreo Internacional (IATA, por sus siglas en inglés) ha publicado los resultados del transporte aéreo mundial de carga aérea correspondientes a abril de 2023. La demanda de carga aérea continuó cayendo respecto al ejercicio anterior, pero a un ritmo más lento. La demanda global —medida en toneladas de carga por kilómetro […]

Air Cargo Demand Decline Slows in April

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for April 2023 global air cargo markets, showing a continued, but slower, decline against the previous year’s demand performance. Global demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometers (CTKs), fell 6.6% compared to April 2022 (-7.0% for international operations). This decline was an improvement over the previous month’s performance (-7.6%). […]

Korean Air gains IATA CEIV battery certificate

Korean Air has gained IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Lithium Batteries certification. In December last year, Korean Air joined a working group led by Incheon International Airport Corporation, along with stakeholders including forwarders and other operators in the domestic air cargo sector, to prepare for the certification. All stakeholders in the working […]

Cainiao successfully trials IATA One Record on Hangzhou-Liege route

Cainiao Network, the logistics arm of Alibaba Group Holding, has successfully trialed the full-chain cargo data exchange on the Hangzhou, China to Liege, Belgium air route based on the One Record standard, the next-generation global air cargo industry data exchange standard initiated by International Air Transport Association (IATA). «One Record aims to establish an end-to-end […]

National Air Cargo Receives IATA’s CEIV Lithium Batteries Certification

National Air Cargo recently received the Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Lithium Batteries Certification by IATA for its safe handling of dangerous goods, specifically Lithium batteries during air transportation. Zheni Chaneva, Project Manager Lithium Batteries Certification, IATA, presented the certificate to Chris Alf, Chairman, National Air Cargo Holdings, Inc. at the company’s exhibition […]

ISAGO -15 Years of Advancing Aviation Safety

The International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO) has been advancing aviation safety for the last 15 years. ISAGO is an industry program for the global oversight of ground handling service providers (GHSPs). It is based on the IATA’s Ground Operations Manual (IGOM) standards. Since its launch in May 2008, over 3,000 audits have been […]