Shared Responsibility: The Role of Governments and Industry in Unlocking Latin America’s Air Transport Potential
At a time when the region reaches its highest level of air connectivity, with more than 6,200 active routes and 194 new ones added over the past year, Latin America’s aviation leaders gather at the 21st ALTA AGM & Airline Leaders Forum 2025 with a clear message: aviation is not a luxury — it is […]
Aviation Safety Priorities: Global Standards, Culture, and Innovation
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) highlighted three critical priorities for sustained progress in aviation safety as the 2024 IATA World Safety and Operations Conference opened in Marrakech, Morocco today. The industry must focus on continuously strengthening global standards, safety culture and the use of data to improve performance in the face of growing operational challenges, numerous regional conflicts […]
JetBlue Focuses on Long-Term Emissions Strategy, Climate Risk Management and Innovation
JetBlue (Nasdaq: JBLU) last week released its annual environmental social governance (ESG) report detailing the airline’s long-term emissions and climate risk management strategy, among other topics. Concentrating on areas important to investors, this year’s report was crafted according to SASB standards for the airline industry and recommendations for financial and climate-related risk disclosures from TCFD. […]
Airbus appoints LUO Gang to lead new innovation centre in China
Luo Gang has been appointed CEO of Airbu"™ new innovation centre to be set up in China. A location will be announced at a later date With a degree in electrical engineering from Tianjin University and an MBA from the London Business School, Gang spent nearly three years establishing Uber China"™s business before it was […]
An interview with Jeffrey Shane, General Counsel at IATA
Jeffrey Shane became general counsel at IATA in 2013, following several stints in private practice and at the US Department of Transportation. A week ahead of the IATA Legal Symposium in Washington, DC, he spoke to GTDT Aviation Law News about the industry group"™s priorities, regulatory overreach and the global harmonisation of drone rules. Our […]
IATA: Speed, Innovation, Key for Aviation to Deliver Economic Benefits
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for speed and innovation to enable aviation to continue to deliver its vast social and economic benefits. «Aviation is the business of freedom. We make global mobility ubiquitous. For 63 million people, aviation provides the freedom to earn their livelihood. For 3.8 billion travelers aviation includes the freedom […]
Six Lessons On Innovation From The Wright Brothers
When Wilbur and Orville Wright managed to build and fly an airplane, you might imagine that the world was immediately dazzled by their amazing achievement. You"™d be wrong. As David McCullough chronicles in his excellent book The Wright Brothers, many of the "most prominent engineers, scientists, and original thinkers of the nineteenth century had been […]
Teamwork, Innovation and Industry Unity for a Sustainable Future
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) co-signed an open letter calling on governments to act to help the industry reduce its carbon footprint. The letter was organized by the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG), which brings together all the major players in the aviation sector (airlines, airports, aerospace manufacturers, and air navigation service providers) with […]
Shanghai, innovation awards on roster for IATA in 2015
China Eastern Airlines will host the 2015 IATA World Cargo Symposium in Shanghai. Desmond Vertannes, IATA global head of cargo, announced the news at the Closing Plenary of WCS in Los Angeles. A new addition to WCS in 2015 will be the Air Cargo Innovation Awards, Glyn Hughes, director cargo industry management at IATA, said. […]
