Iberia’s Route Between Miami and Madrid Generates 4,000 Jobs and Contributes around €171M to the GDP of Both Countries
The aviation sector, in addition to making it possible for people to connect with the rest of the world, also offers an important contribution to the creation of jobs and wealth in different countries. In the case of Iberia, according to a study by the consulting firm Transcendent, the airline’s route that connects Miami with […]
A4A Super Bowl Sunday Ad Highlights Airlines’ Industry-wide Hiring Spree
Airlines for America (A4A) released an advertisement on Super Bowl Sunday, highlighting the aggressive and effective hiring campaigns across the U.S. airline industry – including mechanics, gate agents, pilots, flight attendants and many other jobs. The 30-second video aired on Fox 5 D.C. during the Super Bowl pre-game show in addition to several other timeslots […]
Ensuring the mental wellbeing of cabin crew
They may be faced with staying away while health crises erupt, unsure of local rules or potential travel restrictions. Others will have been at home for a prolonged period and have become used to being there for young children or partners, making it a wrench to work away again. On top of this, the work […]
British Airways to offer cabin crew jobs for summer 2022
British Airways has announced that it will be opening its doors to new cabin crew recruits to work for the airline from Spring 2022 to help fly its summer schedule. The airline has already contacted people in the company’s existing talent pools, which holds the details of people who left the business last year but […]
Delta fuels Georgia’s post-pandemic economic growth
With travel on the rebound, Delta has announced the hiring of 2,216 Georgians since January 1 to join the ranks of the now nearly 30,000 who work for Delta in the state of Georgia. These talented professionals have been hired to work in career jobs across Delta’s business in Reservations and Customer Care, Airport Customer […]
Airlines Unable to Cut Costs Deep Enough to Save Jobs
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) presented new analysis showing that the airline industry cannot slash costs sufficiently to neutralize severe cash burn to avoid bankruptcies and preserve jobs in 2021. IATA reiterated its call for government relief measures to sustain airlines financially and avoid massive employment terminations. IATA also called for pre-flight COVID-19 testing […]
Proposed Environment Tax Will Destroy Jobs and Fail to Decarbonize Aviation
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) warned that proposed new environmental taxes in France will fail to decarbonize the aviation sector and eliminate 150,000 French aviation jobs. The Convention Citoyenne pour le Climat (CCC) – a citizens’ body created under President Macron – is proposing a series of measures to curb aviation emissions, including an […]
ITF and IATA: Support from Governments Essential to Protect Jobs and Preserve Aviation Industry
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for support from governments to the aviation industry, to protect jobs and ensure that air services can be maintained. The economic situation facing the aviation industry is severe. Air passenger demand is down 80%. Airlines are facing a liquidity crisis which […]
Just two weeks remains until the ACI Latin America-Caribbean Annual General Assembly, Conference and Exhibition, the year"™s premier airports event in the region
Airports Council International Latin America-Caribbean (ACI-LAC) Annual Assembly, Conference and Exhibition, organized this year under the theme "25 years of airport management: innovation and changes, the challenge for the future" and graciously hosted by INFRAMERICA, is just one week away. From 08 to 10 November, airport leaders from Latin-American and the Caribbean will gather in […]
Alitalia appoints Cramer Ball as new CEO
Loss-making Italian airline Alitalia said on Thursday it had appointed aviation industry turnaround expert Cramer Ball as its new chief executive. Ball, who joins from India’s Jet Airways(JET.NS), is expected to take up his new role in early March, succeeding Silvano Cassano who resigned in September after less than a year in the job for […]
