IATA Calls on Denmark and Iceland to Revoke Planned ATC Rate Hikes

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on both the Danish and Icelandic Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP) to revoke the planned increases in air traffic charges set to come into effect on 1 January 2023. On average, the fees paid by airlines for crossing the airspace managed by these two ANSPs on North Atlantic […]

IATA Air Passenger Market Analysis December 2017

According to the global passenger traffic results for 2017 by IATA, global revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) increased by 7.6% y-o-y in 2017 as a whole "“ another year of above-trend growth, well ahead of the ten-year average pace (5.5%). The industry-wide load factor increased by 0.9% in 2017, taking it to a record calendar – […]

IATA Honors its 2018 Top-performing Training Partners

International Air Transport Association (IATA) Training awarded its 2018 Premier Circle winners as well as its Regional Top-performing Training Partners as a part of its prestigious training partner"™s recognition program. More than 450 IATA global training partners are evaluated on various criteria, such as the number of students trained, the quality of training delivered determined […]

October Passenger Demand Rebounds from Weather-Impacted September

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for October showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers, or RPKs) rose 7.2% compared to the same month last year. Capacity grew 6.2% and load factor climbed 0.8 percentage points to 80.8%, which was a record for the month. October"™s performance was a […]

United Becomes First U.S. Carrier to Provide Boarding Passes for Partner Airlines Through App

Chicago-based United Airlines announced that a new enhancement to their mobile app will now allow customers to receive boarding passes when connecting with United"™s airline partners. The functionality, which no other U.S. carrier offers, aims to make connections with the airline more seamless and further enhances United"™s award-winning app, which sees usage rate of 500 […]

Boeing Names Ramos to Supply Chain & Operations Leadership Role

Boeing [NYSE: BA] today appointed Jenette Ramos, a 29-year Boeing veteran with executive leadership roles in fabrication, supplier management, and environment, health and safety, as senior vice president, Supply Chain & Operations, effective immediately. Ramos, 51, replaces Pat Shanahan, who has been nominated to serve as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense. Ramos, most recently vice […]

Aviation ISAC Announces New Membership Structure and Partnership with IATA: Strengthens Rapid International Growth

The Aviation Information Sharing and Analysis Center (A-ISAC) has announced a new, tiered membership structure designed to increase accessibility to the organization"™s premier global cyber threat sharing network. The A-ISAC is partnering with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to promote the new membership categories aligned to service offerings. IATA will bring awareness of the […]

Strong Passenger Demand, Record Load Factor in February

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for February showing a second month of strong demand growth to begin 2017. Total revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) rose 4.8%, compared to the same month last year. Although this was below growth achieved in January, year-to-year comparisons are distorted because February 2016 was a […]