Tag: Safety

Airports Council International (ACI) World has today signed a cooperation agreement with World Business Partner, Gallagher Aerospace to help foster enhancements in the fundamental industry priority of airport operational safety. Gallagher Aerospace is the leading insurance broker in the airline...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced that the Republic of Costa Rica does not comply with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) safety standards and has been assigned a Category 2 rating based on a reassessment...

Ravn Air Group (“Ravn”) President & CEO, Dave Pflieger, announced today that after successfully completing the IATA operational safety audit, Corvus Airlines (d/b/a Ravn Alaska), was added to the IOSA Registry. Ravn Alaska completed its on-site IATA Safety audit on...

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Airbus have agreed to collaborate in the development of safety standards and regulatory requirements for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in urban environments. The tripartite Project Document,...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) highlighted five priorities which must be addressed for aviation to deliver maximum economic and social benefits in Africa. These are: Enhancing safety efforts Enabling airlines to improve intra-Africa connectivity Unblocking airline funds Avoiding air...

Global airlines, coming off a record-low accident rate in 2017, need to guard against complacency over safety as heavy growth in travel demand stretches the air transport system, industry leaders warned at a conference last week. There were no jet...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Singapore-based SATS Ltd, is the winner of the 2018 IATA Ground Handling Conference (IGHC) Innovator Competition, for the company"™s use of smartwatches for Technical Ramp Operations. The award was presented on 25th...

Pharmaceutical sector has posted a volume of 1.9 percent of all air cargo flown by air contributing to 2.6 percent of total airline cargo revenue i.e. $1.4 billion, an IATA study reveals. The biggest export and import market "“ US...

While statistics are encouraging in terms of number of airlines and occupancy, effective ground operations are an essential part of the process The International Air Transport Association (IATA) highlighted three key priorities for the scale services industry to support the...

Airlines should offer mandatory training to prevent human trafficking, the United Nation"™ aviation agency said in a new document that could further empower cabin crew on the front lines of global efforts to combat such trafficking. Civil aviation authorities should...