IATA Releases 2013 Safety Performance Encouraging Signs for African Safety
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released 2013 commercial aviation safety performance. "¢ There were 210 fatalities from commercial aviation accidents in 2013, reduced from 414 in 2012 (1) . "¢ The 2013 global Western-built jet accident rate (measured in hull losses per million flights of Western-built jets) was 0.41, the equivalent of one accident […]
New Senior VP for Safety and Flight Operations Kevin Hiatt joins from Flight Safety Foundation
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announces the appointment of Kevin Hiatt as Senior Vice President, Safety and Flight Operations. Hiatt will join IATA on 17 February 2014 and be based at the Association"™s headquarters in Montreal. He will succeed Guenther Matschnigg, who is retiring from IATA. Hiatt joins IATA from the Flight Safety Foundation […]
Safety and Quality Management solutions in airlines: Aviation Quality Services launches new training courses
Aviation Quality Services (AQS) provides its customers with a number of new training opportunities with immediate transparency and orientation around the adapted regulations of EASA OPS and ACC3. As the leading provider in the field of safety and quality management systems in aviation industry, AQS reacts to the changes of both legislation for the aviation […]
Landmark Agreement on Climate Change at ICAO Major Progress on Environment, Safety, Security, Operations and Regulation
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) praised the leadership of governments in reaching a landmark agreement on Climate Change at the close of the 38th Assembly of the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The agreement commits ICAO to developing a global market-based measure (MBM) that will be an essential enabler for the industry […]
