Lufthansa becomes first airline to earn IATA ONE Order certification
Lufthansa has become the world’s first airline to earn IATA ONE Order certification. ONE Order is the IATA initiative to modernise its member airlines’ flight booking and accounting processes, to enable them to align their products even more closely to customers’ needs and substantially simplify the customer’s booking experience. Under the ONE Order approach, the […]
NDC ‘suits passenger needs’ – IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says a study* of air travellers shows support for a richer travel shopping experience such as that which will be enabled by the New Distribution Capability (NDC). Study participants were shown examples of how the NDC standard can be used to support an improved experience when shopping for air […]
IATA launches standard safety assessment programme for smaller airlines
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched the IATA Standard Safety Assessment (ISSA) for smaller airlines. In a statement today, association said the ISSA was a voluntary safety audit programme created primarily for smaller airlines not eligible for the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) because the operating airplane has a take-off weight lower than […]
IATA welcomes ICAO tracking standard
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the recommendation of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) safety summit to move towards the adoption of a performance-based standard for global aircraft tracking. The essence of the ICAO recommendation is for aircraft to report their position every fifteen minutes during normal operations. This applies only to remote […]
