IATA has slightly improved its 2013 financial outlook for the world’s airlines, citing strong passenger demand and signs that cargo markets are starting to grow again....More
Europe’s airline associations have spoken out against the Single European Sky (SES) Performance and Charging Scheme regulations for air navigation services (ANS) endorsed by the European Single Sky Committee (SSC)....More
When the European Commission (EC) agreed last year temporarily to suspend its emission trading scheme (ETS) carbon tax for flights to and from the European Union, the move was universally welcomed....More
When it comes to safety and aircraft, a good news story is bound to be very good indeed. And so for IATA, 2012 provided not just an exceptionally good story, but was a banner year. Member airlines had their safest year ever, with no hull-loss accidents on Western-built jets....More
Middle Eastern carriers continue to make headlines: Emirates has entered into a 10-year global partnership with oneworld alliance member Qantas; Etihad Airways has formed a strategic partnership with SkyTeam member Air France-KLM and oneworld’s Air Berlin; and Qatar Airways is set to become the first major Gulf carrier to enter into one of the three global airline alliances when it becomes a full member of oneworld in about 12-18 months....More
Athar Husain Khan was promoted to AEA Acting Secretary General in June. He joined AEA in 2007 as general manager, infrastructure, following seven years in management roles at KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. At AEA he has overseen progress on key dossiers, including the association’s competitiveness agenda, aviation’s inclusion in the European Union emissions trading scheme and progress towards the Single European Sky. He spoke with ATW European correspondent Alan Dron during the Farnborough Airshow in the UK in July....More
US National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) president Paul Rinaldi warned Wednesday that FAA budget uncertainty was not good for the long-term safety of America’s national airspace system....More
IATA has raised its 2013 net profit outlook for the world’s airlines by almost $1 billion based on improved financial performances in the second and third quarters....More
Airlines for America (A4A) has launched a campaign for a National Airline Policy to ensure the US airline industry remains globally competitive....More
Global traffic in October showed a continued softening of airline passenger traffic growth and “significant” weakening of freight demand, IATA said, citing Hurricane Sandy as a contributor....More
Airline association chiefs have joined forces in calls to remove air traffic growth restrictions—such as overreaching government policies, exorbitant taxes, and a lack of cohesive and timely plans for air traffic management modernization and airport capacity expansion....More
Asian carriers continue to be hit hard by the cargo market slump brought on by a global economic slowdown and weak consumer confidence in Europe and the US, the head of the Assn. of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) said Thursday....More
September brought a continued slowing of commercial aviation’s rate of traffic growth, with regions increasingly showing variations in their fortunes, according to IATA....More
Innovation and an aligned value chain will be crucial components toward serving a growing aviation industry, IATA DG and CEO Tony Tyler said Tuesday....More
IATA has revised its 2012 financial forecast upward, predicting the world’s airlines will earn a $4.1 billion profit for the year compared to $3 billion forecast in June....More
International air passenger traffic continues to grow but airfreight markets remained depressed, according to the Assn. of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA)....More
Air traffic growth in both the passenger and freight sectors slowed further in July, although there was considerable variation by region and market, according to IATA’s recent global traffic report....More
The 10 largest US airlines incurred a $1.07 billion net loss in the first half operating on a net negative profit margin of 1.5%, deteriorating from a 0.4% negative margin in the 2011 first half, according to Airlines for America (A4A)....More
Governments must put more political will into sorting out air traffic management mega-projects and also addressing the political issue of finding a global agreement for emission market-based-measures (MBMs), the head of IATA said Monday....More
Airbus, Air Canada and BioFuelNet Canada have formed a partnership to assess Canadian solutions for the production of sustainable jet fuels with a long-term goal of supplying Air Canada....More
US regional airlines are increasingly concerned about a potential pilot shortage that could curtail their growth or even force carriers to decrease capacity....More
Preliminary results of a pilot fatigue study conducted by Washington State University (WSU) show there is a “small difference” between the fatigue level of pilots conducting multi-segment operations and those flying a longer single segment....More
Embraer president and CEO-commercial aviation Paulo Cesar Souza e Silva said the “second generation” E-Jet, while not an all-new aircraft, will be “much, much more than a re-engine.”...More
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