IATA plans to deepen its engagement with Asia-Pacific governments and airport authorities and potentially collaborate on long-term air transport masterplans.
The head of IATA has welcomed the preliminary report into the Air India Flight AI 171 crash while sharing his own view on introducing cockpit video recorders.
IATA says there are no operational concerns flagged by member carriers transiting Russian airspace, following a close call with two Chinese-operated aircraft.
The International Air Transport Association recently released its revised forecast for 2025 that predicts the total number of passengers in 2025 will reach just shy of 5 billion, carried on 38.3 million flights.