Aviation industry players have already begun discussing ways to put feet on IATA’s recently approved resolution that commits member airlines to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said he expects international markets in Asia will recover to pre-pandemic levels of activity by 2023, slower than other regions but still ahead of some industry forecasts.
As part of a codeshare agreement signed by Qatar Airways and RwandAir, the Rwandan carrier will launch new nonstop flights between Kigali and Doha starting in December.
Iberia and LEVEL have signed a new codeshare agreement aiming to extend connectivity between Spain and the U.S. West Coast, a move that comes just weeks after the U.S. announced an easing of travel restrictions that should allow transatlantic demand to recover after months of subdued activity.
IATA DG and CEO Willie Walsh slammed planned increases in charges by some airports and air navigation service providers; ACI World DG Luis Felipe de Oliveira said the comments do not reflect efforts made by airports to support the aviation ecosystem.
AirAsia has received an approval from Danajamin Nasional for a loan of up to MYR500 million ($120 million) under a government aid package known as the Danajamin Prihatin Guarantee Scheme.
Major aircraft lessor Avolon said it signed an agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), which is endeavoring to grow as an independent freighter conversion company, to be IAI’s launch customer for their Airbus A330-300 freighter conversion program.
The major U.S. airlines are taking steps to comply with a directive from the Biden administration ordering large federal contractors to vaccinate their employees by Dec. 8.
Financial losses across the world’s airlines are expected to total $201 billion for the pandemic-struck years of 2020-2022, IATA said at its 2021 AGM in Boston.
Argentina’s flag-carrier Aerolineas Argentinas believes domestic demand is recovering at a steady clip, and domestic traffic could inch closer to 2019 levels early in 2022.
IATA has given its members a new sustainability target of achieving net zero emissions by the year 2050 despite the opposition of its Chinese airline members.
An added benefit of IATA’s first in-person annual general meeting (AGM) since 2019 is airlines across all business models can come together to trade stories about riding the waves of the pandemic.
IATA called on governments from around the world to remove travel restrictions for vaccinated passengers, arguing that “wildly inconsistent” entry requirements have stalled the global air transport industry’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The airlines, which have existing approvals from regulators to operate a joint business until March 2023, will seek re-authorization to continue the core elements of the partnership until 2028.
Delegates from across the air transport spectrum will descend upon Boston Oct. 3-5 for IATA’s 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) to discuss the state of an industry that continues to face an uphill climb toward 2019 levels of activity.
The challenge for IATA, its new Director General Willie Walsh and the industry is not to look backward and attempt to re-establish the status quo ante, but to build something new.
The CEO of Ethiopian Airlines has told Aviation Daily that the carrier is in the final stages of choosing whether to order Airbus A350-1000 or Boeing 777X aircraft for its long-haul fleet.
