The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for February 2024 global passenger demand with the following highlights: Total demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs), was up 21.5% compared to February 2023. Total capacity, measured in available seat kilometers...

Air Serbia has announced its successful certification to the latest NDC schema, version 21.3, effective since December 15th, for the Shop for flight category (SHPFLT). The achievement marks a significant milestone for the airline, showcasing its commitment to embracing and adopting the latest sta...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced strengthened profitability projections for airlines this year, which will then largely stabilise in 2024. However, net profitability at the global level is expected to be well below the cost of capital in both years, whilst very signi...

The Latvian airline airBaltic announces that during the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Wings of Change Europe 2023 event on November 14, it has joined more than 20 airlines, by signing the IATA Safety Leadership Charter. It is aimed at strengthening organizational safety culture thr...

Swissport International has announced its participation in the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) "Focus Africa" initiative. The initiative is a major commitment to support the transformation and growth of aviation in Africa. As a partner of the IATA "Focus Africa" initiative, Swi...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the launch of the IATA Safety Leadership Charter at the IATA World Safety and Operations Conference taking place in Hanoi, Vietnam. Safety leaders from more than 20 airlines are the first signatories: Air Canada Emirates Airline P...

IATA, the (International Air Transport Association), has rejected and challenged the Mexican government's decision to reduce the capacity of Mexico City International Airport (AICM) to 43 operations per hour. The association has further called on the authorities to seek alternative measures to th...

Emirates has reinforced its commitment to environmentally responsible practices by achieving IATA Environmental Assessment (IEnvA) Stage One and the IEnvA Illegal Wildlife Trade module certifications. The IEnvA system is an industry-leading and comprehensive environmental management system and Em...

IATA, working with Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group has created a suite of innovative digital tools for airports to estimate the embodied carbon associated with the construction of terminal buildings and aviation assets—for the first time. Credit: Matus-Duda_Shu...

Flutterwave, Africa's leading payments technology company, has joined the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) payment orchestration platform to facilitate travel to sub-Saharan Africa. With this integration, airlines across the world are able to process payment from customers throu...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Aviation Impact Accelerator (AIA), an international industry-academia partnership based at the University of Cambridge, announced a collaboration to accelerate the aviation sector’s transition to net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050. The two ...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) government’s efforts to ease the city’s labor crunch in the aviation sector. This comes as IATA upgraded passenger traffic projections for Hong Kong that now see a recovery to pre-cri...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) will launch the IATA World Sustainability Symposium (WSS) in Madrid, Spain on 3-4 October. With governments now aligned with the industry’s commitment to decarbonize aviation by 2050, this symposium will facilitate critical discussions, in seve...

Airline associations around the world called for governments to ensure the global alignment of airport slot regulations to safeguard the consistent, fair, and transparent allocation of slots under the Worldwide Airport Slot Guidelines (WASG). In a joint statement, the African Airlines Association...

All Nippon Airways (ANA) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA), today announced that ANA will become the first Japanese airline to join the IATA Turbulence Aware platform. This voluntary program helps airlines mitigate turbulence by collecting and sharing real time fl...