Loganair has been granted International Air Transport Association (IATA) Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) registration, underscoring its commitment to adhering to the highest possible safety standards in line with rigorous internationally recognised standards. IOSA registration is recognised globa...

Aer Lingus has today announced that it has been granted the International Air Transport Association (IATA) “Airline Retailing Maturity” status as an airline, under the ARM index Program.  This status recognises that Aer Lingus has a shared goal of modern retailing with our travel agency partne...

Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) welcomes International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) latest projection of air passenger traffic for Hong Kong which sees a full recovery to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2024. Vivian Cheung, Chief Operating Officer of AAHK, said, “We have been commu...

Oman Air has achieved its eighth International Air Transport Association (IATA) Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) certification. The airline was awarded the renewal for the global accreditation after a successful audit on its operational management and control systems. Capt. Nasser Al Salmi, Oman Ai...

Mehmet T. Nane, Vice-Chairperson of the Board (Managing Director) of Pegasus Airlines, has assumed his duties as Chair of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Board of Governors, succeeding Robin Hayes at the 78th General Assembly held in Doha. Mehmet T. Nane, the first Turkish Chairma...

Chris Notter has been joined by Matthew Vaughan Director, Aviation Security & Cyber at International Air Transport Association (IATA) Recent breaches of security – hacks still have a major impact on a regular business. A dark world full of Bad actors, Dark web – things that the majority ...

Chris Notter has been joined by Matthew Vaughan Director, Aviation Security & Cyber at International Air Transport Association (IATA) for a 6 episode series addressing some key and critical subject matter- Episode 1: Broad International Overview | Safety and Security Considerations for Logist...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for governments to follow World Health Organization (WHO) advice and immediately rescind travel bans that were introduced in response to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Public health organizations, including the WHO, have advised a...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the winners of the 2nd edition of the IATA Diversity & Inclusion Awards: Inspirational Role Model: Harpreet A. de Singh, Executive Director, Air India High Flyer Award: Lalitya Dhavala, Aviation Engineering Consultant, McLarens...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomes the commitment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to further reopen borders and resume international air connectivity. Saudi Arabia has taken measures to ease travel restrictions to the Kingdom and enhance passenger facilitation with the...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the decision of the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to accept IATA Travel Pass to confirm pre-departure COVID-19 test results for departing and arriving passengers starting 30th of September 2021. ...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that both international and domestic travel demand showed marginal improvements in May 2021, compared to the prior month, but traffic remained well below pre-pandemic levels. Recovery in international traffic in particular continued to ...

As EU countries review the updated European Commission proposal to coordinate the easing of travel restrictions across Europe, Airlines For Europe (A4E), Airports Council International Europe (ACI EUROPE), the International Air Transport Association (IATA), and the European Travel Retail Confederati...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that passenger traffic fell in March 2021 compared to pre-Covid levels (March 2019) but rose compared to the immediate month prior (February 2021). Because comparisons between 2021 and 2020 monthly results are distorted by the extraordi...

By Helen Coffey, independent.co.uk A record number of imported coronavirus infections from a flight to Hong Kong was traced to a service from India. Two weeks after flight 6395 from Delhi had touched down on 4 April, operated by Indian airline Vistara, 47 passengers tested...