The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has welcomed Biden administration’s decision to enable vaccinated travellers entering the United States with a negative Covid-19 test result prior to travel from early November. Importantly, said IATA, this supersedes the so-called 212f restrictions which prevented anyone from entering the United States if they had been […]
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ICAO recommendations support aviation industry restart: IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has welcomed the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Council’s approval of the latest recommendations from its aviation recovery task force (CART). The key outputs include recommendations for temporary liberalisation of cargo flights, considering priority vaccination of air crew, increased cooperation among governments to implement CART recommendations and guidance. Besides a […]
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Air passenger demand globally falls further: IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said air passenger traffic fell in January, both compared to pre-Covid levels (January 2019) and compared to the immediate month prior (December 2020). Total demand in January 2021 measured in revenue passenger kilometres was down by 72 percent compared to January 2019. That was worse than […]
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IATA’s Chief Economist Brian Pearce to retire in July
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said that its Chief Economist Brian Pearce will retire from the organisation in July 2021. A recruitment process has been launched to find a successor in time for a smooth transition. Pearce joined IATA in 2004. Since then, he has built IATA’s evidence-based economic analysis capabilities into the most […]
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2020 worst year in history for air travel demand: IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced full-year global passenger traffic results for 2020 showing that demand (revenue passenger kilometres) fell by 65.9 percent compared to the full year of 2019 — by far the sharpest traffic decline in aviation history. Besides, forward bookings have been falling sharply since late December. International passenger […]
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Domestic passenger traffic slips to 1.6% in September: IATA
Weak economic activity, along with subdued private consumption eased India’s year-on-year domestic air passenger traffic growth rate to 1.6 per cent in September from 4.5 per cent observed in August. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), India’s domestic air passenger volume — measured in revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) […]