ICAO to partner with IATA and CANSO on new runway safety training initiative
Source: ICAO With the coming into effect this November of its new Global Reporting Format for Runway Surface Conditions (GRF), ICAO has agreed to partner with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) [...]
From Bad to Worse: January Passenger Demand Falls Further
Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that passenger traffic fell in January 2021, both compared to pre-COVID levels (January 2019) and compared to the immediate month prior (December 2020). Because comparisons between 2021 and 2020 monthly results [...]
January Air Cargo Demand Recovers to pre-COVID Levels
Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released January 2021 data for global air cargo markets showing that air cargo demand returned to pre-COVID levels (January 2019) for the first time since the onset of the crisis. January demand [...]
Closer regional, international coordination needed for safety, security, efficiency of vaccine distribution globally
Source: ICAO Speaking to European and North Atlantic Directors General of Civil Aviation (DGCAs) very recently, ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu emphasized that while COVID-19 vaccines are now offering hope of a more imminent pandemic recovery globally, closer collaboration [...]
IAG: Full year results announcement
Source: IAG International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) today (February 26, 2021) presented Group consolidated results for the year to December 31, 2020. COVID-19 situation and management actions: Passengercapacityinquarter4was26.6percentof2019andforthefullyearwas33.5percentof2019andcontinuestobeadversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, together with government restrictions and quarantine requirements [...]
Mr. Juan Carlos Salazar of Colombia appointed new Secretary General of ICAO
Source: ICAO The 36-State governing body of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the ICAO Council, has appointed Mr. Juan Carlos Salazar of Colombia as the new Secretary General of the Organization for a three-year term, beginning 1 August 2021. [...]
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Achievements of Air Transportation in Colombia in 2020
By Juan Carlos Salazar, Director General of Civil Aviation de Colombia. The impact of the fall in demand generated by COVID-19, added to the air restrictions and quarantines with mobility restriction in Colombia observed as of March 2020, evidenced a sharp drop in the operational figures of passenger movement [...]
