Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched the fourth edition of the IATA Air Cargo Innovation Awards to recognize new solutions, concepts and ideas that contribute to air logistics’ digitalization, sustainability, safety and security. “Innovation holds the key to development, sustainability and success in the air cargo industry and we are committed to recognizing and unlocking its potential. The latest edition of the IATA Air Cargo Innovation Awards supports this objective with more than US $20,000 to the winners. Imagination is the only limit to the range of ideas that can be submitted. Based on our past competitions, we expect to see a plethora of creative solutions,” said Brendan Sullivan, IATA’s Global Head of Cargo. Award Categories  To recognize [...]

Source: NAV Portugal It has been the professionalism, competence and qualification of a team of men and women that has made possible to face the enormous challenges it has faced and will continue to do in the years to come. Along the way, it has overcome such storms as 9/11, global economic crisis, bird flu, rise in oil prices, COVID-19 pandemic, and, more recently, Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the economic, political, and social repercussions of this war, evolution of which is still unpredictable. Nevertheless, it has been, as we say today, resilient. And as proof of this, because the future of a company is also built from its past, we could highlight some of the many milestones that have [...]

Source: Transport Canada The Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, Annie Koutrakis, and Member of Parliament for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, the Honourable Marc Garneau, will make an important announcement regarding commercial space activity. The President of the Canadian Space Agency, Lisa Campbell, Canadian astronaut, David Saint-Jacques, CEO of Space Canada, Brian Gallant, and President and Chief Executive Officer of the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada, Mike Mueller, will participate. Member of Parliament for Longueuil-Charles-LeMoyne, Sherry Romanado, will be present.

Fuente: ACI-LAC (Scroll down for the Spanish version of this announcement) ACI-LAC invites all its members to the ACI-LAC and ACI World webinar on "Introduction to airport slot management". Airport slots are specific points in time allotted for an aircraft to land or take off at an airport. Where the demand for slots exceeds the available supply, the airport can be considered 'capacity-constrained', when a 'slot allocation' process is implemented. Such process management is essential to ensure efficient access to airports' infrastructure and resources. This webinar is an introductory session intended to provide a brief overview of the Worldwide Airport Slot Guidelines (WASG), which are jointly published by ACI, IATA and WWACG, to airport operators and civil aviation regulators. Date: Wednesday, January 25, [...]

Source: ICAO ICAO has issued reinforced recommendations for countries on risk management and the introduction of COVID-19 related national air travel requirements. Issued in a new ICAO bulletin from its Collaborative Arrangement for the Prevention and Management of Public Health Events in Civil Aviation, or ‘CAPSCA’ programme, the guidance is designed to help countries maintain air connectivity while taking prudent and evidence-based measures to mitigate ongoing risks of SARS-CoV-2 transmission. “This new ICAO bulletin clearly emphasizes that as more States lift their COVID-19 related cross-border restrictions for air travellers, it is important for increased air travel connectivity and improved facilitation everywhere that pandemic related restrictions should only be introduced and maintained based on evidence-based risk management, and following World Health [...]