Source: ICAO ICAO guidance and assistance can play a key role in assisting airports with the transformation of their operations to accommodate today's safety, security and sustainability priorities and tomorrow's technologies. Addressing Ministers of government and industry leaders at Airport Council International (ACI)'s Latin America and Caribbean (LAC)/World Annual General Assembly, ICAO Secretary General Juan Carlos Salazar underscored that this internationally aligned and coordinated transformation for airports will be  crucial to accelerating and optimizing global aviation's broader recovery from the impacts of the pandemic, and essential to delivering greater resiliency.   The Secretary General delivered a keynote address in the presence of Ministers, airport operators and aviation authorities on the topic of "Reconnecting aviation for a sustainable future", highlighting various [...]

Source: Chair of the House Committee on Transportation Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Subcommittee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) requested the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) conduct a review of the FAA’s oversight of the manufacture and production of the Boeing 787. The Members highlighted several concerns in their letter: “In October 2020, Boeing halted delivery of new 787s to customers for multiple months due to production issues. During 2021, Boeing restarted deliveries in March, but Boeing identified additional production issues and halted deliveries in May. Production was again halted in July, and deliveries [...]

Source: US DOT The 24 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 0.7% more full-time equivalents (FTEs) in September 2021 than in August 2021, but still employed 8.8% fewer than in pre-pandemic September 2019. The September total number of FTEs (410,836) was up 2,871 from August (407,965) and down 39,618 from September 2019 (450,454). In September 2021, the airlines employed the lowest FTE total for the month of September since 2015 (397,326). The September uptick resulted in part from increases of 2,343 FTEs at Delta Airlines and 1,150 at United Airlines. Only 4 of the 24 reporting airlines had fewer FTEs in September than in August, led by American Airlines (down 1,811 FTEs) and Alaska Airlines (down 850). In September 2021, scheduled [...]

Source: US DOT   U.S. airlines carried 58.4 million passengers in September 2021 (preliminary), compared to 25.1 million passengers in September 2020 according to data filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) by 20 airlines that carry more than 90% of passengers. The 133% increase was the smallest year-over-year growth since March (see Figure 2). September 2021’s tally of 58.4 million passengers is down 19.5% from pre-pandemic September 2019’s 72.6 million.     Preliminary September 2021 passenger numbers (20 carriers reporting): ·       Total: 58.4 million passengers, up 133% from September 2020 (25.1M) ·       Domestic: 53.6 million passengers, up 126% from September 2020 (23.7M) ·       International: 4.8 million passengers, up 245% from September 2020 (1.4M)   U.S. airline traffic reports [...]