Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects net airline industry losses of $47.7 billion in 2021 (net profit margin of -10.4%). This is an improvement on the estimated net industry loss of $126.4 billion in 2020 (net profit margin of -33.9%). “This crisis is longer and deeper than anyone could have expected. Losses will be reduced from 2020, but the pain of the crisis increases. There is optimism in domestic markets where aviation’s hallmark resilience is demonstrated by rebounds in markets without internal travel restrictions. Government imposed travel restrictions, however, continue to dampen the strong underlying demand for international travel. Despite an estimated 2.4 billion people travelling by air in 2021, airlines will burn through a further $81 [...]

Source: ICAO In support of its Organization-wide focus on innovation in aviation, ICAO presented NASA and the FAA with official ICAO flight designator and call-sign codes for the ‘Ingenuity’ helicopter flight conducted on Mars. The flight was operated using the ‘IGY’ three-letter designator, and call-sign ‘INGENUITY’, which has been assigned to NASA in the ICAO’s Designators for Aircraft Operating Agencies, Aeronautical Authorities and Services. The location of the flight was ceremonially assigned ICAO location designator ‘JZRO’ for the Jezero Crater where the Mars operation took place. “ICAO Council States have prioritized the enabling of innovation for this Organization, and Ingenuity provides an excellent example of just how far our capabilities for powered flight are evolving today,” noted the President of [...]

Fuente: ACI LAC Airports Council International – Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC) announces that Diego Aracena Airport in Iquique and Andres Sabella Airport in Antofagasta, both operated by APORT, received the certification of the Airport Health Accreditation (AHA) program, which evaluates how aligned they are with the health protocols proposed by the ACI Business Restart and Recover guidelines and that they are aligned with the recommendations of the Aviation Recovery Task Force (CART) of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). APORT, since the beginning of the pandemic, has developed innovative measures for the safety of passengers, workers, and the general public. It has maintained continuous improvement processes and implementations to strengthen sanitary measures. Technological equipment has been incorporated to [...]

Source: ICAO At a virtual meeting with the region’s aviation leaders yesterday, ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu joined the agency’s North American, Central American, and Caribbean (NACC) Regional Director, Mr. Melvin Cintron, in highlighting how NACC States could become an example on how to optimize air travel and tourism in aid of wider regional recovery and growth objectives through enhanced coordination.   “While public health is, and must remain, the overriding priority for civil societies, the critical role played by air transport in crisis response and general economic recovery must not be under-estimated,” she noted. “ICAO and its Member States clearly recognize that the COVID-19 pandemic is not only a health crisis – it is also an economic and [...]