By Angelos Astrinidis, CEO, iteam S.A. – Technology for Business* The entire world is facing extreme and stressful circumstances and aviation is at the top of the list of the affected industries. According to IATA, the first recovery phase will require significant government relief measures, combined with cost cutting efforts by airlines, so that they can stand on their feet again and gradually start reforming their business in the post-COVID19 era. We all realize it is going to be really tough but on the other hand, as experts put it, the long-term outlook for aviation and travel will continue to be bright, since demand will always exist. After airlines recover from the initial COVID-19 shock, they will try to transform [...]

Recovery as a Goal   By José Ricardo Botelho   We live in extraordinary times, which inevitably require extraordinary efforts. The team at the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) is aware of this and therefore, since the beginning of the pandemic, our immediate priority has been to support our members to remain viable during this crisis and to collaborate with the authorities of the region, in the implementation of efficient and articulated mechanisms for the reactivation of air transport.   All the players in the aviation industry have worked day and night, to keep aviation alive, considering the great bridge between countries it represents. Maintaining this active link required the industry to adopt the ICAO CART document [...]

Emerging Technologies and the Future of Aviation Training Post COVID-19 By Triant Flouris, 11 August 2020.   The air transportation industry is expected to double in the next twenty years with forecasts projecting more than 8,2 billion passenger transactions by 2037. This continuous growth inevitably creates unprecedented systemic challenges in terms of equipment (ex. aircraft), infrastructure (ex. airports) and processes (ex. ground service activities). Because of the projected growth, the aviation industry must invest in emerging technologies (ex. Artificial Intelligence-AI, Data Analytics, and Process Automation) creating a seamless journey for passengers, and cargo, while concurrently reducing its environmental footprint.   Given the organic interplay of systems and humans that characterize an aviation ecosystem, further pressure will be exerted on aviation [...]

By Exequiel Sanhueza* In the history of humanity, the population has been plagued by various epidemics and pandemics; some with greater consequences than others, but always leaving a high percentage of mortality. Also, there have been other types of crisis, such as the oil crisis in October 1973 generated as a result of Israel's war against Egypt and Syria; the financial crisis of October 1987, the day the most important stock markets in the world collapsed; the crisis of July 1997 that produced the demise of the Asian miracle; the terrorist attacks in the United States of September 11, 2001, which changed our way of flying; and finally and most recently, the crisis of September 2008 when, as a result [...]

By Tonci Peovic* "The problem with the Corona Crisis is that the future is no longer, as it used to be." Once the virus corona crisis is over, the world will no longer be the same place as it used to be. The reasons for this are multiples. The Corona primarily influenced the fear of citizens for health and existential needs, primarily in the supply of products for everyday needs, and to protect health from corona infections. How did countries deal with? We see that different countries in the world have varied in terms of measures to protect the spread of the virus, but more or less all countries have faced a lack of necessities for everyday needs, especially products [...]