Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) highlighted three critical priorities for sustained progress in aviation safety as the 2024 IATA World Safety and Operations Conference opened in Marrakech, Morocco today. The industry must focus on continuously strengthening global standards, safety culture and the use of data to improve performance in the face of growing operational challenges, numerous regional conflicts and evolving cybersecurity threats. “Safety is aviation’s main priority. Over 4.4 billion travelers flew safely in 2023 despite an increasingly complex operating environment. To progress even further, we must prioritize global standards—implementation and continuous modernization. We must also continue to cultivate a safety culture with an emphasis on collaboration and strong leadership. And we must utilize the rapidly growing [...]

Source: ALPA Earlier this month, ALPA’s hugely successful Air Safety Forum touted the importance of two pilots on the flight deck, and now global pilot leaders have reinforced their collective commitment to oppose dangerous proposals by some airlines and aircraft manufacturers to remove pilots from the flight deck. Back in March 2023, pilot representatives from ALPA, the European Cockpit Association, and the International Federation of Air Line Pilots Association, forged a partnership—under the name “Safety Starts with Two”—to counter the aggressive corporate-led lobbying campaign that targets regulators around the world, including the European Union Aviation Safety Agency and the International Civil Aviation Organization, to undermine safety by agreeing to proposals that remove pilots from the flight deck. The “Safety Starts [...]

Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is expanding the distribution network for its IATA CO2 Connectemissions calculations with Thrust Carbon, a sustainability intelligence platform provider for the travel industry. The agreement was concluded during IATA’s World Sustainability Symposium and will commence in October 2024. “The corporate travel sector needs accurate and comparable CO2 emissions calculations for its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) monitoring and reporting. By working with Thrust Carbon, we will respond to this important need with calculations based on actual operational data provided by a growing community of airlines,” said Frederic Leger, IATA’s Senior Vice President Commercial Products and Services. IATA CO2 Connect emissions calculations are based on a globally accepted standardized methodology that uses airline [...]

Source: ACI World ACI World Customer Experience Summit and Exhibition kicks off in Atlanta Airports Council International (ACI) World today opens the annual ACI World Customer Experience Summit and Exhibition in Atlanta, the global hub for air travel. This year's event is hosted by Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), the world's busiest airport with nearly 105 million passengers in 2023. The premier airport event dedicated to customer and employee experience brings together over 600 international delegates from 65+ countries, including government officials, travel agencies, and senior executives from the airport and aviation sectors. With the theme, "The Airport and Beyond: All for the Travel Journey," the summit dives into the ever-evolving travel ecosystem, focusing on the role of seamless interaction across [...]