Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced passenger data for May 2022 showing that the recovery in air travel accelerated heading into the busy Northern Hemisphere summer travel season. Note: We have returned to year-on-year traffic comparisons, instead of comparisons with the 2019 period, unless otherwise noted. Owing to the low traffic base in 2021, some markets will show very high year-on-year growth rates, even if the size of these markets is still significantly smaller than they were in 2019. Total traffic in May 2022 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) was up 83.1% compared to May 2021, largely driven by the strong recovery in international traffic. Global traffic is now at 68.7% of pre-crisis levels. Domestic traffic for [...]

Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released May 2022 data for global air cargo markets showing that the easing of Omicron restrictions in China helped to alleviate supply chain constraints and contributed to a performance improvement in May. Note: We returned to year-on-year traffic comparisons, instead of comparisons with the 2019 period, unless otherwise noted. Global demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometers (CTKs*), was 8.3% below May 2021 levels (-8.1% for international operations). This was an improvement on the year-on-year decline of 9.1% seen in April. Capacity was 2.7% above May 2021 (+5.7% for international operations). This more than offset the 0.7% year-on-year drop in April. Capacity expanded in all regions with Asia-Pacific experiencing the largest growth. Air cargo [...]

Source: CANSO Some 84 exhibitors from this year’s World ATM Congress in Madrid have already signalled their intent to be a part of Airspace World, CANSO’s new global Air Traffic Management event, taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, on 8 to 10 March 2023. Around 10 more are expected to send in their letters of intent imminently too, bringing the bringing the total of exhibitors planning to come to Geneva to around 50 per cent of those who exhibited in Madrid, within just a week of registration being open. “The numbers of exhibitors demonstrating their interest in Airspace World in the first week they could register has massively exceeded the ambitious target we set ourselves,” said Simon Hocquard, Director General, CANSO. “I [...]

Source: ACI-LAC Ibarra Aero Charges, an airport charges process advisory firm, joins the group of World Business Partners of the Airports Council International Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC) Ibarra Aero Charges, an airport charges process advisory firm, joins the group of World Business Partners of the Airports Council International Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC). IAC is responsible for providing expert advice and support in the airport charges process, from the preparation of the charges cost basis to the execution of the stakeholder consultation process. IAC works with highly experienced consultants; its team of experts understands the challenges involved in meeting the needs of the most demanding clients at the most complex sites. Its main services are airport and [...]

Source: ICAO Significant progress towards heightening the governments’ implementation of ICAO’s safety, security and sustainability global plans, international standards and guidance  was achieved at the ICAO Global Implementation Support Symposium, held last week. Hosted by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Türkiye, the event focussed on identifying means to globally align governments’ aviation recovery policies, strategies, initiatives and activities by means of enhanced partnership through and with ICAO. This is key to assuring the inclusiveness, sustainability, and resilience of the recovery of air services and the vital sustainable development benefits delivered by air transport. The Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of Türkiye, Enver İskurt, and ICAO Secretary General Juan Carlos Salazar, provided opening remarks. The event was also [...]

Source: ACI-LAC Campbell-Hill Aviation Group, LLC (Campbell-Hill), a Washington DC-based consulting firm with a 29-year track record of offering a wide range of services in the aviation field, joins ACI-LAC's commercial partners Campbell-Hill Aviation Group, LLC (Campbell-Hill), a Washington DC-based consulting firm with a 29-year track record of offering a wide range of services in the aviation field, joins ACI-LAC's commercial partners. With this alliance, the group aims to strengthen its presence in Latin America and bring its product and service offerings to a greater number of airports in the region. Campbell-Hill's president and CEO, Kevin Healy, described the alliance with ACI-LAC as very valuable and considered it a key part of its expansion in Latin America and the Caribbean. Likewise, [...]