Source: TIACA The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) announced that they have launched the 2nd Annual Air Cargo Sustainability Survey. With this year’s survey, we aim to measure the progress the air cargo community has made in its journey towards a sustainable industry within the last year. Consistent with the first edition we look forward to receiving responses from the entire air cargo industry: shippers and consignees, forwarders, airlines, airports, ground handlers, manufacturers, IT solution providers; regardless of size or geographic location. The results will be aggregated and presented to the industry and will drive the association’s Sustainability initiatives. The results and recommendations of the first air cargo sustainability survey were published in the first Air Cargo Sustainability Report and will be [...]

Source: FAA The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes $225,287 in civil penalties against 10 airline passengers for alleged unruly behavior involving physical assault. Since Jan. 1, 2021, the FAA has received more than 100 reports of passenger disturbances involving physical assault. Federal law prohibits passengers from assaulting fellow passengers or crew aboard a flight. The rate of unruly passenger incidents on commercial flights has dropped sharply since the FAA launched its Zero Tolerance campaign but the rate remains too high. Detailed current data on these incidents is available on our unruly passenger webpage. The fines are part of the agency’s Zero Tolerance campaign against unruly passenger behavior. The FAA lacks criminal prosecutorial authority but has referred cases to the Department of [...]

Source: ACI Top 10 busiest airports for passenger and cargo traffic confirmed Airports Council International (ACI) World has released its 2021 World Airport Traffic Report (WATR), along with data showing the lasting impact of COVID-19 on air transport demand. According to the Report, the COVID-19 outbreak reduced the number of passengers at the world's airports by more than 5.6 billion in 2020 and is forecast to remove an additional 4.6 billion passengers by the end of 2021, compared to 2019 volumes. Global passenger traffic in 2021 is expected to reach only half of what it was in 2019, totalling only 4.6 billion of the 9.2 billion passengers served two years ago. The world's airports also saw a sharp reduction in [...]

Source: ACI-LAC To all ACI-LAC members, We would like to invite you to the first ACI-LAC & InteVISTAS Consulting Inc. webinar on "Legal, Regulatory and Aeropolitical Aspects of Air Service Development". This webinar will provide an introduction to the key aeropolitical aspects that affect air service development and airport-airline relations. In particular, we will review some of the most relevant provisions in bilateral air service agreements that airports should consider when targeting airlines in foreign markets. For example, the nature and scope of traffic rights (based on so-called freedoms of the air), the meaning of route schedule flexibility and the value of co-terminalization, scheduled v. charter operations (passenger and cargo), key doing business provisions for airlines, and designations. You will also learn [...]

Source: ACI-LAC New, special report from Airports Council International Latin America and the Caribbean and Cirium reveals Flight capacity has returned to 76% of pre-pandemic levels for Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a new, special report released today by Airports Council International Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC) and Cirium, the aviation data company.  Approximately 74% of the capacity is domestic flying and 26% is international. The increase in capacity is also evident in the aircraft returning to service, with a total of 1,667 aircraft in service on September 1, 2021, compared to 1,220 one year prior. The positive developments for the region are explained in this month’s Airline Insights Special Report. Subsequent findings will be released to [...]

Source: FAA The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected three airports to be eligible for grants to add civilian aviation operations at former and current military airfields, adding system capacity and helping to reduce congestion at existing airports. Kelly Field in San Antonio, Texas; Mobile Downtown Airport in Mobile, Ala.; and Salina Regional Airport in Salina, Kan., will now be able to apply for Airport Improvement Grants. “Adding civilian flights to these airports increases their role in fostering economic growth and creating jobs in their communities,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said. “Working with local stakeholders, the Military Airport Program is an innovative and fiscally responsible way to help improve prior military facilities and make them [...]