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ALPA to U.S. Government: No More Excuses, Protect the Flight Deck

Source: ALPA Just days before the United States marks the 20thanniversary of 9/11, the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), the world’s largest non-governmental aviation safety organization, is once again calling on Federal regulators to address a glaring aviation security vulnerability and prevent another, similar attack on our homeland. Last month, ALPA called on Transportation Security Buttigieg to urge the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue a final secondary flight deck barrier regulation which was mandated by Congress nearly three years ago. “The greatest way to honor the memories of the nearly 3,000 people who died is to use our voices, expertise and resolve to ensure that 9/11 is in America’s past—and not a prelude to another terrorist attack in which [...]

2021-09-10T18:55:16+03:00September 10th, 2021|News, ORGANISATIONS|
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U.S. Airlines Announce 3-Billion-Gallon Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production Goal

Source: A4A Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization representing the leading U.S. airlines, announced that our member carriers have pledged to work with government leaders and other stakeholders to make 3 billion gallons of cost-competitive sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) available to U.S. aircraft operators in 2030. In March, as part of a commitment to work across the aviation industry to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, A4A members pledged to work toward a rapid expansion of the production and deployment of commercially viable SAF to make 2 billion gallons available in 2030. “We are proud of our record on climate change, but we know the climate change challenge has only continued to intensify. Accordingly, A4A member carriers have [...]

2021-09-10T18:46:57+03:00September 10th, 2021|News, ORGANISATIONS|
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USDOT Details Efforts to Secure Refunds for American Families For Flights Cancelled Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

Source: US DOT Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is releasing a report on its work to address failures of airlines to provide timely refunds for flights cancelled or significantly changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This report was mandated by President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy that he issued in July. Airlines and ticket agents have a legal obligation to provide refunds to consumers if the airline cancels or significantly changes a consumer’s flight. However, in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, airlines had difficulty processing the significant volume of refund requests that they received. Many airlines were also initially reluctant to provide the required refunds. This resulted in USDOT [...]

2021-09-10T18:32:54+03:00September 10th, 2021|News, ORGANISATIONS|
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ACI Customer Experience Global Summit set for Krakow in 2022

Source: ACI Krakow will be the first European host of the event As the 2021 Customer Experience Global Summit drew to a successful conclusion in Montreal, Airports Council International (ACI) World announced that next year’s event will be held in partnership with Kraków Airport in Kraków, Poland on 13, 14, and 15 September 2022. This year’s hybrid event comprised physical and virtual – including a celebration of the 2020 Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Awards – but it is planned that the 2022 event will bring industry leaders to Kraków, allowing for face-to-face discussion of the importance of customer experience as airports pursue continued innovation. The event will allow for enhanced interaction among participants, providing a platform for the exploration of [...]

2021-09-10T17:04:19+03:00September 10th, 2021|News, ORGANISATIONS|
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ICAO Stocktaking event spotlights latest innovations, concrete commitments, and new opportunities for aviation decarbonization

Source: ICAO ICAO’s 2021 Stocktaking for in-sector CO₂ reductions concluded with strong calls for high ambition from governments and industry leaders, and highlighting important new innovations in technology, operations, and fuels to accelerate the realization of sustainable aviation. Aeronautical pioneers, industry leaders, technical experts, researchers, innovators, and national authorities shared their ambitious plans for decarbonizing international aviation during the four day event which ended last Friday with over 1,000 virtual participants from every world region. The event opened with inspiring statements from UK Aviation Minister Robert Courts (MP), UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol, and ICAO Secretary General Juan Carlos Salazar. Subsequent sessions were opened by former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Norway’s Minister of Transport Knut [...]

2021-09-09T18:37:55+03:00September 9th, 2021|News, ORGANISATIONS|
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GAP the first airport group in the world to re-accredit all its airports with AHA

Source: ACI-LAC Airports Council International Latin America and the Caribbean would like to congratulate Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (GAP) for being the first airport group in the world to re-accredit its 14 airports with ACI’s Airport Health Accreditation (AHA) certification. The Airport Health Accreditation (AHA) recertification is granted to ACI member airports that are aligned and compliant with the health protocols proposed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Aviation Recovery Task Force (CART) recommendations and the ACI Business Restart and Recover guidelines. This demonstrates that GAP and the airports it manages are committed to continue measuring their sanitary standards to safeguard the public health of all its users, collaborators, and airport community; providing confidence with priority to health and safety in [...]

2021-09-09T14:31:25+03:00September 9th, 2021|News, ORGANISATIONS|
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ACI celebrates world’s best airports for customer experience at global summit

Source: ACI Airport Service Quality awards gala recognizes airports judged best by customers During the Customer Experience Global Summit, Airports Council International (ACI) World in partnership with Amadeus has celebrated the winners of this year's Airport Service Quality awards which highlight the world's best airports as judged by their customers. While the COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on global passenger traffic in 2020, it has also affected the expectations customers have for the airport experience. In response, ACI has ensured the ASQ program has evolved with these changing times along with airports that have adapted to better serve our customers. ACI has introduced a new award – 'Best Hygiene Measures by Region' – based on hygiene related questions added [...]

2021-09-09T12:16:44+03:00September 9th, 2021|News, ORGANISATIONS|
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July Airline Industry Employment Ticks Up Nearly 1% from June, Remains 3.7% Below Pre-Pandemic July 2019

Source: US DOT U.S. airlines employed 715,312 workers in July 2021, which is 0.8% (5,634) more workers than in June 2021, but 3.7% (27,728) fewer than in pre-pandemic July 2019. The July industry numbers consist of 607,805 full-time and 107,507 part-time workers, an increase from June of 8,755 full-time and a decrease of 3,121 part-time workers. As of July, the largest passenger airlines are operating with 67,661 fewer employees than at the March 2020 onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. United Airlines has dropped 21,278 workers, Delta Air Lines 16,476, and American Airlines 9,955. Major cargo airlines are operating with 23,049 more employees, with Federal Express having added 21,961. Regulations require airlines to report employment numbers to the Bureau of Transportation [...]

2021-09-08T19:56:52+03:00September 8th, 2021|News, ORGANISATIONS|
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ACI announces evolution of Industry leading Airport Service Quality program

Source: ACI Airports Council International (ACI) World has today announced a major new evolution of its industry-leading Airport Service Quality program as the third annual Customer Experience Global Summit kicked off in Montreal. ASQ surveys measure passengers’ satisfaction while they are travelling through an airport and provide the research tools and management information for airports to better understand passenger views, what they can improve, and the services  passengers want from them. To ensure that this program addresses what members and passengers need and to remains relevant and responsive to changing passenger attitudes, expectations, and needs, ACI announced to participants at the global summit a major new evolution of the ASQ Departures Survey: New key performance indicators to better monitor the [...]

2021-09-09T14:42:04+03:00September 8th, 2021|News, ORGANISATIONS|
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FAA Proposes $339,716 Civil Penalty Against Slice of the 406 LLC, 82 and Sunny LLC, and Associated Parties in Montana and Minnesota

Source: FAA The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $339,716 civil penalty against Slice of the 406 LLC, 82 and Sunny LLC, and other associated parties for allegedly conducting illegal charter flights. The FAA alleges that between July 2017 and November 2018, these parties conducted approximately 26 paid passenger-carrying flights in a Cessna Citation II C550. The agency alleges the parties did not have the required FAA operating or air carrier certificate. The parties also conducted flights without appropriate operations specifications, which outline what a company is authorized to do. The FAA further alleges the parties conducted operations with unqualified pilots who did not complete FAA-required training, testing, and competency checks. The parties have 30 days [...]

2021-09-07T17:19:13+03:00September 7th, 2021|News, ORGANISATIONS|
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