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 [...]

Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) will create the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Matchmaker to link airlines and SAF suppliers. The development was announced at the World Sustainability Symposium (WSS)with an expected launch date in the first quarter of 2025. “Our vision is to create a transparent, efficient, and accessible matchmaking platform that will accelerate the uptake of SAF as the aviation industry progresses towards net zero CO2 emissions by 2050. The platform will do that by reducing the costs and complications that airlines face when looking for SAF suppliers. The SAF market’s maturity and globalization will be enhanced by the transparency that the SAF Matchmaker will enable. Every step in that direction is of great importance, considering [...]