Source: ALTA Four hundred and fifty-one point six million air passengers is not just any number, it is a historic number for aviation in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region. It represents 52.9 million additional passengers, up 13.3% compared to 2022 and a strong 3.9% above 2019 levels. This figure sets a record for the region as, until 2020, the region had been on a steady growth trajectory since 2010, which was abruptly interrupted by the pandemic. This milestone resumes the growth path. The Caribbean showed the best percentage increase in 2023, with a 20% growth in total passengers, 15% in flights and 16% in seat capacity compared to 2022; the LAC Air Passenger Traffic Report, developed by the [...]

Source: IATA The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the conclusions of a workshop jointly hosted at EASA's headquarters to combat incidents of GNSS spoofing and jamming. The workshop's high-level conclusion was that interference with satellite-based services that provide information on the precise position of an aircraft can pose significant challenges to aviation safety. Mitigating these risks requires short-, medium- and long-term measures, beginning with the sharing of incident information and remedies. "GNSS systems offer tremendous advantages to aviation in increasing the safety of operations in a busy shared airspace," said EASA Acting Executive Director Luc Tytgat. "But we have seen a sharp rise in attacks on these systems, which poses a [...]

Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) have extended their long-standing cooperation on setting and implementing global standards for the safe carriage of dangerous goods by air. An agreement to this effect was concluded at the IATA Executive Offices in Geneva during a visit by ICAO Secretary General Juan Carlos Salazar during which greater collaboration between the two organizations was discussed. IATA began issuing guidance for the carriage of Dangerous Goods on aircraft back in 1956 and has been updating and devising standards ever since. A more formalized approach on this subject was taken at a regulatory level by the adoption of ICAO Annex 18 in January 1984. This outlines the broad principles for [...]

Source: CANSO At Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland, the CANSO Executive Summit, the chance for leaders from CANSO Member organisations to debate and discuss the issues facing their industry, took place last week. The event marked the start of Airspace World 2024, the world’s largest air traffic management event. The Summit begins with a keynote speech titled ‘The Great Remobilisation’ from world-leading artificial intelligence (AI) expert, Dr Mark Esposito. Dr. Esposito, who is sometimes known as The Global Agitator, is a thought leader on the Fourth Industrial Revolution, a Harvard professor and advisor to national governments. Following his speech, Dr. Esposito will be joined by a panel of experts from NASA, Cirium, Thales, NAV CANADA and the European AI Forum to [...]

Source: ALTA This is the announcement the signature of an Memorandum of Understanding aimed at consolidating cooperation between the two organizations. The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) and the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announce the signature of an Memorandum of Understanding aimed at consolidating cooperation between the two organizations. Key points of the MoU signed between TIACA and ALTA will allow the two organizations to work together: to facilitate understanding on the contribution of aviation to economic and social development within the Latin American and Caribbean region; to work collaboratively to enhance an increasingly safe air transport system across the region; to work towards educating and developing projects with governments and entities to achieve an efficient [...]