Source: ACI-LAC Airports Council International Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC), the international association of airports, congratulates the government of the Dominican Republic for the forthcoming signing of the Open Skies Agreement with the United States. Dr. Rafael Echevarne, Director Geneal of ACI-LAC, pointed out in this regard that "international experience shows that open skies agreements stimulate the growth of air traffic, both passenger and air cargo between countries, by allowing free competition in the market of air transport. The possibility that any Dominican or North American airline can fly between any airport in those countries without any type of restriction regarding the number of frequencies and seats offered will be positive for the Dominican Republic.” We encourage and support [...]

Source: ICAO Key outcomes of the ICAO Global Implementation Support Symposium (GISS), held in Seoul last week, included Ministerial-level recognition of the fundamental importance of ICAO standards and strategies to the safe, secure, and sustainable development of the global air transport network, in tandem with the pivotal role of ICAO’s support towards their implementation. The thirteen States attending the Ministerial Roundtable at the event also pointed to significance of ICAO’s efforts to develop and deploy enhanced products and services in this area, and furthermore identified the deployment of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as a priority area for support from ICAO. Here, the Ministers envision ICAO’s facilitation of financing initiatives as being among the collaborative efforts the organization should undertake to spread [...]

Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that ANA and WestJet have joined its Turbulence Aware Platform on the sidelines of the 79th IATA Annual General Meeting. Turbulence Aware was launched in 2018 to help airlines mitigate the impact of turbulence which is a leading cause of passenger and crew injuries and higher fuel costs each year. The platform pools anonymized turbulence data from thousands of flights operated by participating airlines. The real-time, accurate information enables pilots and dispatchers to choose optimal flight paths, avoiding turbulence and flying at optimum levels to maximize fuel efficiency and thereby reduce CO2 carbon emissions. The challenge of managing turbulence is expected to grow as climate change continues to impact weather patterns. This has [...]

Source: ALTA Mexico exceeds Brazil In April 2023, the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region achieved an outstanding recovery in air passenger traffic carried, exceeding other regions of the world. According to the Traffic Report prepared by the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA), 29.1 million passengers were carried in LAC during that month, reaching 99.8% of passengers carried in April 2019. “Throughout 2022 Latin America and Caribbean remained as the region in the world with the highest passenger recovery; an impressive milestone given that it was a region that did not receive any financial support during the pandemic. 2023 has presented significant economic challenges, which directly impacts the travel and tourism sector, both for operators and users. [...]

Source: ACI-LAC The Airports Council International Latin America and Caribbean (ACI-LAC) is pleased to welcome Dassault Systèmes as a new World Business Partner (WBP). Dassault Systèmes provides companies and individuals with collaborative 3D virtual environments for the creation of sustainable innovations. The company has more than 300,000 customers of all sizes, in all industries, in more than 150 countries. The 3DEXPERIENCE platform from Dassault Systèmes offers a wide range of technology capabilities to integrate all data from the end-to-end product development process. Through technologies such as 3D simulation and the creation of virtual twins, with complete virtual replicas of products, the 3DEXPERIENCE platform enables stakeholders to collaboratively experience and assess issues virtually before these products reach the real world, from the design [...]

Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and ATPCO have announced a partnership which will see ATPCO use IATA's CO2 Connect data in its Routehappy API offering later this year. Routehappy is an API that helps airlines and sales channels to convey expected "Amenities" of the onboard experience, including seat pitch and type, Wi-Fi, power, entertainment, and more, to consumers at the time of booking.  ATPCO plans to create a new Amenity that will use IATA CO2 Connect data to help shoppers understand the carbon cost of various itinerary options. The agreement was signed between Willie Walsh, IATA's Director General and Alex Zoghlin, President and CEO of ATPCO during IATA's 79th Annual General Meeting. "We know travelers want to [...]

Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced its expectation for overall renewable fuel production to reach an estimated capacity of at least 69 billion liters (55 million tonnes) by 2028. Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) will comprise a portion of this growing output which is being achieved through new renewable fuel refineries and the expansion of existing facilities. Importantly, the expected production has a wide geographic footprint covering North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. "The expected production increase is extremely encouraging. Seeing this, we need governments to act to ensure that SAF gets its fair production share. That means, in the first instance, production incentives, to support aviation's energy transition. And we need continued approval for more diversification of [...]