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Canada’s Airlines and Airports Release Budget 2025 Recommendations

Source: Canadian Airports Council The National Airlines Council of Canada (NACC), representing Canada’s largest air carriers (Air Canada, Air Transat, Jazz Aviation LP and WestJet), and the Canadian Airports Council (CAC), the voice of Canada’s airports, today published their joint submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance’s pre-budget consultation. Canada’s airlines and airports have always worked together to deliver safe, accessible, and efficient air travel to, from, and within Canada. However, there are many ways in which Canada’s air travel system can grow, be modernized, efficient, and competitive. NACC and the CAC are calling for the federal government to adopt the following recommendations for inclusion in Budget 2025 to enhance air travel in Canada: Accelerate the adoption [...]

2025-08-13T04:09:39+03:00August 14th, 2025|AIRPORTS, News|
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Third IATA World Sustainability Symposium to Take Place in Hong Kong

Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) will hold the third World Sustainability Symposium (WSS) in Hong Kong SAR, China, on 21–22 October 2025, hosted by Cathay Pacific. The event will bring together leaders from aviation, energy, finance, and policy to advance the industry’s commitment to achieving net zero CO2 emissions by 2050. “As the IATA World Sustainability Symposium lands in Asia for the first time, we are honored that Hong Kong has been selected as the location and Cathay Pacific as the host airline. Collaboration across multiple sectors and regulators is essential for aviation to achieve its decarbonization goals, and gatherings like this provide a valuable platform for leading voices to come together to drive meaningful change. Such cooperation [...]

2025-08-14T13:49:57+03:00August 14th, 2025|News, ORGANISATIONS|
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Port Authority of NY & NJ and JFK Millennium Partners Will Collaborate with New York’s Premier Cultural Institutions at New $4.2 Billion Terminal 6

Source: Port Authority of NY & NJ Permanent Installations from the American Museum of Natural History, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Museum of Modern Art to Enrich New Terminal’s Arrivals Hall Unprecedented Cultural Collaboration Will Transform New Terminal’s Arrivals Corridor into a Museum Row, Creating a Uniquely New York Sense of Place for Travelers The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and JFK Millennium Partners (JMP), the company selected to build and operate the highly anticipated $4.2 billion Terminal 6 (T6) at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), have announced a landmark collaboration with four premier New York City cultural institutions — the American Museum of Natural History, Lincoln Center [...]

2025-08-13T03:36:11+03:00August 14th, 2025|AIRPORTS, News, ORGANISATIONS|
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TIACA Signs MoU with Air Cargo Forum India (ACFI)

Source: TIACA The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) and Air Cargo Forum India (ACFI) signed an MoU during the ACFI Annual Conclave 2025.  The primary objective of the MoU is to strengthen cooperation between TIACA and ACFI in promoting the role of aviation – specifically air cargo – in economic and social development within India and the broader region. Key points of this agreement: Safety Collaboration Capacity Building & Efficiency Policy Advocacy Supply Chain Safety Sustainability/ESG BlueSky Program Access Training Library Access Climate Action Platform Knowledge Exchange Cargo Service Quality (CSQ) Event / Conference Collaboration "This MoU marks a significant step in fostering closer collaboration between TIACA and ACFI, reflecting our shared commitment to driving innovation, sustainability, and resilience in the [...]

2025-08-13T03:04:55+03:00August 13th, 2025|AROUND THE WORLD, News, ORGANISATIONS|
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Severance at 30,000 Feet: Award-Winning Apple Originals Now Playing on United

Source: United Airlines Full seasons of award-winning shows like Severance, Shrinking, Ted Lasso, Slow Horses and Silo are now available on demand on seatback screens and United mobile app, and new shows will be added every month United plans to have 300,000+ screens across its fleet – more than any other U.S. airline – as it takes delivery of hundreds of new airplanes and retrofits existing aircraft United has announced that full seasons of select Apple TV+ global hits will now be available for free on the airline's 130,000+ seatback screens and in the United app, including award-winning shows such as Severance, Shrinking, Ted Lasso, Slow Horses and Silo and more. United has made a series of investments in the [...]

2025-08-13T02:54:52+03:00August 13th, 2025|AIRLINES, News|
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Aena Group airports recorded over 38 million passengers in July

Source: Aena 2.7% more than in the same month of 2024 Up to July, the number of passengers exceeded 219 million, 4.4% up on the same period of 2024 In the seventh month of the year, more than 319,000 aircraft movements were carried out. Over 130,000 tonnes of freight were transported Within Spain, airports handled some 32.7 million passengers, its best month in history   The airports of the Aena Group (comprising the 46 airports and two heliports in Spain, London Luton Airport and 17 airports in Brazil) closed the month of July 2025 with 38,474,698 passengers, 2.7% more than in the same month of 2024; they handled 319,591 aircraft movements, 0.9% more than in 2024; and they transported 130,508 [...]

2025-08-13T03:03:44+03:00August 13th, 2025|AIRPORTS, News|
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Embraer APAC Airlines Business Seminar Reflects Momentum in the Region

Source: Embraer Discussions centered around emerging trends, new opportunities for airlines and the need for greater connectivity Embraer hosted the Asia Pacific edition of its Airline Business Seminar in Singapore, bringing together airlines, the financing community, consultants and aviation authorities from across the region from the 6th to the 7th of August 2025. The closed-door event offered a platform for attendees to share and discuss emerging trends in the sub-regions of Asia Pacific, new traveler patterns and the opportunities it is creating for airlines and aircraft types like the E-Jets and E-Jets E2 families of regional aircraft and small narrowbody aircraft. Raul Villaron, Vice President, Asia Pacific, Embraer Commercial Aviation, said, “The APAC Embraer Airline Business Seminar featured robust discussions [...]

2025-08-13T02:17:25+03:00August 13th, 2025|MANUFACTURERS, News|
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Air Canada Receives 72-Hour Strike Notice from CUPE and Issues Lockout Notice in Response

Source: Air Canada Air Canada issues lockout notice to mitigate the strike's customer impact, allow orderly shutdown Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge flights will be gradually suspended over the next 72 hours; Air Canada Express flights are not affected Customers whose flights are cancelled will be notified and can obtain a full refund; Customers without confirmed flights should not go to the airport Government-directed arbitration sought after CUPE negotiators reject offer that included a 38 per cent compensation increase over four years and Air Canada's arbitration offer Air Canada today said that it has issued the statutory 72-hour lockout notice to the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) representing 10,000 flight attendants at Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge [...]

2025-08-13T21:29:15+03:00August 13th, 2025|AIRLINES, News|
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Air Canada Declares an Impasse in CUPE Negotiations as Midnight Threshold for a Strike or Lockout Notice Nears

Source: Air Canada Air Canada has offered 38% in total compensation increase over four years, including to address the issue of ground pay CUPE seeking unsustainable increases; Air Canada asking for no concessions Air Canada offer to enter third-party, binding arbitration rejected by CUPE Air Canada looking at all options; asking government to refer parties to binding arbitration process, a proven resolution for impasses Air Canada has said negotiations with the Canadian Union of Public Employees, representing 10,000 Flight Attendants at Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge, have reached an impasse. The parties will be in a position to issue a statutory 72-hour strike or lockout notice at 12:01 am Eastern Time August 13, shutting down the airline as early [...]

2025-08-13T21:59:52+03:00August 13th, 2025|AIRLINES, News|
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Latest ICAO aviation safety data reveals need for renewed focus, despite continuous long-term improvements

Source: ICAO While global aviation safety trends continue to be positive, statistics published today by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) provide a stark reminder of the need to heighten and broaden global cooperation on key safety priorities, particularly as flight volumes increase worldwide. The data in ICAO's 2025 Edition Safety Report  - State of Global Aviation Safety shows 95 accidents involving scheduled commercial flights last year, compared to 66 accidents in 2023. Ten of those accidents were fatal, with the total number of fatalities reaching 296, up from 72 the previous year. The global accident rate also rose, to 2.56 accidents per million departures, compared to 1.87 in 2023. These accident figures remain lower than pre-pandemic levels and come [...]

2025-08-12T00:20:47+03:00August 12th, 2025|News, ORGANISATIONS|
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