Airline association IATA maintains its view that air travel should not be penalized for the new Omicron variant. Even now that the mutated Covid-virus has spread from Southern Africa to 57 countries worldwide, imposing flight bans and closing borders are not…
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The Director-General of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Willie Walsh said that the full implantation of ‘Open Skies’ otherwise known as the Single Africa Air Transport Market (SAATM) would be beneficial for the continent’s carriers and the huge African…
UPDATE – All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines (JAL) have committed to becoming carbon neutral in 2050, in large part thanks to the use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs). But their joint statement on reaching this goal demonstrates that…
UPDATE including ATAG – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has adopted a resolution that commits the airline industry to even stricter climate targets and now aims to meet net-zero carbon emissions in 2050. During today’s 77th Annual General Meeting…
UPDATE – Except for the resolution on its revised net-zero targets, the IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Boston discussed a few other hot topics today that have caused irritation: Covid and costs. When Willie Walsh had a few things to…