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Aircraft Accident Rate Drops In 2009

by Mr. Plane on February 18, 2010

in Aviation

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the aviation safety performance for 2009 showing that the year’s accident rate for Western-built jet aircraft as the second lowest in aviation history. The 2009 global accident rate (measured in hull losses per million flights of Western-built jet aircraft) was 0.71. That is equal to one accident for [...]

UK APD Hike is the Wrong Response

by Mr. Plane on October 29, 2009

in Aviation

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported international scheduled traffic results for September 2009. Passenger demand was essentially unchanged, increasing 0.3% compared to September 2008. Demand for international cargo was 5.4% below September 2008 levels. Load factors for passenger and cargo have returned to pre-crisis levels of 77.1% and 50.8%, respectively. The apparent year-over-year improvement [...]

Airlines Welcome Environment Progress at ICAO

October 10, 2009 Aviation

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed progress made at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) High Level Meeting on International Aviation and Climate Change (HLM-ENV). IATA urged governments to move forward quickly to implement what was agreed and develop an even more ambitious agenda. “We took a step in the right direction, toward a [...]

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Tough Targets and a Global Sectoral Approach

October 6, 2009 Aviation

Hong Kong – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) challenged governments to take four specific actions to support the aviation industry’s responsible approach to climate change: Adopt challenging industry targets to stabilize and eventually reduce aviation’s carbon emissions; Manage aviation’s carbon emissions through ICAO under a new Kyoto II framework by treating aviation as a [...]

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Traffic Volumes Improve, But Costs Rising

September 29, 2009 Aviation

Image via Wikipedia The International Air Transport Association (IATA) today announced international scheduled traffic results for August. Compared to August 2008, passenger demand was down 1.1%, (an improvement compared to the 2.9% decline in July), and freight demand fell by 9.6% (also an improvement compared to the 11.3% drop in July). Compared to August 2008, [...]

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Airlines present climate change proposals to heads of governments

September 22, 2009 Aviation

Image via Wikipedia The International Air Transport Association (IATA) presented its proposals for December’s climate change talks to the UN Secretary General’s Summit on Climate Change in New York. The forum takes place in the run-up to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting in Copenhagen this December. The aviation sector is [...]

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Deeper Losses Forecast Falling Yields, Rising Fuel Costs

September 16, 2009 Aviation

Image via Wikipedia The International Air Transport Association (IATA) today announced a revised global financial forecast predicting airline losses totaling US$11 billion in 2009. This is US$2 billion worse than the previously projected US$9 billion loss due to rising fuel prices and exceptionally weak yields. Industry revenues for the year are expected to fall by [...]

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In the Red, Despite Demand Improvements

August 27, 2009 Aviation

Image via Wikipedia Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced international scheduled traffic results for July showing passenger demand declining 2.9% compared to the same month in the previous year while freight demand was down 11.3%. The international passenger load factors stood at 80.3%. The July passenger demand fall of 2.9% was a [...]

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