International Air Transport Association

More Accidents But Fewer Fatalities in 2008

February 19, 2009

Image via Wikipedia The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the aviation safety performance for 2008. The total number of fatalities from aviation accidents dropped from 692 in 2007 to 502 in 2008. This resulted in a 56% improvement in the fatality rate from 0.23 fatalities per million passengers to 0.13 per million passengers. The [...]

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IATA : Passenger and Cargo traffic results for 2008

January 29, 2009

Image via Wikipedia The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released international scheduled traffic results for both December 2008 and the full-year. In the month of December global international cargo traffic plummeted by 22.6% compared to December 2007. The same comparison for international passenger traffic showed a 4.6% drop. The international load factor stood at 73.8%. [...]

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December 8, 2008

David Learmount reported very well in Flightglobal.com about the future shortage of pilot when the economy will rise again. He said in the blog that “As soon as economic recovery delivers the prospect of airline growth, struggling carriers will collide almost immediately with a barrier to expansion, according to analysis by the International Air Transport [...]

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