Opinion Pieces & Letters until June 2011

IATA regularly addresses governments, industry stakeholders or the press directly, advocating IATA's positions on various aviation-related issues. Below is a selection of the interventions of Giovanni Bisignani, IATA's previous Director General  & CEO, until June 2011.

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Opinion pieces & letters until June 2011

• IATA's appeal to secure proper monitoring of Icelandic volcano ash plume in the UK (May 2011)
  Letter to the UK Secretary of State for Transport (pdf)
• IATA's concern on the introduction of a carbon tax in South Africa (March 2011)
  Letter to South Africa Minister of Transport (pdf)
• IATA's appeal on the increases in service tax on air travel in India (March 2011)
  Letter to India Minister for Civil Aviation (pdf)
• IATA's concern on the possible introduction of a fuel tax for international flights in Panama (January 2011)
  Letter to the President of Panama (pdf)
• Giovanni Bisignani's opinion piece on the air traffic control situation in Spain (December 2010)
  Letter published in El Pais
• Giovanni Bisignani's reflections on the past 25 years of aviation (November 2010)
  Published in Airlines Business
• IATA's appeal to withdraw the “Eco” Air Travel Levy to be introduced at Austrian Airports (November 2010)
  Letter to the Chancellor of Austria (pdf)
• IATA's concern with regard to a possible Solidarity Tax for Airlines in Japan (October 2010)
  Letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan (pdf)
• IATA's appeal to abandon a proposed tax on passengers departing from German airports (Juy 2010)
  Letter to Germany's Minister of Transport (pdf)
• IATA's concern with regard to a new per plane tax project in the UK (June 2010)
  Letter to UK Chancellor of Treasury (pdf)
• IATA's position with regard to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) airport monitoring findings (March 2010)
  Letter to Australia's Minister for Infrastructure (pdf)
• IATA's concern with regard to the service tax recently introduced in India (March 2010)
  Letter to India Minister of Finance (pdf)
• IATA's appeal for a "no strike" provision for air traffic control in Ireland (February 2010)
  Letter to Irish Prime Minister (pdf)
• IATA's concern with regard to efficiency problems with Spanish air navigation services (February 2010)
  Letter to Spain Minister of Development (pdf)
• IATA's concern on the two-airport solution in Bangkok (November 2009)
  Letter to Thailand Minister of Transport (pdf)
• IATA's concern on airport charges for Queen Alia International Airport (October 2009)
  Letter to Jordan Prime Minister (pdf)
• Aviation's environment commitments to the Copenhagen summit (October 2009)
  Letter to UN Secretary General (pdf)
• IATA's appreciation of air traffic control prices remaining level in Australia (August 2009)
  Letter to Airservices Australia CEO (pdf)
• IATA's concerns regarding the new Airport Tax in Israel (August 2009)
  Letter to Israel Minister of Transport (pdf)
• IATA's concerns regarding pay and other costs at Irish Aviation Authority (August 2009)
  Letter to Irish Aviation Authority CEO (pdf)
• IATA's views on aviation's issues in India (June 2009)
  Letter to India Minister for Civil Aviation (pdf)
• IATA's position on the Air Travel Tax recently introduced in Ireland (April 2009)
  Letter to the Irish Minister of Finance (pdf)
• IATA's position on the new Ticket Aid Tax in Jordan (March 2009)
  Letter to Jordan Prime Minister (pdf)
• IATA's position on the Air Passenger Tax introduced in the Netherlands in 2008 (February 2009)
  Letter to the Dutch Minister of Finance (pdf)
• IATA's position on the revised UK Air Passenger Duty (APD) (December 2008)
  Letter to UK Chancellor of Treasury (pdf)
• IATA's opinion on current aviation issues in the US (November 2008)
  Open letter to President-Elect Obama published in Aviation Daily (pdf)
• IATA's position on AENA, the Spanish Air Navigation Services (November 2008)
  Letter to the Spanish Minister of Development (pdf)