On this page you can access speeches and press releases produced between 2002 and 2022.
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Sustainability: Taking a Balanced Approach to aircraft noise
Though much of air transport’s sustainability efforts center on CO2 reduction, noise remains a significant challenge for the industry.
- Analysis
- Airline Operations
- All Regions
Sustainability: WSS to turn sustainability talk into action
“We have just 28 years to achieve net zero carbon emissions,” says Marie Owens Thomsen, IATA’s Senior Vice President of Sustainability and Chief Economist. “That means we need to use every solution out there and we need to use them as soon as possible.”
- Analysis
- Sustainability
- All Regions
Cargo: ONE Record Hackathon delivers positive results for air cargo
In June 2023, IATA held its latest ONE Record Hackathon in Frankfurt, hosted by Lufthansa Cargo.
- Analysis
- Cargo
- All Regions
Sustainability: The promise of permanent carbon removal
In August 2023, All Nippon Airways (ANA) signed a purchase agreement for carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits with 1PointFive, a carbon capture, utilization and sequestration company based in Houston, Texas.
- Analysis
- Sustainability
- All Regions
Digitalization: Accelerate@IATA breaks new ground
The Accelerate@IATA program was launched pre-pandemic to speed up the industry’s digital transformation with practical, implementable solutions to real-life problems.
- Analysis
- Passenger Experience
- All Regions
Safety: IATA Safety Issue Hub promises further safety benefits
The IATA Safety Issue Hub has been revamped to further enhance its effectiveness as an internationally recognized repository of aviation hazards.
- Analysis
- Safety
- All Regions
Safety: Safety Leadership must be part of airline DNA
Safety Leadership, a key pillar of IATA’s Safety Strategy, has been developed to include a Charter to support industry senior management in evolving a positive safety culture within their organizations.
- Analysis
- Safety
- All Regions
Safety: Bringing clarity to complex aircraft recovery incidents
Aircraft recovery incidents are rare and technically refer to situations where an aircraft can’t move under its own power.
- Analysis
- Safety
- All Regions
Unruly passengers: Unruly passenger incidents on the rise
Unruly passenger incidents increased in 2022 compared with 2021.
- Analysis
- Airline Operations
- Safety
- All Regions
Air traffic management: Improving air traffic management in Asia-Pacific
Challenges in Asia-Pacific air traffic management (ATM) are once again rearing their head following a near-three-year hiatus caused by the pandemic.
- Analysis
- Other
- Asia Pacific
Robert Isom, CEO, American Airlines: American Airlines: Reliability and a return to profitability
Robert Isom, CEO, American Airlines, tells Perry Flint that the carrier’s solid operational performance is the bedrock for an array of improvements.
- CEO Interviews
- Retailing & Finance
- Sustainability
- The Americas
Travel documents: Automation the key to easing airport congestion
Automating and accelerating passenger processing times are essential to meeting air travel demand.
- Analysis
- Airport Infrastructure
- Airline Operations
- Passenger Experience
- Travel & Tourism
- All Regions
Bogi Bogason, CEO, Icelandair: Carbon-neutral domestic operations
Icelandair CEO, Bogi Bogason tells Graham Newton that the revamped carrier is optimistic about achieving its sustainability and diversity goals.
- CEO Interviews
- Sustainability
- All Regions
Industry outlook paints a promising picture
IATA announced an expected strengthening of airline industry profitability in an upgrade of its outlook for 2023.
- Analysis
- Economics
- Value of Aviation
- All Regions
Mehmet T. Nane, Chairperson, Pegasus Airlines: The value of digitalization
Mehmet T. Nane, Chairperson of the Board of Directors, Pegasus Airlines and Chair, IATA Board of Governors, believes technology benefits are wide ranging.
- CEO Interviews
- Other
- Europe
Dina Ben Tal Ganancia, CEO, El Al: Rising above and beyond
Dina Ben Tal Ganancia, CEO, EL AL, outlines the carrier’s strategy in a challenging region. Graham Newton reports.
- CEO Interviews
- Other
- All Regions
Stanley Ng, President, Philippine Airlines: Ensuring enough resources for growth
Captain Stanley Ng, President, Philippine Airlines, tells Graham Newton that retaining skilled staff is essential for sustainable growth.
- CEO Interviews
- Other
- All Regions
Assessing risk with imperfect information
A wide range of factors, often unpredictable, can affect the safe and secure continuity of civil aviation and yet airlines do not always get the right information at the right time.
- Analysis
- Safety
- Security
- All Regions
Abdulaziz Al Raisi, CEO, Oman Air: The value of connectivity
Eng. Abdulaziz Al Raisi, Oman Air CEO, says that aviation enriches the world and enables friends, family, and business associates to meet face-to-face.
- CEO Interviews
- Other
- All Regions
A path forward for accurate CO2 calculations
Travelers expect accuracy and transparency in CO2 emission calculations. IATA’s CO2 Connect tool enables the industry to meet these needs.
- Analysis
- Sustainability
- All Regions