On this page you can access speeches and press releases produced between 2002 and 2022. 


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12.09.2023

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
12.09.2023

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
12.09.2023

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
08.09.2023

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
03.09.2023

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
28.08.2023

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
21.08.2023

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
13.08.2023

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
06.08.2023

Unruly passengers: Unruly passenger incidents on the rise

Unruly passenger incidents increased in 2022 compared with 2021.

  • Analysis
  • Airline Operations
  • Safety
  • All Regions
31.07.2023

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
24.07.2023

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
11.07.2023

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
03.07.2023

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
05.06.2023

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
03.06.2023

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
02.06.2023

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
01.06.2023

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
22.05.2023

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
22.05.2023

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
18.05.2023

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