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The Safety Issue Hub supports the delivery of IATA Safety Strategy. The Hub is an internationally recognized repository of aviation hazards and safety risks to enable the prioritization and delivery of aviation safety improvement programs, for the benefit of reducing global accidents in aviation.
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26 April 2024 - Preparing for the Summer
2024 is expected to mark a significant milestone for global air travel. It is likely the number of passengers this year will surpass 2019 numbers, reaching 9.4 billion (102.5% of the 2019 level). The upcoming summer in the northern hemisphere will see increases in air traffic from the usual holiday season and major events such as the Olympic games in Paris in July 2024.
During the summer season, the aviation industry faces various issues, particularly for air operators, air traffic management, airports, and ground handlers. These issues increase the risk of potential undesired outcomes, which need to be managed effectively to ensure the uninterrupted provision of air transport services.
Call to action
- Review the seasonal safety issues in the Safety Issue Hub for exposure and consider undertaking safety risk assessments. Keyword search “summer”.
- Provide strong safety leadership to create an environment where individuals are not pressured to take shortcuts, preventing the normalization of deviance from standard operating procedures.
- Reinforce safety performance monitoring through incident reporting programs, FDM, and other available mechanisms.
- Reinforce safety culture and safety risk awareness among the front-line staff, emphasizing the operator safety priorities and the importance of reporting near misses.
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Safety issues are complemented with associated generic risk assessments and guidance material. On top of that, you have the opportunity to join our Safety Connect Initiative, which offers a unique safety management community for sharing best practices and safety knowledge
The introduction of a risk-based approach for the IOSA program complements the Safety Issues Hub with associated risk pictures will enhance the risk-based IOSA program by making it more targeted. The audits themselves will also gather de-identified operator risks to feed back into the hub.
Ensuring the continued confidentiality of contributors, the Hub will be matured by the incorporation of anonymized and aggregated insights from IATA’s safety, security and operational data sharing program - Global Aviation Data Management (GADM) and through the Safety Issue Review Meetings.
The benefits of the Safety Issue Hub to members and the wider aviation community include:
- Providing a central repository for information, guidance material, and generic risk assessments that support airlines' own risk assessments to inform their safety management system.
- Risk-based, targeted safety improvement programs delivered by IATA to support the mitigation of safety risks
- IATA’s Operational Safety Audits enhanced with regional and sector risk pictures
Do not hesitate to contact us at SafetyRisk@iata.org for more information.