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  • Infrastructure

The Quiet Giant - Why Air Freight Deserves Greater Recognition and Fair Access to Airport Slots

While air cargo matters more than ever to our modern way of life, it is increasingly at the back of the queue for airport slot coordination.

10.12.2025
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  • Data

Putting Data to Work for a Stronger Aviation Industry

The air transport industry generates vast amounts of data. Collecting and using this data can make air travel more predictable, environmentally responsible, and potentially more affordable.

01.12.2025
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  • Passenger experience
  • Regulations

APRA Report Relies on Flawed Comparators and Ignores Long-Term Delay Trends

A recent paper regarding EU261, from the Association of Passenger Rights Activists (APRA), a coalition of airline compensation claims companies, attempts to introduce some data in the debate, but it is a deeply flawed analysis.

24.11.2025
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  • Passenger experience
  • Data

What's Holding Back Digital Travel?

Imagine never needing a paper passport at the airport. You simply scan your face—no check-in desk, no printed boarding pass, no fumbling for documents. This isn’t science fiction. It is the future airlines and airports are actively building. So why are we not all traveling this way yet?

17.11.2025
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  • Ideas
  • Regulations

Five Tax and Spend Ideas for UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves to Boost UK Air Transport Competitiveness

We suggest five ideas for UK Chancellor Rachael Reeves to reform tax and spending to help boost UK aviation competitiveness and thus the long-term strength of the UK economy and its public finances.

07.11.2025
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  • Sustainability
  • Regulations

Clarity Before COP30

The world’s attention will be focused on COP30 in Brazil over the coming two weeks. As with all COPs, it’s an important opportunity to take stock of where we are at regarding the efforts to decarbonize air transport.

05.11.2025
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  • Sustainability
  • Safety
  • Regulations

A Reflection on the Outcomes of ICAO’s 42nd Assembly

The 42nd Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) which concluded earlier this month was the perfect reminder of one the fundamental tenants of global aviation—global standards.

21.10.2025
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  • Passenger experience
  • Regulations

Europe Can’t Afford the European Parliament’s Gold-Plated Wish-List for EU261

The European Parliament showed its hand regarding the long-awaited reforms to EU261 passenger rights regulation—and it’s a misguided wish-list. Almost every element of the proposal adds protections, complications, and costs. Costs that Europe cannot afford.

16.10.2025
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  • Sustainability

Turning SAF Promises into SAF Production

The world’s governments will gather to focus on the development of global aviation at the 42nd ICAO Assembly. Turning targets, promises, and pledges of support for the development of SAF into actual SAF production should be top of mind.

19.09.2025

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