All posts tagged "IATA"

Travelport has been certified by the International Air Transport Association as a ‘Level 3’ aggregator under IATA’s...

Irish Travel Trade News asked a number of people in the travel industry for their initial responses...

Amadeus has received Level 3 New Distribution Capability (NDC) certification as an IT provider from the International...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) revised its 2016 financial outlook for global air transport industry profits...

The International Air Transport Association has announced that leaders of the global air transport industry are gathering...

“About 90% of airline chief executives attending a recent IATA meeting said that they would go the...

IATA, the International Air Transport Association, has announced that its Director General and Chief Executive, Tony Tyler,...

The Chief Executive of Aer Lingus, Christoph Muller, was the keynote speaker at the IATA  World Passenger Symposium that opened at the Dublin Convention Centre on Tuesday 29th October. In a wide-ranging address, he outlined the changes that the airline has undergone on his watch. He reiterated that the carrier is not...

IATA will be holding its third annual World Passenger Symposium in Dublin  from 29th – 31st October 2013, with participation by more than 400 senior airline, travel industry and travel technology executives. Sessions will focus on ways to improve the air travel experience, from the booking process to service delivery.   Programme  highlights...

The ATCEUC, the air traffic controllers union in Europe, has called off a strike planned for this Thursday, 10th October, after the European Commission signalled its willingness to renegotiate plans to liberalise civil airspace.  The union has said it opposed the commission’s plans to set “unrealistic” targets for air traffic management by...

Delta Air Lines carried the most scheduled passengers last year, according to the International Air Transport Association, while Ryanair topped the list for international scheduled passengers only.  Total (International + Domestic) Rank   Airline                                      Thousands 1          Delta Air Lines                       116,726 2          Southwest Airlines                112,234 3          United Airlines                       92,619 4          American Airlines    ...

Passengers on flights across Europe can expect delays of five hours or longer today as air traffic controllers in France enter their second day of industrial action and are joined by members of the European Transport Workers Federation in Belgium, Slovakia and Hungary – but the third day of planned industrial action...

IATA, the International Air Transport Association, has upgraded its global outlook for the airline industry to a US$12.7 billion profit in 2013 on $711 billion in revenues. This is $2.1 billion better than the $10.6 billion profit projected in March of this year and an improvement on the $7.6 billion profit generated...

Announcing a modest improvement in its outlook for the 2013 financial performance of the global airline industry, primarily based on stronger revenues, Tony Tyler, Director General and Chief Executive of the International Air Transport Association, took a swipe at the “knocks” that governments are imposing on the airline industry. “Airlines deliver tremendous...

The International Air Transport Association has reacted with disappointment to the European Commission’s proposed revisions to its passenger rights legislation (EC Regulation 261 or EC 261). Tony Tyler, IATA Director General and Chief Executive, said: “There are some positive aspects to the Commission’s review but overall the package of proposed changes will...

If IATA airlines vote later today or tomorrow in Abu Dhabi in favour of a proposed New Distribution Capability the new system could be introduced as early as next year – but travel agent bodies, including ECTAA, ASTA and BTC, are critical of the lack of consultation and are concerned that NDC...