Air Transport Association

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• Pilot fatigue getting renewed FAA and Senate attention

  
  Consumer Traveler — Authority: 143
  At the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearings this week, pilot fatigue was front and center. Sen. Rockefeller (D-WV), committee chairman started off the hearings auspiciously.
  3 days ago

• Containers Everywhere: Automatic Identification for Air Cargo and Freight

  
  Trifter — Authority: 517
  Introduction: What is a ULD? The humble ULD (unit load device) is at the heart of today’s global air freight transportation system. There are two general types of ULDs – containers and pallets. Known in the shipping industry as “cans” and “pods,” ULD containers are fully enclosed containers made entirely ...
  4 days ago

• Global passenger traffic up, down in North America in October

  
  AIRLINE BIZ — Authority: 584
  The International Air Transport Association said Monday that passenger traffic increased 0.5 percent globally in October, the second month of year-over-year increases in a row after 12 months of declines. "The improvement that started since passenger traffic hit bottom in March is similar to the pace of growth in ...
  1 week ago

• Isabel Hancock joins V Australia as Regional Commercial Manager, Southern Africa

  
  Travelwires.com — Authority: 482
  V Australia, Sir Richard Branson’s new boutique long-haul airline, is pleased to announce the appointment of Isabel Hancock as its Regional Commercial Manager, Southern Africa.Ms Hancock joins V... Send your news worthy industry press releases for publication today to muzi at travelwires dot com.
  3 weeks ago

• U.S. Airlines Lobby Feds to Oppose Global Aviation Emissions Tax

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 616
  The Air Transport Association fired off a letter to Todd Stern, the U.S. Climate Change Envoy, requesting that the U.S. stand against a proposed global tax on aviation emissions.In the letter, the ATA states that the International Air Passenger Adaptation Levy (PDF), proposed by a set of countries led by The Maldives, ...
  5 weeks ago

• Air Transport Association backs airline alliances

  
  AIRLINE BIZ — Authority: 584
  The Air Transport Association has written the European Commission urging it to allow the big airline alliances to keep operating, saying the alliances are good for consumers and airlines. "... The alliances provide tremendous consumer benefits and value, provide efficiencies that allow the airlines to expand consumer ...
  5 weeks ago

• UK APD Hike is the Wrong Response

  
  Aviation news - Planegrazy — Authority: 123
  The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported international scheduled traffic results for September 2009. Passenger demand was essentially unchanged, increasing 0.3% compared to September 2008. Demand for international cargo was 5.4% below September 2008 levels. Load factors for passenger and cargo have ...
  5 weeks ago

• Trade forum sees bottoming out in airline industry

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Geneva, Oct 29 (DPA) The decline in air travel may have hit bottom, the International Air Transport Association said Thursday, but warned that a recovery was still a long way off.“The airline industry remains firmly in the red with a fragile business environment,” Giovanni Bisignani, the head of IATA, said in a ...
  5 weeks ago

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