International Air Transport Association

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• The Smart Tag is on The Bag

  
  Trifter — Authority: 497
  Image via  Wikipedia Overview The RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) equation for tagging checked airline baggage is unique. RFID technology is far more accurate than the legacy barcode method of tracking, which often requires human intervention for accurate luggage sortation and routing to occur. The business ...
  6 days ago

• Airline recession will continue into 2010, good news for passengers

  
  Gadling — Authority: 698
  Filed under: Business , North America , United States , Airlines The airline industry must be excited to see 2009 coming to a close. It was a year of route cuts, perk cuts and abuse from passengers over all kinds of sacrifices in the cabin ... and a genuine commitment to fees for extra bags. The global ...
  1 week ago

• IATA: World carriers to lose $5.6 billion in 2010

  
  AIRLINE BIZ — Authority: 596
  The big international airline umbrella group IATA says its projecting a tidy $5.6 billion loss for global carriers. The "good" news from this projection is that North American airlines are collectively going to lose "just" $2 billion vs. the $2.9 billion theyre on their way to losing in the current calendar year. ...
  1 week ago

• Important News - Dec. 15

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 544
  1) A couple of reasons for the dollar’s strength today S&P downgrades Mexican debt “Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded Mexico’s sovereign debt to BBB status Monday on concerns about the country’s fiscal outlook, sparked by the global economic crisis.” European stocks, euro ...
  1 week ago

• Airlines Expected To Lose $5.6 Billion In 2010

  
  Bajan Global Report — Authority: 128
  The global airline industry will face another harrowing year in 2010, with losses expected to reach $5.6 billion despite some recovery in passenger and cargo traffic, an industry group said Tuesday.Low yields and rising costs are a “continuing disaster” for world airlines, who have already lost $49 billion since ...
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• Air Transport Industry Lobbies for Sectoral Approach at COP 15

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 621
  A glossy four-page wrap of the International Herald Tribune greeted thousands of hotel guests in Copenhagen, on day three of COP 15. A full-page blue sky with a puffy cloud accompanies the headline, “We will cut our carbon emissions by 50% by 2050.”One wondered, which country took out this ad (see image)? None at ...
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• Containers Everywhere: Automatic Identification for Air Cargo and Freight

  
  Trifter — Authority: 497
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

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

  
  AIRLINE BIZ — Authority: 596
  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 ...
  3 weeks ago

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