International Air Transport Association (IATA)

The way international airlines think about the greater Chinese market, including Hong Kong, has significantly changed over the course of the pandemic and the industry is now more wary of Beijing’s policies, according to IATA Director General Willie Walsh.

Asia is lagging the recovery from COVID-19, complicating airline network restoration efforts.

While airlines are reporting a strong demand environment going into the northern hemisphere summer, the full restoration of global airline networks is likely years away, IATA DG Willie Walsh told Aviation Week Network editors.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

The days of long-term relationships between airports and airlines are unlikely to return in the immediate future, according to IATA’s Regional VP for the Americas Peter Cerda.

Governments across the Americas need to “fundamentally change their mindset” and how they collaborate with the aviation industry otherwise the recovery will stall, delegates at Routes Americas 2022 in San Antonio have heard.

Routes Americas 2022 will facilitate collaboration between key aviation stakeholders.

The country began a staged reopening in November 2021.

Willie Walsh concedes Asia-Pacific routes will be slow to recover.

The European Commission will require airlines to use-or-lose more EU airport slots in the 2022 summer.

Domestic flying in October greatly outpaced international operations.

ICAO calls for a “more measured” response by governments to the omicron variant of COVID-19.

Short-term blanket travel bans imposed on certain countries are not good news for an aviation industry that is still in recovery mode and had dared to hope that governments would adopt a more data-driven approach in response to emerging variants.

A report from the trade body says the current framework for airport charges is 'no longer appropriate' for today’s industry.

At the association's AGM in Doha, Arab airlines offered a pessimistic forecast.

Luis Felipe de Oliveira, director general, ACI World

ACI Europe President Jost Lammers says airports will not be used as an “instrument of subsidization” for airlines.

ACI Europe President Jost Lammers says airports will not be used as an “instrument of subsidization” for airlines.

The UK Civil Aviation Authority will allow London Heathrow to raise passenger charges—but not as much as the airport had hoped for. The proposed increase has been branded “outrageous” by airline groups.

With cargo demand projected to exceed 2019 levels both in 2021 and 2022, it’s not surprising that passenger airlines will continue to lean on their cargo operations to supplement their revenue for the foreseeable future.

Head of ACI World calls for unity after criticism from Willie Walsh on rising airport fees.

The Singapore Airlines website crashed shortly after the government announcement as passengers rushed to book flights.

Once the IATA resolution for the global air transport industry to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 was approved at the IATA AGM in Boston, it was almost immediately met with the realization of the huge challenges ahead.

The gap in profitability between airlines in North and Latin America will widen next year, driven by a strong domestic market in the U.S. and financial weakness among legacy carriers in Latin America.

IATA DG and CEO Willie Walsh slammed planned increases in charges by some airports and air navigation service providers; ACI World DG Luis Felipe de Oliveira said the comments do not reflect efforts made by airports to support the aviation ecosystem.