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Middle East Records Fall In Passenger Traffic 20100313075041
The Middle East airlines recorded a 9.6 per cent drop in passenger traffic in June 2008 compared to a 12.8 per cent drop regional airlines witnessed in their traffic in May this year, according to International Air Transport Association, or IATA. <br /> [in <a href="http://www.zawya.com">Emirates Business 24/7 </a>]<br /> [in <a href=http://www.newsisfree.com/sources/info/38404/><b>Zawya.com - Yemen News</b></a>]
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Airline Group Lowers Loss Forecast for 2010 20100312191909
The International Air Transport Association predicted $2.8 billion in losses, down from the $5.6 billion predicted late last year.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=a9858886c5ea3c5b8807225067fd1358&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=a9858886c5ea3c5b8807225067fd1358&p=1"/></a> <!-- foo -->
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Airlines lost $3 billion in first quarter (Reuters) 20090630082224
Reuters - The world's airlines lost more than $3 billion in the first quarter of 2009, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Tuesday, maintaining its estimate for full-year losses of $9 billion.
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Airlines Predict $9 Billion Global Loss 20090609191859
The chief of the International Air Transport Association said the airlines’ future “depends on a drastic reshaping by partners, governments and industry.”<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=7b0958e3484590fca50379daf8d03940&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=7b0958e3484590fca50379daf8d03940&p=1"/></a>
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Global airlines fear oil rally as losses mount (Reuters) 20090608182639
Reuters - Global airlines called for concerted action to prevent another runaway surge in oil prices as the International Air Transport Association nearly doubled its forecast for industry losses to $9 billion in 2009.
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Global airlines fear oil rally as losses mount 20090608172051
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Global airlines called for concerted action to prevent another runaway surge in oil prices as the International Air Transport Association nearly doubled its forecast for industry losses to $9 billion in 2009.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=kaM_TYHK-Z0:jABiweB9mmo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=kaM_TYHK-Z0:jABiweB9mmo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=kaM_TYHK-Z0:jABiweB9mmo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=kaM_TYHK-Z0:jABiweB9mmo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=kaM_TYHK-Z0:jABiweB9mmo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/kaM_TYHK-Z0" height="1" width="1"/>
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World airlines seen losing $9 billion this year (AP) 20090608083413
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090608/ap_on_bi_ge/as_airline_losses"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090608/capt.dc36d2e47ebc4cda920831a9237dfab4.malaysia_airlines_losses_xkl101.jpg?x=123&y=130&q=85&sig=stOy1ncx8_ITUEMyAdIehw--" align="left" height="130" width="123" alt="International Air Transport Association (IATA) Chief Executive Giovanni Bisignani delivers his speech at the 65th IATA Annual General Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, June 8, 2009. The world's airlines are collectively expected to lose $9 billion in 2009 with revenues to shrink by $80 billion from a year ago, as the economic crisis saps air travel and cargo demand, the key industry body warned Monday. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)" border="0" /></a>AP - The world's airlines will collectively lose $9 billion this year — nearly double the previous projections — and face a slow recovery as the economic crisis saps air travel and cargo demand, an industry body warned Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Airlines pledge carbon-neutral growth by 2020: IATA (AFP) 20090608082933
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090608/sc_afp/financeeconomyiataairlineaviationenvironment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090608/capt.photo_1244457453685-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=z8sV9jFn8Aw7gpIp49SH0A--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A Pakistani airplane flies over Islamabad. The world's airlines have committed themselves to a global cap on emissions in 2020, even allowing for a return to growth after the worldwide economic slump, the head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said.(AFP/File/Farooq Naeem)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The world's airlines have committed themselves to a global cap on emissions in 2020, even allowing for a return to growth after the worldwide economic slump, the industry body said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Airlines group predicts big industry losses (AP) 20090416082307
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sept11/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090324/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_airlines_losses"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090324/capt.8b644c4cfadc4019a1e23228ef56086d.airlines_losses_nybz178.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=Bk9duo1XSUyQco3EXCvKbw--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="In this May 9, 2007 file photo, a man picks up his belongings near a Japan Airlines' advertisement at the Tokyo International airport in Tokyo. The International Air Transport Association, which represents 230 airlines worldwide, on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 predicted world airlines will lose $4.7 billion this year due to the economic crisis, while revenues will drop by more than after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S. The Asia Pacific region is expected to post losses of $1.7 billion, compared with the previous forecast loss of $1.1 billion. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - World airlines will lose $4.7 billion this year due to the economic crisis, while revenues will drop by more than after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S., a major industry association predicted Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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The E-Ticketing Snub 20080705063030
<p>Local airlines footdrag on directive by International Air Transport Association to convert to electronic ticketing<br />By Funsho Balogun<br />It was a month last week after the 31 May deadline the International Air Transport Association, IATA, gave airlines all over the world to discard the manually laborious issuance of flight tickets and embrace electronic ticketing.<br />E-ticketing was launched &#8230;<br /> [in <a href=http://www.newsisfree.com/sources/info/33397/><b>TheNEWS: Back Of The Book</b></a>]
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IATA Hails EC Single European Sky Priority 20080619071324
KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 (Bernama) -- European Commission vice president/commissioner for transport, Antonia Tajani, has picked the right priority to deliver a Single European Sky (SES), International Air Transport Association (IATA) director general/chief executive officer, Giovanni Bisignani said.<br /> [in <a href=http://www.newsisfree.com/sources/info/11446/><b>Bernama</b></a>]
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IATA: Royal Jordanian's Majali is New IATA Chairman,; Cathay Pacific's Tyler To Follow In 2009 (Aircraft Maintenance Technology) 20080605021502
ISTANBUL -- The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced today that Royal Jordanian Airlines CEO, Samer Majali, commenced his one-year term as the Chairman of the IATA Board of Governors. Majali succeeds Fernando Pinto, CEO of TAP Portugal who served as Chairman from June 2007.
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Paper makes way for e-ticketing (Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news) 20080605021502
Since June 1, Thai Airways International, Bangkok Airways and 228 other member airlines of the International Air Transport Association (Iata) have stopped issuing paper tickets and switched to electronic versions.
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Airlines seen to lose $2.3B in '08 due to soaring fuel costs (ABS-CBNNEWS.com) 20080605021502
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Monday its member airlines faced losses of 2.3 billion dollars this year due to soaring fuel costs, dramatically reversing a forecast of profits nearly twice that figure.
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Airlines Face ‘Desperate’ Situation, Official Says 20080603191713
Citing high oil prices and the slowing economy, the International Air Transport Association sharply lowered its industry forecast for 2008.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=b4d3f98f99d448c0ae34d28d64593f7b&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/business/worldbusiness/03air.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=b4d3f98f99d448c0ae34d28d64593f7b&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/business/worldbusiness/03air.html" border="0"/></a>
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Global airline losses possible in 2008: industry group 20080602171520
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A significant decline in global airline profitability, or even losses, look inevitable this year as the industry struggles with sky-high fuel prices, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Monday. <p><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/reuters/businessNews?a=0X70f7"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/reuters/businessNews?i=0X70f7" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/businessNews?a=F0sWjI"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/businessNews?i=F0sWjI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/businessNews?a=SHO6pi"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/businessNews?i=SHO6pi" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/businessNews?a=kVopdi"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/businessNews?i=kVopdi" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/businessNews/~4/303099180" height="1" width="1"/>
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Pioneering Female Commercial Airline Pilot, Captain Karen Kahn, Addresses Pilot Shortage With the Release of New Book: "Flight Guide for Success: Tips & Tactics for the Aspiring Airline Pilot 20080601064843
<p>SANTA BARBARA, CA--(Marketwire - May 31, 2008) - For most Americans, rising fuel costs have almost exclusively focused our attention on the airline industry only in terms of decreased service and higher prices. It's easy to forget how quickly the airplane progressed from an eccentric fantasy of aviation pioneers to the ubiquitous mode of public transportation it's become today. All of this growth, however, has fueled its own crises: a projected pilot shortage. <p> According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), it's estimated the airline industry may need as many as 17,000 new pilots annually due to expected industry growth and attrition. The IATA states that increasing the retirement age to 65 will help the shortage, but it can't be the only solution.<br /> [in <a href=http://www.newsisfree.com/sources/info/4903/><b>MarketWire: Travel and Hospitality</b></a>]
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End of an era as paper airline tickets dropped from June 1 (AFP) 20080530082320
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080529/tc_afp/iataairlinetravelconsumersectorit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080529/capt.cps.mom09.290508171930.photo00.photo.default-512x339.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=jCMmsELPAZkXZRCKwOzWLQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The International Air Transport Association (IATA) logo. The paper airline ticket comes to the end of its life on Sunday when 240 carriers belonging to the world association IATA switch to all electronic ticketing, much of it through Internet booking.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The paper airline ticket comes to the end of its life on Sunday when 240 carriers belonging to the world association IATA switch to all electronic ticketing, much of it through Internet booking.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Etihad Crystal Cargo Selects Descartes Global Logistics Network As Preferred Global Provider 20080423071552
<i>(23 April 2008)</i><br>Etihad Airways has also chosen to implement Descartes&rsquo; Cargo 2000 Cargo Data Management platform. Cargo 2000 is an industry initiative led by International Air Transport Association (IATA) and supported by Descartes since 1998.<br /> [in <a href=http://www.newsisfree.com/sources/info/31681/><b>DubaiCityGuide.com: Dubai Government News Feed</b></a>]
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Aviation heads to act on climate change, but set no targets (AP) 20080422182209
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080422/ap_on_sc/aviation_climate_change"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080422/capt.adfaddb86d8a463ba2feccec432fdf79.switzerland_aviation_climate_change_ans103.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=HBbzpDpyZ065YIOu67g5XA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Giovanni Bisignani, Director General and CEO of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), adjusts his glasses as he attends the Aviation and Environment Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, April 22, 2008. Aviation chiefs during the summit have signed a declaration that pledges to address the industry's impact on climate change but shuns concrete targets to reduce carbon emissions. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)" border="0" /></a>AP - Aviation chiefs pledged Tuesday to address the industry's impact on climate change but shied away from setting concrete targets for reducing emissions of global-warming gases.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Airline profit guidance lowered again 20080401074046
The slowing U.S. economy and surging jet fuel prices have forced an international trade group to lower its outlook on airline profits for the second time in four months, with domestic carriers expected to take the biggest earnings hit.<p/>The International Air Transport Association on Tuesday said it expects profits for domestic and foreign carriers to fall to $4.5 billion this year from $5.6 billion in 2007. IATA in December lowered its forecast to $5 billion from a previous estimate of $7.8 billion, due to higher oil prices and credit-market turmoil.<p/>U.S. airlines' profits are expected to fall to $1.8 billion from an estimated $2.8 billion last year. "This could easily turn into a net loss should the current economic environment deteriorate further," according to IATA.<p/>"The offset to rising oil prices during 2004-2007 provided by rising U.S. consumer confidence and travel demand has come to an abrupt end in 2008," the trade group said in a release.<p/>Jet-fuel prices in New York hit a record high near $3.50 a gallon in mid-March, almost double the year-ago price of about $1.85, according to the Energy Department. Fuel costs have become the airline industry's biggest expense, and carriers recently tried to push ticket prices higher to help offset the oil surge and stay profitable.<br /> [in <a href=http://www.newsisfree.com/sources/info/17960/><b>Lexington Herald-Leader: Business</b></a>]
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IATA slashes air industry profit forecast again 20080401071529
GENEVA (Reuters) - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Tuesday cut its profit forecast for the airline industry for the second time in four months due to rising oil prices and deepening global economic gloom. <p><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/reuters/businessNews?a=AvSitT"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/reuters/businessNews?i=AvSitT" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/businessNews?a=frN0Y4G"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/businessNews?i=frN0Y4G" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/businessNews?a=GqPB10g"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/businessNews?i=GqPB10g" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/businessNews?a=TcFM5Eg"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/businessNews?i=TcFM5Eg" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/businessNews/~4/261877907" height="1" width="1"/>
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Global Passenger Load Factor Falls 20080331071457
KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 (Bernama) -- Global passenger load factor (PLF) fell to 73.3 percent in February 2008, registering the most significant drop in four years, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).<br /> [in <a href=http://www.newsisfree.com/sources/info/11446/><b>Bernama</b></a>]
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Memo Pad 20080325191708
PREMIUM AIR TRAVEL SAGS Premium traffic, which had been increasing robustly around the world in recent years, “is now slowing sharply,” said the International Air Transport Association, noting that the number of passengers traveling globally in first- and business-class seats “barely grew” in January compared with January 2007. Premium traffic on the lucrative trans-Atlantic routes grew 5.6 percent in 2007, and was 2.6 percent higher in January compared with January 2007. But that represented slowing compared with December, when trans-Atlantic premium traffic rose 5.7 percent over December 2006. Premium traffic to and from the Middle East continued to grow unabated, with a 20.6 percent increase last year, the international airline trade group said. Continental Airlines has announced a sharp reduction in 60-day advance-purchase business-class fares to Europe for the summer. Here’s a sample round-trip fare: Newark-London Heathrow, $1,798 plus taxes and fees.
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Paper Airline Tickets About to Get Even More Rare. 20080312065426
Paper airline tickets are heading for extinction abroad, and they&rsquo;re becoming increasingly rare in the USA. On June 1, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), a trade group representing 240 airlines, will stop providing paper tickets for flights booked by travel agents abroad. In the USA, the Airlines Reporting Corp. (ARC) says that, by the end of this year, more than 99% of airline tickets issued by travel agents will be electronic, or e-tickets...<br /> [in <a href=http://www.newsisfree.com/sources/info/5724/><b>Planenews Aviation Portal</b></a>]
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