Articles tagged “iata”

Let's hope that Tyler's future replacement--whoever she or he might be--will share views on gender diversity and add fostering gender diversity to the many industry agendas the Association supports.

Airlines are getting better at managing themselves as businesses, and the result is showing up on their bottom lines. But some of these gains come from consolidation, and are limited to the U.S.. On the whole, airlines are always vulvernable to reversals from changes in policy, fuel costs, or events they can't predict.

Recent tragic incidents have affected tourism around the world, but IATA's overall growth numbers reflect the public's continued desire to travel.

Traditional full-service airlines are an endangered species in the skies, and have been for decades, as industry consolidation proves. But a passenger perception gap still threatens the business. The legacy airlines remaining must focus on better brand definition to improve passenger satisfaction, if they are to survive.

Passengers like to have nice cabin environments, but they don't seem willing to reward airlines for offering them. It would appear, most often, that passengers choose airlines based on affordable fares and convenient routes. As IATA’s Tony Tyler said, you get what you pay for.

We have to agree that there's no such thing as a free lunch, especially not on a plane. Airlines need to turn a healthy profit--and keep investors happy--to pay for product and service improvements. Even so, just saying everything is better doesn't make it so. Airlines will need to work on changing negative passenger perceptions, rather than pretending them away.

More passengers will be flying twenty years from now than ever in aviation's history, with projections more than doubling today's passenger numbers. Upscaling the aviation industry to meet this unprecedented demand will require new and more efficient processes, and greater investments in technology.

Orbital space is just as complicated as airspace. There are a lot of a lot expensive satellites overhead, owned by governments and corporations, launched for their own intended uses. Even so, all of those people fly, so setting a little room aside to keep aviation safe seems like a good idea.

It's impossible to make baggage rules when the target is moving.