The International Air Transport Association estimates sustainable aviation fuel production to reach at least 300 million liters in 2022, about triple the 100 million liters produced in 2021. Some calculations have that figure reaching 450 million liters, according to IATA. Those figures still are a fraction of the amount needed to help airlines achieve their … Read more
Global air passenger traffic in September continued recovering, with year-over-year increases for both domestic and international demand, according to the International Air Transport Association. There also was a slight bump in total global traffic to 73.8 percent of 2019 levels, compared with 73.7 percent in August 2022. Total September traffic, as measured in revenue passenger … Read more
Passenger traffic in July remained strong, with both domestic and international segments showing year-over-year gains and continuing improvement compared with 2019 levels, according to the International Air Transport Association. Total July traffic, measured in revenue passenger kilometers, was up 58.8 percent year over year. This figure represents a 74.6 percent recovery of pre-pandemic levels, improving … Read more
Oman Air has implemented the International Air Transport Association’s Pay service in India via a partnership with travel technology firm TPConnects. Sales agents in India now can select the IATA Pay service as an option when buying tickets and ancillary products through Oman Air’s New Distribution Capability channel. TPConnects, in which Flight Centre Travel Group took … Read more
For the first time since January 2020, the industrywide airline passenger load factor in June 2022 was above 80 percent, according to the International Air Transport Association. June load factor increased 12.9 percentage points year over year to 82.4 percent. Both domestic and international passenger load factors were above 80 percent—domestic at 81.1 percent and … Read more