Worldwide improvement is concentrated in Asia, Latin America Brands, not flags, must guide the industry to profitability, says Iata head Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The airline industry is expected to have an overall loss of $9.4 billion for 2009, according to Iata, the Geneva-based air transport industry organization, which released new figures Thursday 11 March. […]
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Airport body scans prompt objections
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The US began tightening security checks on international flights into the country Monday 4 January, including using more body scans, but the number of voices objecting to the scannerss is growing. Britain’s prime minister, Gordon Brown, Sunday promised to gradually introduce more of the scanners, but privacy and civil liberties […]
Airlines could ease liquids rules in 2 years
See all of GenevaLunch’s articles on the annual airline industry Iata meeting in Geneva 15 December Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The ban on liquids carried onto airplanes could end, but probably not sooner than in two years, says Ken Dunlap, director of security for North America at Iata (International Air Transport Association). Dunlap was talking […]
Costs to air passengers in holding pattern in 2009
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – “In 2009 we’ve not seen big tax increases coming through,” says Jeff Poole, director of airport and industry charges and taxation at IATA (International Air Transport Association) in Geneva. Poole says the big worry now is the Copenhagen climate change conference, with the likelihood that with attention focused on the environment, […]