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Airlines Chief Says Jet Manufacturers Need To Deliver

World airlines are "cautiously optimistic" for 2025, the industry body's head told AFP on Tuesday, while slamming the big plane manufacturers for not delivering new aircraft fast enough.

International Business Times

Air Passenger Numbers To Top Five Billion In 2025: IATA

Air passenger numbers are forecast to top five billion for the first time next year and the sector's revenues will break the trillion-dollar barrier, the global aviation body IATA said on Tuesday.

International Business Times

Will a single European airspace cure air traffic control woes – and cut CO2?

Better integration would help reduce delays, but despite airline backing there are legal and political problems

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Frustration In The Air: Boeing Delays Hang Over Aviation Meet

Headline projections of nearly five billion passengers and close to $1 trillion in revenues this year, both records, were reasons for celebration at the IATA annual general meeting in Dubai.

International Business Times

Ex-BA boss: drop green aviation policies if costs outweigh benefits

Willie Walsh, now boss of Iata, also calls for more investment in sustainable aviation fuels

The Guardian - UK

Singapore Airlines death: Is climate change making air turbulence worse?

Experts say climate change is expected to make incidents of turbulence worse for air travellers.

Al Jazeera

False GPS Signal Surge Makes Life Hard For Pilots

False GPS signals that deceive on-board plane systems and complicate the work of airline pilots are surging near conflict zones, industry employees and officials told AFP. A ground collision alert sounds in the cockpit, for instance, even though the plane is flying at high altitude -- a phenomenon affecting several…

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‘A cut-and-paste budget’: UK businesses attack lack of help from chancellor

Hospitality trade says chancellor failed to help save sector with VAT cut, while travel industry laments air duty rise

The Guardian - UK

Record Passengers As Airline Industry Recovers From Pandemic

Airlines should carry a record number of passengers next year as the sector puts the Covid-19 pandemic behind it, the industry's top trade association said Wednesday, although profitability remains a concern.

International Business Times

Air traffic control chaos: how human error can lead a tiny glitch to spiral out of control

Several thousand passengers were stranded at airports, hotels and connection depots following the recent system-wide glitch of the UK air traffic control systems. Some passengers were told of flight cancellations in advance, so they could make alternative travel plans.

The Conversation

Airlines call for compensation reform after ‘staggering’ air chaos revelation

Industry expects to lose £100m over the air traffic control failure and wants Nats to contribute

The Guardian - UK

UK air traffic control failure: what caused it, and who will have to pay?

We look at what lies behind hundreds of thousands of people having their flights cancelled or delayed

The Guardian - UK

An ‘unusual piece of data’ caused flight chaos – air traffic control boss

Many UK holidaymakers are stranded overseas after around 2,000 flights were cancelled because of the issue.

The Independent UK

UK air traffic chaos: easyJet lays on flights for stranded customers

Failure blamed on ‘dodgy’ flight plan by unnamed carrier could cost airlines £100m

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The Independent UK

Incorrect data hitting air traffic control ‘demonstrates huge weakness’ – Walsh

The director-general of global airline body the International Air Transport Association described the failure as ‘staggering’.

Manchester Evening News

Experts have identified one UK airport as the worst in Europe for air traffic control delays

It's suffering more flight delays than any other major European airport

The Independent UK

Gatwick ‘worst-performing European airport for air traffic control delays’

The director-general of global airline body the International Air Transport Association said the West Sussex airport was suffering ‘severe impacts’.

The Guardian - UK

Airlines hope that sustainable fuels will propel them to a guilt-free future

Could a normal jet engine really be net zero? Aviation executives certainly seem to hope it can, but others have doubts

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The Guardian - UK

International air fares likely to keep rising, says aviation group

Passengers can expect to pay more as carriers turn to ‘greener’ fuel to meet emissions targets, warns Iata

Bangkok Post

Air travel to soar near record in 2023: industry group

ISTANBUL: Airlines will return to profit and fly a near-record 4.35 billion passengers this year, but the sector's post-pandemic recovery remains fragile, an industry group said on Monday.

The Guardian - UK

Airlines on course for near-record revenues of $803bn in 2023, says Iata

Willie Walsh denies fares are excessive, saying margins remain ‘wafer thin’ despite profit forecast doubling

Evening Standard

Heathrow reports busiest January since Covid but new strikes loom over Easter getaway

Over 5.4 million people used London’s main airport in January

Irish Mirror

Irish expert explains travel changes to cope with rising Covid infections in China

"A lot of Irish people concerned"

Al Jazeera

Airline trade body slams COVID rules on travellers from China

Criticism from International Air Transport Association comes as EU weighs bloc-wide rules on arrivals from China.

The Independent UK

EU moving toward joint measures to face China COVID crisis

European Union nations are fine-tuning a coordinated response to China’s COVID-19 crisis and are zeroing in on travel restrictions that would upset both Beijing and the global airline industry

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