Rwandair Hosts AFRAA For The CEOs Dialogues Session The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) Secretary General, Mr. Abdérahmane Berthé, met RwandAir Chief Executive Officer – Ms. Yvonne Manzi Makolo and RwandAir Leadership at RwandAir Headoffice in Kigali, Rwanda for the “AFRAA Member Airline CEOs Leadership Dialogues”. This meeting marks the second edition of the AFRAA CEO Dialogues for 2023. The CEO …
IATA Pressures Nigeria To Release Airlines’ Blocked Funds, As Emirates Announces Stoppage Of Nigerian Flights
By Roland Ohaeri The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on the Nigerian government to prioritize the release of airline funds to forestall stoppage of more airlines’ flights and the negative impact on the Nigerian economy. IATA made this charge as Emirates announced that it will stop flight services to Lagos and Abuja in Nigeria from September 1, …
IATA Launches AVSEC Insight Platform to Help Manage Business Security Risks
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the launch of AVSEC Insight, an online platform offering users a comprehensive range of timely, open-source, information to aid in identifying potential security risks and threats to their operations and businesses. “Monitoring risks is both difficult and time-consuming, particularly for airlines with international operations. Adding destinations means more intelligence collection and monitoring is …
Incentives Needed To Increase SAF Production, 30 Billion Litre Tipping Point Possible By 2030
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called for governments to urgently put in place large-scale incentives to rapidly expand the use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) as aviation pursues its commitment to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. To fulfill aviation’s net-zero commitment, current estimates are for SAF to account for 65% of aviation’s carbon mitigation in 2050. That …
Three Vital Pandemic Lessons for Governments to Restore Public Confidence
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for governments to apply the lessons learned from the dismantling of global connectivity in response to COVID-19 to ensure that future global health threats can be effectively managed without closing borders. The World Health Organization (WHO) long advised that border closures are not an effective means of managing a global pandemic. Evidence observed …
Mehmet Tevfik Nane New Chair of the IATA Board
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that Pegasus Airlines Vice-Chairperson of the Board (Managing Director) Mehmet Tevfik Nane has assumed his duties as Chair of the IATA Board of Governors (BoG) for a one-year term, effective from the conclusion of the 78th IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Doha, Qatar on 21 June. Nane is the 80th chair …
ICAO Assembly Must Adopt Long Term Aspirational Goal To Decarbonize Aviation
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for governments to adopt a Long Term Aspirational Goal to decarbonize aviation at the 41st Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) later this year. The call came at the 78th IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit (WATS) where airlines are mapping out the pathway to the industry’s …
IATA Launches IATA CO2 Connect In Support Of Industry Sustainability Commitment
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched IATA CO2 Connect, an online tool that provides the most accurate CO2 emission calculations for any given commercial passenger flight. IATA CO2 Connect responds to the growing demand for CO2 data transparency linked to airline-specific and actual fuel burn information and load factors. This sets it apart from theoretical data models that …
IATA Laments $1b Blocked Airline Funds In Africa, Tasks Nigeria, Ethiopia, Others To Release Funds
The 78th Annual General Assembly of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) kicked off in Doha, Qatar June 19, with a fervent call by Mr. Kamil Alawadhi, IATA Regional Vice President for Africa and Middle East (AME), for the African States to expedite the release of airlines’ funds still trapped in their jurisdictions. Mr. Alawadhi lamented that “blocked funds remain …
Aviation Leaders Assemble In Doha For IATA’s 78th AGM
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that leaders of the global aviation industry are gathering in Doha, Qatar, for the 78th IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit (WATS), with Qatar Airways as the host airline. The event (19-21 June) attracts the industry’s most senior leaders from among IATA’s 290 member airlines, as well as …








