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The 2026 International Air Transport Association (IATA) Annual General Meeting has just concluded in Rio de Janeiro. With an easily predictable finding: the Gulf War between the United States, Israel, and Iran will have economic consequences on the financial results of airlines more than on their operations. IATA has heavily revised its…

With a net increase of 1.1% in the total number of routes (both within Europe and to the rest of the world), the figure reported by IATA is below the average annual growth rate of 1.5% observed over the last decade. “The growth in airlines’ route networks…”

2026 will once again be a good year for the world's airlines. That's the message from IATA, the International Air Transport Association. Despite a global and economic context that is far from serene, IATA predicts that in 2026 airlines will post a net margin of 3.9 % and overall profits of 41 billion euros...

Updated annually with data from more than 240 international airlines, the WATS report from the international air transport association IATA provides a clearer picture of developments in air transport. IATA analyses geographical factors, supply and demand, aircraft movements and product trends. The report includes a...

Airline bosses are not likely to appreciate the comedy of repetition... No sooner has the increase in the solidarity tax come into force than another levy is being considered by eight countries. Alongside France, this eclectic coalition includes Kenya, Barbados, Spain, Somalia, Benin, the United States and the...

There was a time when Amadeus simply fitted into the "GDS" box, three letters that were enough to sum up its business. Things have changed, however, as the European giant's prerogatives have diversified. Today, Amadeus is best described as a "technological innovator". A mission that is not confined...

Europe is regularly pilloried by the leaders of IATA, the international air transport association. This was certainly the case at the 2025 Annual General Meeting, which has just ended in Delhi. Rafael Schvartzman, Vice-President Regional Europe, condemned the European authorities and their regulations for hampering the growth of air transport. They are making it difficult to...

Delayed delivery of baggage, or at worst its loss, is a source of anxiety for air passengers. And with good reason. According to the 2024 baggage handling report by AirHelp, a travel technology company, 36.1 million units were not delivered correctly in 2023. This, out of a total of 5.2 billion passengers,...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has published its annual safety report for 2024. The industry recorded another year of solid overall safety performance, including improvements on the five-year average for several key parameters. Nevertheless, the association notes a setback compared with the exceptional performance of 2023....

IATA should have been delighted. In 2024, production volumes of sustainable aviation fuel - from SAF - reached 1 million tonnes (1.3 billion litres). This is double the 0.5 million tonnes (600 million litres) produced in 2023. Sustainable aviation fuel thus accounted for 0.3 % of production...

2025 may be less glamorous than expected for airlines. That's the prediction now being made by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Through its outspoken Director General Willie Walsh, the association expects serious supply chain problems to once again affect airline performance...

Speed and simplicity are the values that air passengers place at the top of their list of concerns, reveals the latest IATA study on travellers' needs. This quest for speed, flexibility and convenience is reflected at every stage of air travel, from planning to booking to completion. According to the...

September 2024 seems to have put the Covid episode in air transport behind us for good. It's about time, more than four years after the start of the pandemic. But the publication of the latest data on global passenger demand by IATA, the international air transport association, has given the entire sector cause for optimism. "The high season...

IATA, which is holding its annual general meeting in Dubai, has revised upwards its profitability and traffic estimates for airlines in 2024. In his keynote speech, IATA Director General Willie Walsh analysed the situation as follows: "In a world of many and growing uncertainties, airlines need to be able to respond quickly to the...

The year 2023 saw global air transport amplify its recovery, which began in 2021. Initial figures released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) show that total traffic in 2023, measured in revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs, increased by 36.9 % compared with 2022. Overall, traffic has thus...

For several months now, international airlines have been unable to recover the revenue from the sale of international tickets in Nigeria. The country, which is facing major financial difficulties, is confronted with a shortage of foreign currency. The country is thus blocking the conversion of the local currency, the Naira. But also...

According to IATA's latest forecasts, the air transport industry should return to good health in 2023 and 2024. The airline industry's net profits should reach 25.7 billion dollars in 2024. This would generate a net profit margin of 2.7 %. This is a slight improvement on 2023, when...

Willie Walsh, the Director General of IATA, is not known for speaking out of turn. And for vilifying the institutions that impede the smooth running of air transport. In the crosshairs of the former British Airways CEO: air traffic control. Last month, I expressed my concerns about the performance of air traffic control," he said.

The announced return to profit for the airlines will not translate into a significant reduction in fares. As IATA observes, while the association does predict a possible net profit of 9.8 billion dollars, it complains that profitability remains extremely low per passenger. IATA puts it at USD 2.2 in 2023....

"Africa accounts for 18 % of the world's population, but only 2.1 % of air transport activity (freight and passengers combined). "Focus Africa" aims to close this gap, so that Africa benefits from the connectivity, jobs and growth associated with aviation," explains Willie Walsh, IATA's Director General at the...