The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that it is establishing a opening a new office in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and preparing for the launch of a Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP) in the country before the end of the year. According to IATA, Uzbekistan is a growing market that is taking a leading position in Central Asia for passenger traffic. The IATA office and BSP...

Director General, Willie Walsh said that with tight capacity and thin margins, air fares are already rising, and the capacity deployment is also adjusting, particularly for traffic to, from, or through the Middle East, or in areas where fuel supply is an issue. Capacity growth scheduled for March, has eased to 3.3% from earlier predictions of over 5%.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released its Long Term Demand Projections (LTDP) for air travel, showing that global air passenger demand is expected to more than double by 2050. Under the mid-range scenario, demand is forecast to reach 20.8 trillion revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs), based on a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.1% (2024-2050) from the 9 trillion RPK...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for January 2026 global passenger demand. Total demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPK), was up 3.8% compared to January 2025. Total capacity, measured in available seat kilometers (ASK), increased 3.5% year-on-year. The load factor was 82.0% (+0.2 ppt compared to January 2025), a record high for January...

SITA has launched Advance Flight Delay Notification API to give airlines and airports earlier visibility of potential delays, allowing teams to act sooner and limit disruption before it escalates. The financial impact of late intervention is already significant. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) estimates that air traffic flow management delays in Europe alone have cost...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) will hold the 2026 edition of the World Legal Symposium (WLS) from February 17-19, in Warsaw, Poland, hosted by LOT Polish Airlines, under the theme ‘Liability in a Changing World’. Airlines face a variety of enduring and new categories of liability, including their classic insured risks, a host of contemporary compliance areas, such as ESG...

International demand rose 8.5% compared to October 2024. Capacity was up 7.1% year-on-year, and the load factor was 84.6%. Domestic demand increased 3.4% compared to October 2024.

Tourism directly supported by aviation contributes USD 282.9 million to the country’s GDP, while international tourists to Uzbekistan are estimated to contribute USD 2 billion annually to the wider economy through the purchase of goods and services from local businesses.

With this Memorandum of Understanding, EASA and IATA aim to explore participation in the Flight Emissions Label by aligning processes for label issuance use cases for airlines in a cost-effective way.

The signatories highlight the need for global solutions, emphasizing that ICAO remains the exclusive forum for addressing international aviation emissions. The signatories caution against fragmented or unilateral measures, stressing that only a unified approach can deliver effective climate results for the sector.