Air Transport News.IATA IATA International Air Transport Association, which sets the rules for air transport, including those concerning air transport of animals. director general and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Giovanni Bisignani Giovanni Bisignani is the Director General of the International Air Transport Association, appointed in 2002. Bisignani is the former chairman of Italy's flagship airline Alitalia. was the guest speaker at the Aviation Club last week. In a robust and thoroughly entertaining speech, he attacked European mainland airports for their double-digit charge increases between 2001 and 2004 - Paris airports +44%, Stockholm +35%, Amsterdam +34%, Munich +26% and the Spanish airports +24%. Manchester and Birmingham both came in for praise reducing costs per passenger by 38% and 13% respectively. The diminutive di·min·u·tive adj. 1. Extremely small in size; tiny. See Synonyms at small. 2. Grammar Of or being a suffix that indicates smallness or, by semantic extension, qualities such as youth, familiarity, affection, or and highly experienced Italian noted that IATA was taking the French government to court and asking for a European directive on the efficient National Regulation of Europe's airport monopolies. He also debunked some persistent myths, noting that domestic aviation was included in the Kyoto agreement and that air transport contributes only a small part of global CO2 emissions at 2%. He pointed air transport also supports 8% of the global economic activity, fuel efficiency has improved 20% over the last decade and when it comes to paying tax on fuel, he highlighted that airlines pay when they land, when they fly and when they park, a totally different scenario compared with road and rail transport. http://www.iata.org Apr 30, 2006 U.S. prepares for Farnborough International Airshow 2006 Farnborough International Limited, organiser of the Farnborough International Airshow has announced that the U.S. aerospace industry is making a strong showing across the board at the Farnborough International Airshow 2006 (17-23 July). Apr 28, 2006 Open skies agreement The Open Skies Agreement is a recently negotiated treaty between the United States and the European Union. The agreement will allow any European or U.S. airline to fly any route between any city in the EU and any city in the United States. between the UK and Canada signed last week offers virtually unlimited passenger and cargo flights to and from third countries to UK carriers via Canada and to Canadian airlines Canadian Airlines International Ltd. was, from 1987 until 2001, Canada's second largest airline after Air Canada, carrying more than 11.9 million passengers to over 160 destinations in 17 countries on five continents at its height in 1996. via the UK. Under the new bilateral, Canadian and British carriers will face no restrictions on how they set prices when carrying traffic through their own country's cities to the third country. More than 2 million passengers fly annually between Canada and the UK. At least 12 airlines operate between more than nine Canadian cities and eight cities in the UK, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Canadian Ministry of Transport. The agreement comes into effect Sept. 1. Apr 25, 2006 |
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