The major U.S. airlines are taking steps to comply with a directive from the Biden administration ordering large federal contractors to vaccinate their employees by Dec. 8. 

Financial losses across the world’s airlines are expected to total $201 billion for the pandemic-struck years of 2020-2022, IATA said at its 2021 AGM in Boston.

Argentina’s flag-carrier Aerolineas Argentinas believes domestic demand is recovering at a steady clip, and domestic traffic could inch closer to 2019 levels early in 2022.

IATA has given its members a new sustainability target of achieving net zero emissions by the year 2050 despite the opposition of its Chinese airline members. 

An added benefit of IATA’s first in-person annual general meeting (AGM) since 2019 is airlines across all business models can come together to trade stories about riding the waves of the pandemic. 

IATA called on governments from around the world to remove travel restrictions for vaccinated passengers, arguing that “wildly inconsistent” entry requirements have stalled the global air transport industry’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Ethiopian Airlines CEO tells Aviation Daily how the carrier is expanding with subsidiaries in Africa to bolster its Addis Ababa hub.

The airlines, which have existing approvals from regulators to operate a joint business until March 2023, will seek re-authorization to continue the core elements of the partnership until 2028.