KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — Aviation industry players are ramping up collaborations to tackle the ‘new normal’ in the day-to-day operations of the industry, as well as reviving the people’s confidence in air travel while simultaneously ensuring their safety.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — The demand for global air freight has dropped by 27.7 per cent in April compared to the same period in 2019, the sharpest fall ever recorded, revealed the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — Governments are urged to quickly implement the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO’s) global guidelines for restoring air connectivity, said the International Air Transport Association (IATA) director-general and chief executive officer Alexandre de Juniac.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has published a roadmap, which outlines its proposed temporary layered approach to biosecurity for re-starting passenger flights amid the Covid-19 crisis.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — Low-cost airline, AirAsia Bhd is studying the possibility of increasing its airfares in the future, following the implementation of the conditional movement control order (CMCO).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 — The International Air Transport Association (IATA) supports the wearing of face coverings for passengers and masks for the crew while on board aircraft as a critical part of a layered approach to biosecurity to be implemented temporarily when people return to travelling by air.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — Malindo Airways Sdn Bhd's Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) registration has been renewed for another two-year term, starting today until June 3, 2022.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 — Malaysia is among the priority countries in Asia Pacific that need to take action to support local airlines to survive the Covid-19 pandemic as the impact on the industry worsens, says the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 — The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on governments to work with the industry on confidence-boosting measures in the face of an anticipated slow recovery in demand for air travel.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 15 — The Covid-19 crisis will see airline passenger revenues dropping by US$314 billion in 2020, a 55 per cent decline compared to 2019, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in its latest updated analysis on the sector.

[caption id="attachment_205142" align="aligncenter" width="900"] The global passenger traffic for 2019 had increased by 4.2 per cent year-on-year.