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HONG KONG – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released 2014 commercial aviation safety performance.
• The 2014 global jet accident rate (measured in hull losses per 1 million flights) was 0.23, which was the lowest rate in history and the equivalent of one accident for every 4.4 million flights. This was an improvement over 2013 when the global hull loss rate stood at 0.41 (an average of one accident every 2.4 million flights) and also an improvement over the five-year rate (2009-2013) of 0.58 hull loss accidents per million flights jet.
• There were 12 fatal accidents involving all aircraft types in 2014 with 641 fatalities, compared with an average of 19 fatal accidents and 517 fatalities per year in the five-year period (2009-2013).
NEW YORK, NY – Tony Tyler, IATA’s Director General and CEO, spoke at the Aviation Day USA event in New York today, hosted by The Wings Club and IATA.
NEW YORK, NY – Tony Tyler, IATA’s Director General and CEO, spoke at the Aviation Day USA event in New York today, hosted by The Wings Club and IATA. In his remarks, he urged aviation stakeholders to work together to address key issues facing aviation:
• Ensuring the industry’s continued economic viability
• Development of infrastructure to keep up with rising demand for connectivity; and
• Meeting the industry’s environmental commitments
Tyler cited the successful partnership on aviation safety as a template for how industry and governments should cooperate to address these challenges.
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Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) warned today that states are falling behind in their commitments to improve Europe’s notoriously inefficient air traffic management.
Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) warned today that states are falling behind in their commitments to improve Europe’s notoriously inefficient air traffic management. According to the latest independent Performance Review Body (PRB) report and the draft recommendations from the European Commission, states are falling behind in their legislated commitments to deliver improvements in operational, financial and environmental efficiency.
“Everybody agrees that high costs, delays, environmental waste and circuitous routings are not acceptable. But the problems are not going to fix themselves. Airlines have invested in aircraft and technology to operate at the highest levels of efficiency often times ahead of what ANSPs are capable of. And we are ready to help dr