IATA: Air Cargo Recovery Continues in June but at a Slow Pace

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets in June showing improvement, but at a slower pace than some of the traditional leading indicators would suggest. Global demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometers (CTKs*), fell by 17.6% in June (-19.9% for international operations) compared to the previous year. That is a […]

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WTTC responds to UK Government’s decision to revert Spain to its at-risk countries list

WTTC characterizes the quarantine obligation for UK travellers from Spain as disappointing and disastrous. Gloria Guevara, WTTC President & CEO said: “Requiring UK travellers returning from Spain to once again quarantine for 14 days will be hugely disappointing for thousands of UK holidaymakers – and is disastrous for the hard-pressed Travel & Tourism industry, both […]

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IATA: European Aviation Associations and EASA join for harmonised safe air travel during COVID

IATA, European Aviation Associations and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) agreed to strengthen efforts to ensure a consistent and safe travel experience for passengers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated travel restrictions have had a devastating impact on air traffic and put at risk millions of jobs that rely […]

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WTTC warns country-wide border closures could seriously stall global economic recovery

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has warned governments around the world that further country-wide border closures could seriously jeopardise global economic recovery. WTTC is urging authorities to take a more carefully calibrated approach and introduce localised measures, and only when necessary. This would avoid blanket restrictions, prevent stalling the fragile economic recovery and […]

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IATA: Potential Paths for Recovery into the Medium- and Long-run

In its latest report IATA studies and highlights the potential paths for recovery into the medium and long run. Outline: Air traffic has hit a turning point in mid-2020 but remains lower than usual • Baseline forecasts suggest recovery is not expected until 2023 • There remains uncertainty in the outlook and recovery could be […]

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UNWTO: Tourism sector to continue taking action on plastic pollution

Αs countries begin to recover and tourism restarts in a growing number of destinations, the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative, led by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and in collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has provided a plan of action for both public and private sector stakeholders to address the root causes of […]

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ACI EUROPE revises recovery projection to 2024 whilst reporting only marginal traffic increase for June

ACI EUROPE reported that passenger traffic across the European airport network stood at -93% in June compared to the same period last year – a marginal improvement over the previous month (May 2020: -98%). Europe’s airports welcomed only 16.8 million passengers through their doors in June, compared to 240 million in the same month last […]

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Travellers confused by inconsistent COVID-19 travel rules and advice across Europe

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has called for more consistent travel rules and COVID-19 advice by European countries to counter confusion by travellers and holidaymakers. Those journeying to Europe for the first time since travel restrictions began to ease have faced a baffling array of different types of travel rules and advice – […]

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WTM London and Travel Forward ramp up physical and digital activities ahead of ‘recover, rebuild and accelerate’ phase

WTM London and Travel Forward are adding new products to their portfolio, designed to support the flagship three-day events taking place this November at ExCeL London, as the travel industry starts to emerge from the pandemic and prepares to “recover, rebuild and accelerate”. Early this June, WTM London and event venue partner ExCeL London confirmed that the world’s […]

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IATA: Domestic air travel demand shows early signs of recovery

In its latest analysis IATA highlights a slight recovery as far as the domestic flights are concerned related to April’s data.  More specifically: • Industry-wide revenue passenger-kilometres (RPKs) contracted by 91% year-on-year in May, compared to the 94% annual decline observed in the last month. • The slight improvement from the low point in April […]

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