Aviation sector to grow marginally in near future - IATA

On arrival at airports, travelers will present a health certificate and undergo an initial temperature check

At IATA, Mikosz will lead the organization’s global advocacy activities and aero-political policy development.

The blow to African airlines could be as much as $40 million, IATA’s special envoy to Africa, Raphael Kuuchi, said at an aviation conference in Addis

Airlines on Tuesday called on governments to voluntarily sign up to a global deal designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from aviation, saying they would have preferred a "more ambitious" timeline.

Today, low-cost carriers control an estimated 25 per cent of the global aviation market, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

Payments for air travel must be in cash in new changes informed by massive defaults by companies. This is after the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the global umbrella body for airlines, made some changes in its payment cycles requiring air-ticketing agents to remit their money in 15 days.

International Air Transport Association (IATA), the global umbrella body for airlines, has announced new changes in payment cycles for air tickets purchased from travel agents in Kenya.

It comes as a disappointing revelation that the United States has filed an advisory with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) that the Kenyan airspace is unsafe.

Yesterday's announcement of massive losses by the national carrier Kenya Airways has rekindled calls for African governments to scrap protectionist policies to give a lifeline to the continent's major airlines.

An insurance scam has hit some air ticketing agents. According to reports from the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA), Saham Insurance could have paid out Sh239 million to a policyholder in what goes down as one of the highest fraudulent claims, it has emerged.

Africa stands to earn about Sh127.4 billion annually if it opens its air space by entering mutually beneficial international agreements, a trade association of the world’s airlines has said.

African governments must remove taxes on aviation fuel to create jobs, help carriers grow and make air travel more affordable, the chief executive of the industry's worldwide trade body said on Tuesday.