With IATA DG and CEO Tony Tyler to retire from the position later this year, the 72nd AGM has a particularly important item on its agenda: confirming a successor who can integrate the often differing interests of the members while promoting key interests of the industry as a whole in front of the world’s governments and other stakeholders.
We spoke to Brussels Airport CEO Bernard Gustin a couple of weeks after the March 22 terror attacks, providing insight into what it was like to be there and the consequences for his company.
Emirates, Etihad and Qatar continue to grow their presence in the transatlantic market. The US government has made no public comments of any substance about its position and not set any agenda for Open Skies talks.
The Irish government and the Irish civil aviation authority (IAA) have adopted a more forward-thinking orientation on aviation than most of their, often much larger, counterparts in Europe.
For most Latin American carrier CEOs coming to the IATA AGM, the prosperity of their continental neighbors in North America seems a distant dream. Political instability in two of South America’s largest countries is adding to airlines’ woes in the region, as economic travails continue.
