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News & articles from International Airport Review covering The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the trade association for the world’s airlines

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Demand growth slows

2 July 2012 | By IATA

IATA announced global traffic results for May showing a general downward trend in line with deteriorating global economic conditions...

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China to build 70 airports by 2015

14 June 2012 | By Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC)

China will build 70 new airports within the next three years, as part of ambitious expansion plans in the industry despite an economic slowdown...

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Continued handling of the A380

6 June 2012 | By Mark Glover, Commissioning Editor, International Airport Review

Five years after its maiden flight, the Airbus A380 continues to grow its operations around the world. Key to the aircraft’s smooth consolidation with airports was Airbus’ early involvement with ground handlers. In this special interview, Mark Glover from International Airport Review spoke to two of Airbus’ key figures in…

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Being safe on the ground

6 June 2012 | By Günther Mätschnigg, IATA Senior Vice President, Safety, Operations and Infrastructure

Although the role of ground handling is fundamental to safe and reliable airline operations, historically it has not received as much attention as other areas of the business that directly influence revenues and costs. This may be owing to a number of factors. When airlines did everything in-house, the need…