Air Travel Growth Continues in February

Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced continued strong growth in air travel demand, based on February 2023 traffic results.  Read more: https://go.updates.iata.org/webmail/123902/1541845629/221d7ebc3f1ee6bc107cfd68e20df831e51a57b600c5b807e5941c46823ece3d

European 2023 delays must be tackled now

Most notably in Europe there were significant delays and capacity constraints at key airports. According to Eurocontrol, there was a 33% increase in arrival delays compared with 2019, reaching 16.9 minutes per flight on average. Peak periods easily exceeded that average. Departure punctuality was below 50% at the beginning of July and rarely rose above … Read more

Aviation: 2022 Annual Safety Report published

Bern, 14.03.2023 – The Federal Office for Civil Aviation (FOCA) processed almost 12,000 occurence reports in 2022. These contribute to the ongoing improvement of safety on the ground and in the air. The most recent safety statistics have just been released and published in the 2022 Annual Safety Report. Read more and to see the Annual Safety report … Read more

Zurich Airport key traffic figures February 2023

In February 2023, 1,733,649 passengers passed through Zurich Airport, corresponding to an increase of 77% compared to last year. Passenger levels are 85% of those reached in February 2019. read more: https://www.flughafen-zuerich.ch/newsroom/en/key-traffic-figures-february-2023/

IATA Releases 2022 Airline Safety Performance

Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released its 2022 Safety Report for global aviation. The report showed a reduction in the number of fatal accidents and the fatality risk, compared to 2021 and to the five year average (2018-2022).  From this year, the Safety Report has been re-invented as an online interactive resource rather than … Read more