Geneva: Air travellers are most frustrated by the queuing time for security checks, removing shoes and belts, apart from electronic items and liquids from their carry-on bags, a latest IATA study has said. Interestingly, a significant majority of 75 per cent would rather go through a full body scanner than have a full pat down by a security officer, said the survey by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
It further added that a similar number, 73 per cent, of air travellers, respondents were willing to share personal background information with governments in order to speed up security screening. The 2012 survey, released by IATA on Thursday evening, contains responses from nearly 3,000 travelers from 114 countries who had travelled by air in the past 12 months. More than half the respondents had booked their flights themselves, mostly through an airline website.
Keeping these and other important findings in mind, the IATA has come up with several recommendations for airlines, airports and governments to follow to make air travel smoother and hassle-free, said Kenneth Dunlap, IATA's Director (Security & Facilitation).
Among the respondents of the survey, 77 per cent were comfortable to use biometric identification for more convenient airport transit and 71 per cent would prefer to use a self-boarding device at the gate, such as a mobile phone. An even greater majority (86 per cent) were prepared to provide the airline their passport details in advance to allow a smoother journey. While only a quarter of
02:08 PM, Dec 14, 2012
Islamabad: In a new twist to the blasphemy case involving a minor Christian girl, an imam in the Pakistani capital was arrested and remanded to 14-day judicial custody on Sunday for allegedly planting pages of the Quran in her bag and using it to implicate her under the controversial law. Khalid Chishti, the prayer leader of Jamia Aminia mosque in the low-income Mehria Jaffar neighbourhood of Islamabad, was arrested on...
07:38 PM, Sep 02, 2012
New Delhi: India's civil aviation sector was the worst performer globally in July as the domestic passenger traffic contracted 1.1 per cent year-on-year, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Thursday. "After expanding at 20 per cent plus rates through 2010 and early 2011, the Indian market stopped growing at the end of 2011," IATA said, adding that the contraction was due to a combination of many factors, including...
05:21 PM, Aug 30, 2012
Islamabad: The Pakistan government will write to its Indian counterpart to allow the cross-examination of key witnesses in the Mumbai attacks case following a court's rejection of the findings of a judicial commission that visited India to gather evidence, a prosecutor has said. Mohammad Azhar Chaudhry, a special prosecutor of the Federal Investigation Agency, said the Pakistan government will write to Indian authorities regarding the cross-examination of the Indian witnesses...
01:15 PM, Jul 18, 2012
Dubai: Global air traffic showed a general downward trend in May in tow with the deteriorating global economic condition, with Indian domestic traffic recording a meagre year-on-year rise of 0.1 per cent, indicating a slowing demand. According to May results of the International Air Transport Association(IATA), Indian domestic traffic rose just 0.1 per cent year-over-year, but fell 2.7 per cent compared to April. Besides, the average passenger load factor for...
02:57 PM, Jul 03, 2012
Mumbai: Worried over the possibility of its employees dragging the airline management to the Labour Court over non-payment of salaries, Kingfisher Airline Chairman Vijya Mallya has "assured" the staff of paying their January salaries from Wednesday onwards, airline sources said on Monday. "Mallya said in his May 5 communication to the employees that the airline will start remitting January salaries from May 9 onwards," sources told PTI quoting from the...
05:29 PM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday said it will not come to cash-strapped Kingfisher's rescue if legal action is taken against the private airline following the aviation regulator's report on the carrier's operational capability and flight safety. The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is mulling cancellation of the airline's flying permit. The watchdog on Tuesday summoned the carrier's chairman, Vijay Mallya, for a "clear picture" on its day-to-day operations,...
05:12 PM, Mar 21, 2012
New Delhi: Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Tuesday warned cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines that the company is liable for prosecution over unpaid taxes and the onus to save the carrier is on the airline Chairman Vijay Mallya. "The banks will decide if they want to risk loans to Kingfisher," said Ajit Singh even as Mallya and Kingfusher CEO Sanjay Aggarwal met the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) officials to...
06:59 PM, Mar 20, 2012
Geneva: The global aviation industry could run up losses of over USD 5 billion this year if oil prices spike by more than anticipated in light of the tensions building up over Iran's nuclear programme, the industry's trade group said on Tuesday. The International Air Transport Association, or IATA, says it now expects earnings will likely decline to USD 3 billion in 2012. That's down from December's forecast of USD...
05:43 PM, Mar 20, 2012
New Delhi: In another blow to Kingfisher Airlines, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has suspended the carrier from its billing and settlement plan. This means that none of IATA affiliated travel agents across the world will provide services to Kingfisher. The travel agents will not be able to book or sell tickets for Kingfisher Airlines. They have also been told to stop sale and refund already purchased Kingfisher tickets....
10:47 AM, Mar 09, 2012
New Delhi: It couldn't have gotten worse for the people looking to celebrate the festival of colours with their near and dear ones. Crisis-hit Kingfisher Airlines looks set to cancel more flights on Thursday and coming days. On Wednesday, oil companies pulled the plug on supply to the cash-strapped airlines due to non-payment of dues. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) too barred its agents from booking any flights, seriously...
07:06 AM, Mar 08, 2012
Mumbai: The list of woes for Kingfisher Airlines has become longer. Oil companies have stopped fuel supply to the crisis-hit airlines due to non-payment of dues. Sources said negotiations were on. Six Kingfisher flights at Mumbai airport were delayed due to no fuel supply on Wednesday. This came on a day when the International Air Transport Association (IATA) suspended Kingfisher Airlines. It means that the international bookings of the carrier...
09:18 PM, Mar 07, 2012
New Delhi: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Wednesday suspended the Kingfisher Airlines. It means that the international bookings of the carrier will be badly hit. However, according to sources, negotiations between the IATA and the Kingfisher Airlines are under process. Notably, the IATA had warned Kingfisher Airlines earlier as well. The Kingfisher accepted that it could not make the payments that resulted in the temporary suspension, adding that...
04:12 PM, Mar 07, 2012
Geneva: The Eurozone crisis is turning out to be the biggest threat to the profitability of global aviation industry, with airlines in Asia-Pacific expected to post losses worth $ 1.1 billion out of a total industry loss of $ 8.3 billion next year, global airlines body IATA has said. With the European sovereign debt crisis "deteriorating into a renewed banking crisis", the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said in this...
11:59 AM, Dec 08, 2011
This loss is due to the deepening crisis in global air travel. ...
05:36 PM, Jun 08, 2009
Jet Airways earns the distinction of receiving the IATA Operational Safety Audit Registration. ...
10:38 PM, Aug 24, 2006
