20th May, 2009
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France has obtained the approbation of IATA for its One-Stop Security. Nearly most European countries have implemented One-Stop Security to reduce security hassles for all passengers arriving from another European airport. Moreover, passengers that have already been screened at an European airport do not need to be screened a second time when making flight connections. Furthermore, Lyon airport and Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in France have already started implementing One-Stop Security. IATA forecasts that with One-Stop Security in France, it will have an impact on about 6 million passengers. Thus, France will be able to save about US $30 million a year without compromising the quality of the security being applied. In addition, after IATA approve France’s application for One-Stop Security, ICAO is looking forward to promote the concept of One-Stop Security on an international level.
Source: IATA
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5th May, 2009
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IATA has established an outreach program for the airlines against swine influenza. The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided that airlines should pass on phase 5. Moreover, the airlines are undertaking for a pandemic awareness plan. However, IATA is working in partnership with WHO to realise the awareness program for the airlines in preparing guidance documents on the staff of airlines such as cabin crew, maintenance crew, cleaners team and baggage handlers. IATA awareness for airlines confirmed that airlines are already equipped for this kind of situation and the measures are already in place to ensure that passengers are safe. For instance, modern aircraft have systems such as air filtration similar to those in hospitals. However, airlines are regularly disinfected and the crews are trained in procedures for handling cases where the passengers could get sick on board of aircrafts. Moreover, the airlines had already put in place an awareness plan against avian influenza in order to efficiently handle the growing situation following the WHO recommendations.
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15th April, 2009
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The national airline of Qatar, Qatar Airways based at Doha has joined up with IATA so as to initiate the Passenger Friendly Environmental Programme i.e. the Global Carbon Offset Trading Scheme. However, passengers flying with Qatar Airways can decide while booking their air tickets, whether they would like to pay an additional fee to offset the carbon footprint for the particular flight being taken. Thus, if passengers flying with Qatar Airways choose to do so, they will be bound to a carbon offset website where the IATA system will calculate the carbon footprint for the specific region being booked. Moreover, Qatar Airways passengers will be able to then select from a range of named international environmental projects they wish to support with the extra they contributed.
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