IATA

PM Modi to attend IATA’s 81st annual general meeting in New Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the 81st Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Monday at around 5 PM at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. The Prime Minister will also address the global gathering on the occasion. The IATA AGM and World Air Transport Summit (WATS) is being held in India after a gap of 42 years — the last such meeting took place in 1983. This year’s edition, scheduled from 1 to 3 June, brings together over 1,600 par...

June 18, 2024 11:14 PM

EU drafts plan to exempt long-haul flights from new emissions rules

The European Commission has drafted plans to exempt long-haul flights from rules on monitoring their non-CO2 emissions, after international carriers lobbied for an opt-out, documents showed. The EU is developing plans to require airlines to track and report their contribution to climate change from January 2025 - not only from carbon dioxide, but also soot, nitrogen oxides and water vapour. Airlines' non-CO2 emissions have at least as important an impact on global warming as their CO2 output, ...