Aerospace Diary

Neelam Mathews March 26, 2013 At the Aviation Day organised jointly by IATA, GMR and CII today, even as Tony Tyler, DG and CEO of IATA - his third speech in India in less than a year- spoke about the need for infrastructure and a cut in high taxation rates, there was many a slip between the cup and the lip of our civil aviation minister, Ajit Singh.  I'm trying not to be cynical, but cetainly noticed some urgent issues dodged. "Navi Mumbai development may not be done as envisaged...." Really? That should be news to those waiting for years for it to happen! "Juhu Airport Upgradation (is being planned)." Since when? Given that the runway size has been decreased, now being used only by helicopters (possibly due to lobbying by the land lobby? We could not confirm this). And the always-soon-to-be released Civil Aviation Policy? Mr Tyler, however noble your thoughts may be, the question is, does this minister, or even the minister before him, really wan...

Neelam Mathews An amiable and sporting IATA DG Tony Tyler at the recent 56th Assembly of Presidents held by AAPA in KL recently. Photo Credit- Jamie

Neelam Mathews Nov 13, 2012 As Aerospace Diary had reported from the AAPA conference in KL last week that “something surprising” was to be announced by the EU on ETS, it has happened. It has been decided to suspend the EU-ETS missions Trading System (ETS) for flights into and out of Europe for a period of one year to allow time for ICAO to finalize a global scheme. "The Commission’s pragmatic decision clearly recognizes the progress that has been made towards a global solution for managing aviation’s carbon emissions by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO),” said Tony Tyler, IATA’s Director General and CEO. EU Commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard said: "The EU has always been very clear: nobody wants an international framework tackling CO2-emissions from aviation more than we do. Our EU legislation is not standing in the way of this. On the contrary, our regulatory scheme was adopted after having waited many years for ICAO to prog...

AIN AIR TRANSPORT PERSPECTIVE  »  OCTOBER 8, 2012 by    NEELAM MATHEWS IATA director general Tony Tyler used last month’s Central Asian aviation safety summit in Kazakhstan to criticize the European Union’s policy of “blacklisting” all operators from specific countries that it considers to have inadequate safety regulation. October 8, 2012, 10:40 AM The European Union’s so-called safety blacklist, which bans carriers from specified countries deemed to have inadequate safety regulation standards, has been condemned as “misguided” by Tony Tyler, director general and  CEO  of the International Air Transport Association ( IATA ). During last month’s Central Asian summit on aviation safety, Tyler highlighted the bans on summit host Kazakhstan and its neighbor Kyrgyzstan. Carriers from these countries are banned from operating in  EU  airspace, with the partial exception of Kazakhstan’s Air Astana, which can operate...

Neelam Mathews in Astana Sept 12, 2012 IATA Chief Tony Tyler and Peter Foster, CEO of Air Astana, share a connection going back to their Cathay days and what better occasion than the IATA Aviation Day being celebrated in Astana, to get together for a song? Tyler was in his element as he fixed the strings on a local version of a guitar presented to him by Foster. As IATA restructures around the world, closing many offices, last month, IATA opened an office in Astana keeping in mind the importance of the Central Asian market, said Tyler. He promised IATA would play an important role in the market.

Neelam Mathews March 18, 2012 At the Hyderabad air show, even as the IATA DG Tony Tyler was unwilling to share what was on the agenda for discussion with airlines and government officials he was meeting in Delhi on March 16, he did say: “India is a concern on the viability…”  Aerospace Diary could not confirm what discussions were held regarding Jet Airways and BSP. Recently, it was reported that IATA was asked to deposit Jet Airways' collections from its settlement systems directly to the government to recover pending tax dues. “The Indian tax authority had served IATA with a garnishment for the amounts owed to the tax authorities by Jet Airways," IATA spokesman Albert Tjoeng said in an email to Reuters.  Speaking exclusively to Aerospace Diary, Tyler said: “We will obey the law and if legally (required), are obliged in future to do according to the law.” Kingfisher was the topic of discussion as Tyler told a group of media persons when questioned on the pullout...