Opinion Pieces

IATA regularly addresses governments, industry stakeholders or the press directly, advocating IATA's positions on various aviation-related issues. Below is a selection of the latest interventions of IATA's Director General & CEO and other IATA executives.

• US elected leaders urged to act to address impacts on air travel from government shutdown (pdf)
  Letter from industry and other organizations in response to US government shutdown (January 2019)
  
• An Aviation Agenda to Propel Brazil’s Economic Recovery (pdf)
  Commentary by A. de Juniac published in Correio Braziliense (December 2018)
  
• Flygindustrins branschchef tonar ner hotet: Flygandet dubbleras (pdf)
  Commentary by A. de Juniac published in Svenska Dagbladet (November 2018)
  
• Le transport aérien aux prises avec des problèmes de croissance (pdf)
  Commentary by A. de Juniac published in La Presse (October 2018)
  

• Future of business travel (pdf)
  Commentary by A. de Juniac published in Berlingske Media (September 2018)
  
• Facing headwinds (pdf)
  Commentary by A. de Juniac published in Fortune Magazine (September 2018)
  
• Passengers also have a role to play for better aviation safety (pdf)
  Commentary by A. de Juniac published in Business Times Singapore (August 2018)
• Unlocking economics benefits from aviation in Africa (pdf)
  Commentary by A. de Juniac published in Aviation Magazine (June 2018)
  
• CORSIA: A robust, workable and fair solution for aviation carbon emissions (pdf)
  Commentary by A. de Juniac published in ICAO Journal (June 2018)
  
• Dyrektor generalny IATA Alexandre de Juniac: Chopina nikt nie zamknie (pdf)
  Commentary by A. de Juniac published in Rzeczpospolita (June 2018)
  
• Mexico City Needs a New Airport (pdf)
  Commentary by A. de Juniac published in El Universal (May 2018)
•  Curbing Unruly Behavior Onboard (pdf)
  Commentary by A. de Juniac published in Aviation World (March-April 2018)
• Ce que conseille Alexandre de Juniac (IATA) pour les Assises du transport aérien (pdf)
  Commentary by A. de Juniac published in La Tribune (March 2018)
• Laying the foundations​(pdf)
  Commentary by A. de Juniac published inThe Financial Express (March 2018)
  
• Infrastructure isCritical forAviation Success(pdf)
  Commentary by A. de Juniac published in TheBusiness Standard(March 2018)
  
• Singapore Airshow 2018:Airport infrastructure is the starting and ending point of every journey
  Commentary by A. de Juniac published in TheBusiness Times (February 2018)
  
• Unlocking economic benefits from aviation in Africa (pdf)
  Commentary by A. de Juniac published in 'AllAfrica, Ethiopian Reporter, New Times (Rwanda), New Telegraph - Wole Shadare' South Africa, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Nigeria (December 2017)
  
• Harnessing Air Transport’s Economic Benefits in Brazil (pdf)
  Commentary by A. de Juniac published in 'Valor Economico’ Brazil (December 2017)
  
• Privatization - a note of caution
  Commentary by A.de Juniac published in the Saudi Gazette (21 July 2017)
• Safety, Sustainability and Security(pdf)
  Commentary by A.de Juniac published on‘The Economic Times’ India (30 June 2017)
• Letter on the Need to Control Excessive Costs of Heathrow Runway 3(pdf)
  Published in "The Times" newspaper (May 2017)
• Enhancing Security Through Global Partnership (pdf)
  Commentary by Matthew Vaughan in The Security Review (May 2017)
• Unanswered Questions on Security(pdf)
  Commentary by Nick Careen published in Arabian Business (May 2017)
• Asia's Infrastructure Challenge (pdf)
  Commentary published in The Business Times (Feb 2016)
• IATA supports the modernization and corporatization of the US ATC system (pdf)
  Letter from Tony Tyler to US Congressional Committee (Feb 2016)
• API Data Drive Air Travel Efficiency and Supports Cross Border Security (pdf)
  Commentary published in Curacao Chronicle and Dutch Caribbean News (Jan 2016)
• Asia's Aviation Infrastructure Challenge - Commentary by Tony Tyler (pdf)
  Commentary published in the Nikkei Asian Review (Sept 2015)
• Unlocking the Value of Aviation in the Caribbean (pdf)
  Commentary published in Caribbean360 and Curacao Chronicle (July 2015)
• Flying Together (pdf)
  Commentary published in The Hindu Business Line (May 2015)
• Guatemala no debería perder la oportunidad de proteger a los pasajeros... (pdf)
  Commentary published in Prensa Libre (April 2015)
• Aviation Industry will Benefit from NDC (pdf)
  Commentary published in the International Business Daily (March 2015)