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Europe’s €280 Billion Mistake: Why IATA’s Warning About Aviation Policy Should Be Keeping Tourism Ministers Awake at NightSweden abolished its aviation tax on 1 July 2025, while Germany reduced its air passenger tax from 1 July 2026 to the levels that applied before May 2024.

Europe’s €280 Billion Mistake: Why IATA’s Warning About Aviation Policy Should Be Keeping Tourism Ministers Awake at Night

Published October 16, 2026 by Staff Writer

IATA’s Thomas Reynaert used the Wings of Change Europe conference in Brussels to warn that rising aviation taxes, regulatory complexity and a proposed expansion of the EU Emissions Trading System…

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The Hotel Room at the End of the Flight: IATA–WSHA’s Sustainability PactIATA’s Integrated Sustainability Program (ISP) supports sustainability across airline operations and their supply chains. Airlines face growing expectations from regulators, investors and corporate customers around environmental management, social responsibility and sustainability reporting.

The Hotel Room at the End of the Flight: IATA–WSHA’s Sustainability Pact

Published October 14, 2026 by Staff Writer

Signed at the Fourth World Sustainability Symposium in Brussels, the agreement between IATA and the World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance aims to align aviation and hotel sustainability standards through procurement. It…

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SAF’s 0.8% Problem: Why Aviation’s Green Fuel Struggle Matters for TourismIATA expects global Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production to reach around 2.4 million tonnes (Mt) in 2026, up from 1.9 Mt in 2025 and 1 Mt in 2024. On its own, that looks like meaningful progress: production has more than doubled in two years.

SAF’s 0.8% Problem: Why Aviation’s Green Fuel Struggle Matters for Tourism

Published September 28, 2026 by Staff Writer

Global Sustainable Aviation Fuel production is expected to reach 2.4 million tonnes in 2026, just 0.8% of aviation fuel use, as IATA warns that policy sequencing, financing, infrastructure and economics…

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Digital Visas, Analog Problems: Why Airlines Still Struggle to Verify eVisasWriting for the IATA Opinions Blog, Harry Grewal, IATA’s Director of Airports, Infrastructure & Customer Experience, poses a deceptively simple question that most travellers — and perhaps even some tourism marketers — rarely consider: when a passenger arrives at check-in with a valid passport, a confirmed ticket and an eVisa, how does the airline actually know that the eVisa is genuine and valid?

Digital Visas, Analog Problems: Why Airlines Still Struggle to Verify eVisas

Published September 18, 2026 by Staff Writer

More than 100 countries now issue eVisas, but IATA says the systems airlines use to verify them remain fragmented — creating a costly gap between governments approving digital travel authorisations…

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When Aviation Talks Decarbonisation, Tourism Should Be Listening: IATA Brings Its Sustainability Summit to BrusselsMarie Owens Thomsen, IATA’s Senior Vice President Sustainability and Chief Economist, captured the challenge: “the challenge is constrained not by ambition but by the pace at which interdependent solutions can be developed and scaled.”

When Aviation Talks Decarbonisation, Tourism Should Be Listening: IATA Brings Its Sustainability Summit to Brussels

Published September 2, 2026 by Staff Writer

With airfares, route viability and destination access increasingly tied to the industry’s ability to scale cleaner fuels, October’s summit in the EU capital is as much a tourism story as…

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History at 35,000 Feet: What Saadia Zahidi’s Appointment as IATA’s First Female Director General Means for Aviation, Tourism, and the Future of Global MobilityZahidi holds a BA in Economics from Smith College, an MPhil in International Economics from The Graduate Institute, and an MPA from Harvard University. She holds Swiss and Pakistani nationalities.

History at 35,000 Feet: What Saadia Zahidi’s Appointment as IATA’s First Female Director General Means for Aviation, Tourism, and the Future of Global Mobility

Published July 27, 2026 by Staff Writer

After 82 years, IATA has appointed its first female Director General. Saadia Zahidi’s appointment marks a historic first and a strategic shift for the future of global aviation and tourism.…

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