Delivering on the Promise of Safety, New Learning Opportunities & Key Hubs

Welcome back! This week we take a look at key hubs for growth and connectivity, upcoming opportunities to develop your skillset, and highlight some of the major topics from the inaugural World Safety and Operations Conference. Let's get to it.

Recognizing 20 Years of Safety Improvements with IOSA

The first 20 years of the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) were marked during the IATA World Safety and Operations Conference in Hanoi, Vietnam.

The safety data confirm that in aggregate, airlines on the IOSA registry have a lower accident rate than airlines that are not on the IOSA registry. Since 2005, the all-accident rate for airlines on the IOSA registry is 1.40 per million sectors, compared with 3.49 per million sectors for non-IOSA airlines.

In 2022, IOSA registered carriers outperformed those not on the registry by a factor of four (0.70 accidents per million sectors vs. 2.82 accidents per million sectors).

IOSA by the Numbers

• 417 operators on the IOSA registry
• Over 4,000 IOSA audits conducted
• 922 standards in the IOSA Standards Manual (ISM)
• The ISM is in its 16th Edition?
• 14 countries include IOSA in their regulations.
• Approximately 27 regulators have signed MoUs with IATA to use IOSA
• Approximately 15,000 redundant audits have been avoided through audit reports/questionnaire sharing

Nick Careen, IATA’s Senior Vice President Operations, Safety and Security:

"IOSA is the globally recognized standard for airline operational safety auditing. Now we are taking it to the next level by tailoring the audit activity to the operator’s profile and focusing on high-risk areas."

Read more about 20 years of safety improvements with IOSA.

Delivering on the Promise of Safety

The inaugural World Safety and Operations Conference went immediately to the toughest topics with an opening top-level panel debating emerging safety and operational trends.

Although the recovery from the pandemic is almost complete, there are still operational challenges with airlines trying to keep up with the pace of demand.

A shortage of skills and resources is still apparent, but Nick Careen, IATA’s Senior Vice President, Operations, Safety, and Security, noted the resilience of the industry during COVID-19 and was optimistic that it would soon overcome existing hurdles.

Read the full insights from the panel in Airlines magazine.

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Chart of the Week: Airlines Operate Key Hubs for Growth and Connectivity

Airlines efficiently connect passengers across cities using strategic hub-and-spoke systems, consolidating and directing travelers through central hub airports.

Geographic positioning plays a critical role in determining hub locations, with globally central hubs offering considerable advantages for linking passengers between various regions.

Middle Eastern airports exemplify this, capturing 11% of global connecting traffic, with one major hub airport (DOH) serving nearly 75% of its total passengers through international transfer flights.

The US, with a large domestic traffic base and widespread hub-and-spoke networks, accounts for a substantial portion of global connecting traffic (41% in Q1 2023).

Europe and Asia collectively contribute 24% and 11% of the world’s connecting passengers, respectively.

Learn more about the #WeeklyChart, hub-and-spoke networks and how demographic shifts are expected to gradually move the aviation industry's center of gravity.

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