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AIRLINE ALARM FOR FUEL COST

The CEO of IATA speaks explicitly of emergency situation.
“The financial situation of airlines is becoming more difficult, and in some cases dramatic”: word of Giovanni Bisignani, director general and CEO of IATA, the global association that collects airlines (excluding those charter). And to make it even more concrete his words, he recalls that in the last six months far 25 companies have left the aircraft grounded because of insolvency. Invoice heavy - The cause of this situation is, for Bisignani, the increase in the cost of fuel. The Ad Iata door of some data to support its assertion: “Companies that align themselves with Iata until recently paid for fuel approximately 44 billion dollars a year. In 2007, with a barrel of oil well above 100 U.S. dollars, this item has risen to 136 billion dollars. The result is that today the companies affiliated to Iata have 190 billion dollars in debts and difficulties that are beginning to include those with budgets more flourishing. “

Rewrite routes - To cope with this crisis, the IATA has prepared a list of urgent measures, which has been subjected to various national governments and supranational. These include the implementation of the programme Single European Sky in the EU, which could bring a saving of 5.5 billion euros through solutions such as the reduction of international routes and expectations in flight for landings. On this issue, Bisignani turned directly to the new European Commissioner for Transport, Antonio Tajani.