According to the IATA (International Air Transport Association) 2013 is expected to be another profitless year for the European airline industry.

CNN: Europe's airline industry on 'knife edge,' says IATA boss

Tony Concil, a spokesman for the International Air Transport Association (IATA) admits that implementing this global standard will not be easy.

CNN: Fully biometric airports becoming a reality

The trial is part of a wider initiative instigated by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) known as Simplifying Passenger Travel.

CNN: Heathrow tests biometrics

But the international air transport association, IATA, has warned that global airline profits will halve this year because of rising oil prices.

BBC: BA raises long-haul fuel surcharges

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has criticised European governments' response.

BBC: EU emergency talks called on volcanic ash air chaos

The International Air Transport Association ( IATA) last year set itself a long-term, yet ambitious, goal to build a zero emissions aircraft in the next 50 years.

CNN: Flight of biofuel fancy?

According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) jet engines today are 40 percent more fuel-efficient than those designed in the 1960s, with pollutants such as soot and sulphur now almost completely eliminated from jet exhaust.

CNN: Green wing:?can technology make flying more environmentally friendly?

The International Air Transport Association, or IATA, Friday said it is monitoring the outbreak of bird flu.

WSJ: Bird Flu Worries Sink Airline Shares