IATA asks airports to ignore ACI plea

IATA asks airports to ignore ACI plea    The Geneva-based International Air Transport Association has called on airports to ignore the Airports Council International’s recent recommendation to stop negotiating airport charges with IATA.
   “ACI has failed to lead its members towards the efficiency that is the reality of aviation today. Quite simply, the air transport industry can no longer afford archaic airport business models that take advantage of monopoly positions to hide inefficiency and rake in profits,” said Giovanni Bisignani, IATA’s director general and chief executive officer.
   “The proof is in ACI’s announcement that airports have been stable and profitable during the most turbulent five years in aviation history. Airports spend and airlines pay the bill. It is a comfortable situation that must be challenged. If ACI disagrees with our analysis, then ACI must accept our longstanding request to transparently benchmark efficiencies,” Bisignani added.
   IATA said that it represents 265 airlines comprising 94 percent of all scheduled international air traffic.