Safety and Biofuels Dominate IATA Agenda in Paris

摘要

Oil prices averaging at their highest-ever level this year andthe possibility of more European countries dipping intorecession posed a formidable backdrop for theInternational Air Transport Association’s (IATA) AviationFuel Forum (AFF) in Paris last week. The meeting drew arecord audience of 500 participants to assess the numerouscommercial and technical challenges facing the industry.“Fuel and the issues around it are very much on my radarscreen,” said IATA Director General and Chief ExecutiveTony Tyler in the keynote address.