Airlines
Outgoing IATA DG Laments Covid-induced ‘Fragmentation’
IATA director general Alexandre de Juniac called for better coordination between governments in ensuring freedom of movement.
Outgoing IATA director general Alexandre de Juniac (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by World Trade Organization)
Outgoing IATA director general Alexandre de Juniac (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by World Trade Organization)

Governments need to learn to coordinate better on Covid-19 recovery efforts or risk exposing the world’s airlines to further financial hardship, outgoing International Air Transport Association director general Alexandre de Juniac asserted during his last appearance on the organization’s series of briefings on the pandemic’s effect on the industry Wednesday. De Juniac, who yields his post at IATA at the end of the month to IAG chief executive Willie Walsh, lamented the “fragmentation” among states the virus has caused following decades of progress toward globalization.