The International Air Transport Association (IATA) will host the sixth annual Ops Conference (Ops Conference 2015) between April 13 and 15 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
The conference provides opportunity to share global best practices, identify and address challenges, and work together to make aviation safer.
More than 300 high-level delegates from airlines, regulators, air navigation service providers, airports, manufacturers and systems providers are expected to attend.
IATA Director General and Chief Executive Officer, Tony Tyler, reiterated that safety is aviation’s top priority and aviation is the safest form of long-distance transportation ever invented.
“In large part this is owing to the culture of cooperation and partnership that has been a part of aviation since its birth. No matter how hard we may compete commercially, all stakeholders are united in their dedication to safety,” he said.
Subjects to be covered at the conference include aircraft tracking; reducing the risk of over-flying conflict zones; cockpit automation and human-machine interfaces; reducing operational risks such as loss of control, controlled flight into terrain and runway overruns; air traffic management interoperability and harmonisation; and advancing evidence-based training.
Marcos Pontes, the first Brazilian astronaut to travel to the International Space Station, will deliver a closing address on the challenges of commercial spaceflight.
