IATA advocates global approach to data security and commercial drones
MONTREAL — The association representing the world’s airlines says developing a global approach to data security and the development of commercial drones will help to safely accommodate an extra 3.8 billion air travellers expected by 2036.
“What worries our airlines, and we’re working a lot on that, is to see that in terms of data protection, data management and privacy there are different regulations popping up (around the world),” International Air Transportation Association director general Alexandre de Juniac said Tuesday.
“Even for a reservation system in an airline, to have different data protection in Japan or in Europe or in Brazil is a nightmare.”
He told reporters at an IATA conference on safety and flight operations that it will first work to harmonize approaches regionally and then try to mobilize for an international standard.