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From the International Transport Workers’ Federation:
‘Air transport workers have been used repeatedly and increasingly since 2000 as the primary shock absorbers for managing the effects of deregulation, liberalisation, the periodic business cycles and external shocks in the industry, often with devastating social consequences.’ — ITF submission at ICAO meeting
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) is to deliver a warning about the growth of ‘flags of convenience’ in aviation to the sixth ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) Air Transport Conference in Montreal, which began on Sunday.
ITF civil aviation section secretary Gabriel Mocho commented: “This event brings together stakeholders from across the world of civil aviation. Its core purpose is to develop the regulation necessary for a sustainable aviation industry – a matter of burning importance to us all. The ITF is deeply supportive of this aim.”
He continued: “The ITF will be bringing its 65 years of experience in fighting the worst excesses of flags of convenience in shipping to the debate about the rise of flags of convenience in aviation. These have become...

Two additional late-summer shipping routes across the Arctic Ocean could be possible by midcentury (2040-2059) due to less summer ice. The black line represents the existing shipping route; the red represents potential new routes. Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The earliest that sea routes would be taken directly over the North Pole and through the famed Northwest Passage would likely be in the 2040s or 2050s, says Laurence Smith, a geography professor at UCLA. This sort of shipping would also occur only in late summer and early autumn, he adds: The prime month would be September, when Arctic sea ice is at its annual minimum.
Smith estimates that traveling from Rotterdam to the Bering Strait via the Northern Sea Route would take almost 19 days, while traveling across the North Pole could be done in 14.6 days.
The new shipping routes in the Arctic won’t replace the routes through the Panama or Suez Canals, which remain the primary routes for worldwide shipping.
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