Airlines warn over weakening of global trade rules


A Boeing 737-89P of Shanghai Airlines taxis at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport in Shanghai on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

NEW DELHI: The head of a global airlines industry body warned on Monday of damage to the economy and the air travel sector from growing trade barriers.

"Like all forms of connectivity, flying makes the world more prosperous," International Air Transport Association (IATA) Director General Willie Walsh said at the group's annual meeting in New Delhi.

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