IATAINTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION

Introduction to IATA

• The International Air Transport Association is the trade association for the world’s airlines.

• It represents some 240 airlines or more than 80% total air

traffic.

HEADQUARTERS It is headquarter in Montreal, Canada

with executive offices in Geneva, Switzerland.

Iata’s structure

IATA is led by Tony Tyler Director General & CEO since

July 2011.

Main offices

• IATA has 63 offices in 61 countries, with its Head Office

in Montreal,Executive Office in Geneva and Regional Officesin Amman (Jordan),Beijing (Chiana), Brussels (Belgium),Johannesburg (South Africa), Madrid (Spain), Miami (Florida),Moscow (Russia), Singapore and Washington (USA).

• The IATA Annual General Meeting & World Air Transport

Summit, held in June each year,

1.FOUNDATIONOF IATA2.EARLY DAYS

FOUNDATION OF IATA

• IATA was founded in Havana, Cuba, in April 1945. It is the prime vehicle for inter-airline cooperation in promoting

safe, reliable, secure and economical air services - for the

benefit of the world's consumers. Theinternational scheduled air transport industry is

morethan 100 times larger than it was in 1945.

At its founding, IATA had 57 members from 31 nations mostly in Europe and North America. Today it has some 240 member from 118 nations in every part of the globe.

The modern IATA is the successor to the International Air Traffic Association founded in the Hague (Netherland) in 1919- the year of the world’s first international scheduled services.

THE EARLY DAYS

• Immediately after 1945(after the end of world war 2) IATA

had to handle world wide responsibilities with a moresystematic organization and a large infrastructure.

Mission

TO REPRESENTTO LEADTO SERVE

THE AVIATION INDUSTRY

TO REPRESENT

• Improve understanding of the air transport industry among decision makers and increase awareness of the benefits

that aviation brings to national and global economies.

• Advocating for the interests of airlines across the globe,

we challenge unreasonable rules and charges, hold

regulators and governments to account, and strive for

sensible regulation.

TO LEAD

• For nearly 70 years, we have developed global commercial standards upon which the air transport industry is built.

Our aim is to assist airlines by simplifying processes and increasing passenger convenience while reducing costs and improving efficiency.

TO SERVE• We help airlines to operate safely, securely,

efficiently, and economically under clearly defined rules. Professional

support is provided to all industry stakeholders with a wide

range of products and expert services.

MEMBERSHIP Formal Membership : Formal IATA

membership only applies to airlines.

Others industry partners can participate in different IATA programs and benefit from a wealth of resources to carry out their operations

MEMBERS Airlines Travel Agencies and Other Travel and

tourism intermediaries. Freight forwarders. Industry suppliers.

TYPES OF IATAMEMBERSHIP

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Membership is open to both schedulednon-scheduled airlines that

Safety

maintainAuditIATA Operational

(IOSA) registration.

Active MembersAssociate MembersAllied Members

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AIRLINES

• IATA MEMBERSHIP IS OPEN TO BOTH SCHEDULED AND NON- SCHEDULED AIRLINES.

TRAVEL AGENCY AND OTHERTRAVEL INTERMEDIARIES• TRAVEL AND TOURISM

ACCREDITATION AND CODE SERVICES SIMPLIFY THE BUSSINESS

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AGENTS AND AIRLINES AS WELL AS OTHER

TOURISM SERVICE PROVIDERS.

FREIGHT FORWARDERS

• IATA PROVIDES ACCREDITATION PROVIDES INDUSTRY RECOGNITION FOR CARGO AGENTS.

INDUSTRY SUPPLIERS IATA strategic partnership programs allows

suppliers and service providers to interact with IATA and its member airline in the development to interact with IATA and its member airlines in the development of industry solution.

FUNCTIONS

• Regulates airlines ‘rights’ on operations in aforeign country (with host govt. consent).

Regulates air tariffs.Settles disputes between any two airlines. Regulates complete accounting through theirmedium of BSP (Billing and Settlement Plan)

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Frames laws and by-laws on air transportation

Keeping in view geographical conditions andlocation.manpower

Provides professional training toas-both distance learning as well

classroom studies

Supports CRS providers.Designates each airline with a two alpha code, each location with a three alpha code and each airline with a three numeric code.

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• Updates the travel industry withregula

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latestbasisdevelopments and changes on

through their web sites/email/newsletters etc.

Maintains high financial credibility.Maintains high standards of quality in service.

••• Controls ticket stocks and distributes them to

accredited travel industry.

Conducts meetings at regularinternational/regional/local

• intervals at all levels-and also invite

participation from all members.