IATA - World Geography

A Presentation by Rajiv Bajaj

The AreasFor tariff & administrative purposes, IATA has

divided the world into 3 distinct geographical areas.

These are known as Traffic Conference Areas.

Traffic Conference Area 1

Traffic Conference Area 2

Traffic Conference Area 3

Traffic Conference Area 1

North, South and Central America

Hawaiian Islands

The BahamasThe Bahamas

Bermuda

Greenland

All the Caribbean Islands

Traffic Conference Area 2

Europe (including Iceland, Russia to the west of Ural Mountains) & Islands adjacent to Europe

The AzoresThe Azores

Canary Islands

The Middle East (including Iran)

Africa and adjacent islands

Traffic Conference Area 3

Asia (including Russia to the east of the Ural Mountains)

Islands of the Pacific Ocean lying west of the International Date LineInternational Date Line

Australasia

IATA’s three main offices - Geneva, Montreal and Singapore.

Geneva office - Europe, Africa and the Middle East

Montreal office - The AmericasMontreal office - The Americas

Singapore office - The Far East and Australasia

IATA - TC 1

Traffic Conference Area 1

Covers Western Hemisphere including –

North & South America and adjacent islands;Greenland;Bermuda;Bermuda;West Indies;Islands of Caribbean Sea; andHawaiian Islands, including Midway and

Palmyra

Sub-Division 1

North America:

AlaskaCanada

Continental U.S.A.Continental U.S.A.HawaiiMexico

St. PierreMiquelon

Sub-Division 2Central America:

Belize, Costa Rica, EL Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua,

Caribbean Area (Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas,

Barbados, Barbuda, Bermuda, Bonaire, British

Virgin Islands, Cayman Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Curacao,

Dominica, Dominican Republic, French Guyana,

Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica,

Martinique, Nevis, Puerto Rico, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St.Eustatius, St. Kitts, St.

Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago, U.S. Virgin Islands, Surinam.

Sub-Division 3

South America: Argentina

BoliviaBrazilChileChile

ColombiaEcuadorPanamaUruguay

Venezuela.

IATA - TC 2

Traffic Conference Area 2All of Europe (including that part of the C.I.S. in

Europe)

Iceland Azores of Africa and island adjacent thereto; Ascension Islands; The part of Asia lying west of, and including

Iran.

Sub-Division 1

Consists of the whole of Europe,

including the European

Community Community member states

& Schengen member states.

EU MembersAUSTRIA

BELGIUMBULGARIACYPRUS

THE CZECH REPUBLICDENMARKESTONIAFINLANDFRANCE

GERMANYGREECE

HUNGARYIRELANDIRELAND

ITALYLATVIA

LITHUANIALUXEMBOURG

MALTANETHERLANDS

POLANDPORTUGALROMANIASLOVAKIASLOVENIA

SPAINSWEDEN

THE UK (GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND)

Schengen Members:

• Austria • Germany • Belgium • Denmark • Finland • France • Greece • Iceland • Iceland • Italy • Luxemburg • Norway • Portugal • Spain • Sweden • The Netherlands

Sub-Division 2Middle East:

Bahrain, BeninEgypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan,

Kuwait, Lebanon, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria,

United Arab Emirates,Yemen.

Sub-Division 3

Africa, including its neighbouring islands.

It is further sub -It is further sub -divided into different regional zones.

Southern

Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa,South Africa,Swaziland, Central Africa, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Western

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African

Republic, Chad, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Equatorial

Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana,

Guinea, Bissan, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome and

Principle Senegal, Sierra, Leone, Togo,

Zaire.

EasternBurundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya,

Rwanda, Somalia,Somalia,Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya,

Tanzania, Uganda.

East / Central

Eastern & Central Africa Indian Ocean

Islands:

Comoros,Madagascar,

Mauritius, Mayotte, Reunion,

Seychelles.

IATA - TC 3

Traffic Conference Area 3

Includes all of Asia and the adjacent islands;

All of the East Indies;

Australia, New Zealand and adjacent islands; Australia, New Zealand and adjacent islands;

Islands of the Pacific Ocean except those included in TC 1;

Part of the Russian Federation East of the Ural Mountains.

Sub-Division 1

South Asian Subcontinent:

SAARC Countries –

Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh,

Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal,

Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Sub-Division 2

South West Pacific (Australasia):

Australia, Cook Islands Papua New

Guinea, Samoa, Society Islands, Society Islands, Solomon Island, Tonga, Turvalu.

Vanustu and Intermediate

islands.

Sub-Division 3South East Asia:

Brunei, Cambodia, China People's Republic, Guam, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lao (People's Dem. Rep.), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lao (People's Dem. Rep.), Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippine, Russian Federation (East of the Urals), Singapore, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam,

Sub-Division 4

Japan &

KoreaKorea

Thank You.

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