IATA

INTERNATIONAL 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 headquartered in Montreal, Canada withExecutive 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 Offices in Amman, Beijing, Brussels, Johannesburg, Madrid, Miami, Moscow, Singapore and Washington.

• The IATA Annual General Meeting & World Air Transport Summit, held in June each year,

1.FOUNDATIONOF IATA 2.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. The international scheduled air transport industry is more than 100 times larger than it was in 1945.

Foundation cont.

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

The modern IATA is the successor to the International AirTraffic Association founded in the Hague in 1919 - the year ofthe 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 more systematic organization and a large infrastructure.

mission

TO REPRESENT

TO LEAD

TO 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 MEMEBERSHIP ONLY APPLIES TO AIRLINES.

OTHER INDUSTRY PARTNERS CAN PARTICIPATE IN DIFFERENT IATA PROGRAMS & BENEFIT FROM A WEALTH OF RESOURCES TO CARRY OUT THEIR OPERATIONS

MEMBERS

• AIRLINES

• TRAVEL AGENCIES & OTHER TRAVEL AND TOURISM INTERMEDIARIES

• FREIGHT FORWARDERS

• INDUSTRY SUPPLIERS

TYPES OF IATA MEMBERSHIP

• IATA Membership is open to both scheduledand non-scheduled airlines that maintainan IATA Operational Safety Audit(IOSA) registration.

• Active Members

• Associate Members

• Allied Members

AIRLINES

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

TRAVEL AGENCY AND OTHER TRAVEL 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 PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAMS ALLOWS SUPPLIERSAND SERVICE PROVIDRERS TO INTERACT WITH IATA AND ITSMEMVER AIRLINES IN THE DEVELOPMENT TO INTERACT WITH IATAAND ITS MEMBER AIRLINES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRYSOLUTION.

FUNCTIONS

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

• Regulates air tariffs.

• Settles disputes between any two airlines.

• Regulates complete accounting through their medium of BSP (Billing and Settlement Plan)

• Frames laws and by-laws on air transportation

• Keeping in view geographical conditions andlocation. Provides professional training tomanpower -both distance learning as well asclassroom studies

• Supports CRS providers.

• Designates each airline with a two alpha code,each location with a three alpha code and eachairline with a three numeric code.

• Updates the travel industry with latestdevelopments and changes on regular basisthrough their web sites/email/newsletters etc.

• Maintains high financial credibility.

• Maintains high standards of quality in service.

• Controls ticket stocks and distributes them toaccredited travel industry.

• Conducts meetings at regular intervals at all levels-international/regional/local and also inviteparticipation from all members.