IATA - MEMBERSHIP

IATA - IRFAN BASHIR
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2. IATA
INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT
ASSOCIATION

3. Introduction to iata
•TheInternational Air Transport Associationis the trade
association for the world’s airlines.
•It represents some 240 airlines or more than 80% total air
traffic.

4. headquarters
•ItisheadquarteredinMontreal,Canadawith
ExecutiveOfficesinGeneva,Switzerland.

5. Iata’sstructure
IATA is led byTony TylerDirector General & CEO since
July 2011.

6. Main offices
•IATA has 63 offices in 61 countries, with its Head Office
inMontreal, Executive Office in Genevaand Regional Offices
inAmman,Beijing,Brussels,Johannesburg,Madrid,Miami,
Moscow,Singaporeand Washington.
•The IATA Annual General Meeting & World Air Transport
Summit, held in June each year,

7. 1.FOUNDATION
OFIATA
2.EARLY DAYS

8. FOUNDATION OF IATA
•IATAwas founded in Havana, Cuba, in April 1945. It is the
prime vehicle forinter-airline cooperation in promoting
safe, reliable, secure and economicalair services -for the
benefit of the world's consumers. The
internationalscheduled air transport industry is more
than 100 times larger thanit was in 1945.

9. Foundationcont.
•Atitsfounding,IATAhad57membersfrom31nations,
mostlyinEuropeandNorthAmerica.Todayithassome240
membersfrom118nationsineverypartoftheglobe.
ThemodernIATAisthesuccessortotheInternationalAir
TrafficAssociationfoundedintheHaguein1919-theyearof
theworld'sfirstinternationalscheduledservices.

10. 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.

11. mission
TO REPRESENT
TOLEAD
TO SERVE
THE AVIATION INDUSTRY

12. 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.

13. TO LEAD
•For nearly 70years, 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.

14. 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.

15. 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

16. MEMBERS
•AIRLINES
•TRAVEL AGENCIES & OTHER TRAVEL AND TOURISM
INTERMEDIARIES
•FREIGHT FORWARDERS
•INDUSTRY SUPPLIERS

17. TYPES OF IATA
MEMBERSHIP
•IATAMembershipisopentobothscheduled
andnon-scheduledairlinesthatmaintain
anIATAOperationalSafetyAudit
(IOSA)registration.
•Active Members
•Associate Members
•Allied Members

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

19. 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.

20. FREIGHT FORWARDERS
•IATA PROVIDES ACCREDITATION PROVIDES INDUSTRY
RECOGNITION FOR CARGO AGENTS.

21. INDUSTRY SUPPLIERS
•IATASTRATEGICPARTNERSHIPSPROGRAMSALLOWSSUPPLIERS
ANDSERVICEPROVIDRERSTOINTERACTWITHIATAANDITS
MEMVERAIRLINESINTHEDEVELOPMENTTOINTERACTWITHIATA
ANDITSMEMBERAIRLINESINTHEDEVELOPMENTOFINDUSTRY
SOLUTION.

22. 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)

23. •Frameslawsandby-lawsonairtransportation
•Keepinginviewgeographicalconditionsand
location.Providesprofessionaltrainingto
manpower-bothdistancelearningaswellas
classroomstudies
•SupportsCRSproviders.
•Designateseachairlinewithatwoalphacode,
eachlocationwithathreealphacodeandeach
airlinewithathreenumericcode.

24. •Updatesthetravelindustrywithlatest
developmentsandchangesonregularbasis
throughtheirwebsites/email/newslettersetc.
•Maintainshighfinancialcredibility.
•Maintainshighstandardsofqualityinservice.
•Controlsticketstocksanddistributesthemto
accreditedtravelindustry.
•Conductsmeetingsatregularintervalsatalllevels-
international/regional/localandalsoinvite
participationfromallmembers.