The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is an industry trade group for airlines around the globe. IATA represents 240 airlines or 84% of total air traffic. They assist different aviation activities and help form industry policy on aviation issues.
IATA was founded in Havana, Cuba in April 1945. They consisted of 57 members in 31 countries. They promote “safe, reliable, secure and economical air services” for their consumers worldwide. IATA’s schedule is 100 times larger than in 1945. “Few industries can match the dynamism of that growth, which would have been much less spectacular without the standards, practices and procedures developed within IATA.” IATA was able to small due to only being limited to Europe and North America.
The current IATA we have today is the successor to the International Air Traffic Association founded in The Hague in 1999. That same year was the world’s finest international scheduled services. The old IATA was limited to certain regions until 1939 when Pan America joined. After 1945 IATA’s infrastructure kept growing and as a result, it led to larger responsibilities with a more systematic organization. IATA set out new aims much more precise than the ones before 1945. Including “promote safe, regular and economical air transport for the benefit of the peoples of the world, to foster air commerce, and to study the problems connected therewith” also, “To provide means for collaboration among the air transport enterprises engaged directly or indirectly in international air transport service.” During its earliest days, a serious task was technical because safety and reliability are important to airline operations. High standards in air navigation, airport infrastructure, and flight operations were a requirement.
International air transportation grew at a rapid rate and much of that growth came from technical innovation. New