Airlines, freight forwarders, ground handlers and shippers like you rely on the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (IATA DGR) manual every day to make sure dangerous goods are transported safely and efficiently.
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IATA's mission is to represent, lead, and serve the airline industry. We improve understanding of the air transport industry among decision makers and increase awareness of the benefits that aviation brings to national and global economies.
IATA aims to be the force for value creation and innovation driving a safe, secure and profitable air transport industry that sustainably connects and enriches the world. IATA's mission is to represent, lead, and serve the airline industry. IATA was founded in Havana, Cuba, in April 1945.
What are IATA regulations and standards? IATA regulations are based on the recommendations put in place by governing entities such as ICAO and standards built through industry working groups populated by member airline delegates and relevant industry associations who collaborate with IATA.
IATA ObjectivesPromote the development and growth of international air transportation. Promote and guarantee collaboration between the different international air transport companies. Strengthen safety within all areas of air transportation. Creation of international air traffic rules and regulations.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is the trade association for the world's airlines, representing some 300 airlines or 83% of total air traffic. We support many areas of aviation activity and help formulate industry policy on critical aviation issues.?
IATA is governed by a General Meeting and an executive committee, known as the Board of Governors. The Board's work is supported by nine Advisory Councils.
IATA assigns a unique two-character code (Airline Designator Code) to all airlines – even the ones that aren't IATA members. It consists of 2 letters or a letter and a digit. For example, AA stands for American Airlines, KL for KLM, 7S for Ryan Air, etc.
IATA is considered to be one of the most basic resources for a travel agent because most airline bookings are done through the IATA portal. In order to book from IATA, the travel agent must get registered with IATA as an IATA travel agent.
IATA defines the world into 3 areas (IATA area 1/2/3), and defines the IATA area into small areas (IATA Tariff sub-area). North America / South America / Hawaii etc.South America (Brazil, Chile, Peru etc.)Europe / Middle East etc.
IATA's mission is to represent, lead, and serve the airline industry. We improve understanding of the air transport industry among decision makers and increase awareness of the benefits that aviation brings to national and global economies.
The IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations is a field manual version of the ICAO Technical Instructions. Written and edited by airline dangerous goods experts, the Dangerous Goods Regulations present the requirements for shipping dangerous goods by air in a user friendly, easy to interpret format.
ICAO code consists of 4 letters. Certain classifications among countries and regions are used in creating these codes. The first letter stands for the region in which the airport is located, the second is for the country. The other two letters are generally given in order.
Safety is our #1 priority!Safety is the highest priority of all involved in aviation. The shared goal is for every flight to take-off and land safely, as happens more than 126,000 times every day.
Every official airport in the world is given a three-letter code from IATA and a four-letter code from ICAO – from one of the world's largest airports, Dammam/King Fahd International Airport (ICAO: OEDF, IATA: DMM) in Saudi Arabia, to one of the smallest, Saba/Juancho E.
Lack of codesThere are several airports with scheduled service that have not been assigned ICAO codes that do have IATA codes. For example, several airports in Alaska have scheduled commercial service, such as Stebbins and Nanwalek, which use FAA codes instead.
Membership of IATA amounts to some 300 airlines in 120 countries. On this page, you will find a selection of critical IATA programs, policies, and services to support airlines.
Airport codes and other location identifiersIATA's location identifiers are 3-letter codes assigned to airports that have commercial activity. These codes can also be given to bus stations, heliports, rail stations, and ferry terminals if they are involved in intermodal airline travel.
IATA has over 50 offices over the world, supporting our members in some 120 countries. The IATA regional pages are your access to regional priorities and news.