| | International Air Transport Association - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | Image:IATA.png The International Air Transport Association is an international trade organization of airlines headquarted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. |
 | | To promote safe, scheduled and inexpensive air transport for the benefit of all nations of the world, to help in the development of air commerce and to study all the problems that connect with the above. |
 | | IATA is pivotal in the worldwide accreditation of travel agents (with exception of the VS, where this is done by the Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) although for practical purposes this, and giving permission to sell airline tickets from the participating carriers, is achieved through national member organisations. |
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