Miami to host 71st IATA Annual General Meeting and World Air Transport Summit
The 71st IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit will be held in Miami, Florida from 7 to 9 June 2015. The global airline community is celebrating a special anniversary this year: it was 70 years ago that 57 airlines from 31 countries joined together to create IATA at a meeting in […]
IATA AGM 2014: Breaking Travel News 2013 round-up
With the 70th International Air Transport Association Annual General Meeting now just days away, Breaking Travel News here takes a look back at the 2013 event in Cape Town. Top of the agenda last year were concerns about emissions, with the IATA AGM unanimously backing a call for an emissions market to offset growth in […]
IATA AGM 2014: Aviation to focus on sustainability
The International Air Transport Association has called on all aviation stakeholders to stay focused and unified to deliver a vision for a sustainable aviation future. "Throughout the first 100 years of commercial passenger flight, aviation has demonstrated a proud history of teamwork and delivered innovation that has changed our world dramatically," said Tony Tyler, IATA […]
Qatar Airways to host IATA’s 70th AGM
Qatar Airways is host the 70th International Air Transport Association (IATA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit in Doha from June 1 to 3. Issuing a press statement, the airline said this year´s event will be particularly signficiant as aviation industry is celebrating 100 years since the first scheduled commercial flight. The […]
Iata AGM in Doha to celebrate 100 years of commercial flights
The 70th International Air Transport Association (Iata) Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit, which Qatar Airways is hosting next month, take place as the aviation industry celebrates 100 years since the first scheduled commercial flight. The event will be held in Doha from June 1 to 3. It was in January 1914 […]
Qatar Airways to Host 70th IATA AGM Air Transport Leaders to Converge in Doha in June 2014
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Qatar Airways will host the 70th IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit. The event will draw the top leadership of the air transport industry to Doha in the State of Qatar from 1"“3 June 2014. "Qatar will be a fantastic location for the […]
IATA AGM Opens in Cape Town Huge Opportunity for African Aviation
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) opened its 69th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit in Cape Town, South Africa today. The meeting kicked-off with strong calls for African governments to take full advantage of aviation as a catalyst for growth and development. "Nowhere is the potential for aviation greater than on […]
Historic Agreement on Carbon-Neutral Growth
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) 69th Annual General Meeting (AGM) overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution on "Implementation of the Aviation Carbon-Neutral Growth (CNG2020) Strategy (pdf)." The resolution provides governments with a set of principles on how governments could: "¢ Establish procedures for a single market-based measure (MBM) "¢ Integrate a single MBM as part of […]
IATA Members Reaffirm Support for NDC Initiative Better Comparison Shopping; Richer Content for Travel Agents
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) 69th Annual General Meeting (AGM) reaffirmed its support for the New Distribution Capability (NDC) initiative. This will develop an open, XML-based distribution standard for data exchange between airlines and travel agents. In a unanimously approved AGM Resolution (pdf), IATA members agreed that, "consumers will benefit from being able to […]
Core Principles for Passenger Rights Regulation
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) 69th Annual General Meeting (AGM) unanimously endorsed a set of core principles for governments to consider when adopting consumer protection regulation. The IATA AGM resolution (pdf) addresses a proliferation of uncoordinated and extra-territorial passenger rights legislation and regulation that is the cause of confusion among passengers. Some 50 countries […]
