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image by Zoltan Horvath, 09 December 2014
"The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is a trade association of
the world’s airlines. These 240 airlines, primarily major carriers, carry
approximately 84% of total Available Seat Kilometers air traffic. IATA supports
airline activity and helps formulate industry policy and standards. It is
headquartered in
Montreal, Canada with Executive Offices in Geneva, Switzerland.
IATA was formed in April 1945 in
Havana, Cuba. It
is the successor to the International Air Traffic Association, which was formed
in 1919 at The Hague, Netherlands. At its founding, IATA consisted of 57
airlines from 31 countries.
The old IATA was able to start small and grow gradually. It was also limited to
a European dimension until 1939 when Pan American joined. The post-1945 IATA
immediately had to handle worldwide responsibilities with a more systematic
organization and a larger infrastructure.
Much of IATA’s early work was technical and it provided input to the newly
created (established in 1947)
International Civil
Aviation Organization (ICAO), which was reflected in the annexes of the
Chicago Convention, the international treaty that still governs the conduct of
international air transport today.
The Chicago Convention couldn’t resolve the issue of who flies where, however,
and this has resulted in the thousands of bilateral air transport agreements in
existence today. The benchmark standard for the early bilaterals was the
1946 United States-United Kingdom Bermuda Agreement.
IATA was also charged by the governments with setting a coherent fare structure
that avoided cut-throat competition but also looked after the interests of the
consumer."
Sources:
http://www.iata.org/about/Pages/history.aspx and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Air_Transport_Association
For the full list of IATA's Members airlines, please refer to:
http://www.iata.org/about/members/Pages/airline-list.aspx?All=true
For additional information go to: IATA
(official website)
Esteban Rivera, 09 December 2014
The flag is seen
here which features its
logo
in white. For additional information, please go to their "Usage
Guidelines for the “IATA Accredited Agent” Logo
Source:
http://theloadstar.co.uk/iatas-lawyers-come-knocking-at-the-glassdoor/
Esteban Rivera, 09 December 2014
image located by Paul Bassinson, 21 July 2020
Attached is an image of another version of the flag of the International Air
Transport Association (image obtained from
https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/)
Paul Bassinson, 21 July
2020
image located by Esteban Rivera, 8 March 2018
The previous IATA flag used the old IATA logo (http://www.jpreynolds.com/images/iata_logo.gif) over a sky blue horizontal background, as seen here: https://images.ehive.com/accounts/3031/objects/images/7890be_bmp0_l.jpg (source: http://www.motat.org.nz/collections/collection-online/flag-iata-625287/).
Description is as follows: "Light blue nylon flag with a white circle in
centre. Centre of circle contains ‘IATA’ logo [globe with wings] in blue.
Makers stamp: only ‘Montreal’ is readable."
Measurements are as follows: "H
910 W 1820mm (H 35 13/16 W 71 5/8")".
The flag is dated 1973. The flag is
stored at the The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT), New Zealand.
Esteban Rivera, 8 March 2018
The list of past AGMs can be found at
http://www.iata.org/events/agm/Pages/past-agm.aspx.
It seems that several AGMs (meetings) have had their own flag as
well, most likely based on the host country featuring an adapted logo. Below is
an example of the flag of the meeting in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1973.
Esteban Rivera, 8 March 2018
image located by Esteban Rivera, 8 March 2018
Description is as follows:
"Flag, International Air Transport
Association (IATA). Brown lettering on a white background. Letters on
flag IATA. The letters "A" on the flag is in the form of a Māori Whare.
Line running through taped edge of flag for attaching to flag pole.
From IATA 29th AGM Auckland, November 1973".
Measurements are as follows: "H 900 W 1830mm (H 35 7/16 W 72 1/16")".
Esteban Rivera, 8 March 2018