IATA

About IATA
International Air Transport Association, body that regulates many of the worlds scheduled
airlines. IATAs aim is to help airlines help themselves by simplifying process and increasing
passenger convenience while reducing costs and improving efficiency- the groundbreaking
simplifying the business. Initiative is crucial in the area. Moreover, safety is IATAs number one
priority, and IATAs goal is to
continually improve safety standards.
Another concern is to minimize the
impact
of
air
transport
on
environment.
IATA ensures that people and goods
can move around the global airline
network as easily as if they were on a
single airline in a single country. In
addition, it provides essential professional support to all industry stakeholders with a wide range
of products and expert services, such as publications, training, and consulting. IATAs financial
system also Help carriers and the travel industry maximize revenues.

For Consumers IATA simplifies the travel and shipping processes, while keeping costs
down. passengers can make one telephone call to reserve a ticket, pay in one currency,
and then use the ticket on several airlines in several countries.

IATA Allows airlines to operate safely, securely, efficiently and economically under
clearly defined rules.

IATA serves as an intermediary between airlines and passengers as well as cargo agents
via neutrally applied agency service standards and centralized financial system.

A large network of industry supplier and service providers gathered by IATA provides
solid expertise to airlines in a variety of Industry Solutions.

for governments, IATA seeks to ensure they are well informed about the complexities of
the aviation industry to ensure better, long-term decisions.

We live in a world of amazing beauty, infinite complexity and rigorous challenge. Geography is
the subject which opens the door to this dynamic world and prepares each one of us for the role
of global citizen in the 21st century. World Geography is an important part of Travel & Tourism
Industry. Any travel professional who handles the matters related to preparations of Itineraries,
reservations, Group Bookings, fare calculations and ticketing should have knowledge about the
world geography and also should be able to identify the cities by the location, country, areas and
sub areas defined by IATA. Geography is a subject which builds on young peoples own
experiences, helping them to formulate questions, develop their intellectual skills and prepares
into handling every type of travel client.
If a person who is related to travel field is having the knowledge about the world geography then
he or she can easily plan out the best suitable itinerary for their clients.
The Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere which are the two parts of the world as per
the elementary geography is further divided by IATA into 3 traffic conference areas called IATA
Areas or TC1, TC2 and TC3 which comprise of further sub areas and that is different from the

geographical definitions.
Next post informs about the different areas assigned by IATA.

International Air Transport Association

(IATA) World geography
IATA has divided world into three areas: TC1, TC2, TC3
Note:

Ural Mountain of Russia and Tehran in Middle East divides TC2 with TC3.

Tc1 is Known as Western Hemisphere.

TC2 and TC3 are together known as Eastern Hemisphere.

IATA Area 1 or TC 1
IATA Area 1 or TC 1 comprises of North America, South America, Central America and the
adjacent islands like Greenland, Bermuda, West Indies, Islands of the Caribbean Sea, Hawaiian
Islands which includes Midway and Palmyra.
Traffic Conference-1 Sub-Areas.
TC1 North Atlantic
North Atlantic comprises of Canada, Greenland, USA and Mexico excluding Alaska, Hawaii,
Puerto Rico and US Virgin Island.
TC 1 Mid Atlantic
Including The Caribbean Islands, Central America , South America plus Panama Canal Zone
except Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.
TC 1 South Atlantic
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay & Uruguay.
IATA Area 2 or TC2
IATA Area 2 or Traffic Conference(TC) area 2 comprises of Europe, Africa and Ascension Island
and parts of Asia west of Ural mountains including Iran and countries of Middle East.
1. Europe
2. Africa
3. Middle East
IATA Area 3 or TC3
IATA Area 3 or Traffic Conference(TC) area 3 Asia (East of the Urals), Oceania, (Australia, New
Zealand and South Pacific Islands)
1. South East Asia
2. South Asian Sub continent
3. japan, Korea (Japkor)
4. South West pacific

IATA Global Indicators:

Fares vary not only by class of service or fare type but also by routing type as represented by
global indicators. There are so many GI, main are:
1. WH - Western Hemisphere
When travel is wholly within TC1
E.g. NYC (New York)-RIO(Rio de jenrio)
2. EH - Eastern Hemishere
When travel is wholly with in TC2 and TC3 or Eastern Hemisphere
E.g. DEL (Delhi)- PAR (Paris)
3. AT - Atlantic
When travel is between TC1 and TC2 i.e. via Atlantic Ocean
E.g. DEL(Delhi)- LON(London)- NYC (New York)
4. PA - Pacific
When travel is between TC3 and TC1 i.e. via pacific ocean
E.g. DEL(Delhi)- SIN (Singapore)- LAX(Switzerland)
5. TS - Trans Siberian
When travel is between TC2 and TC3 with a flight coupon on non stop services Europe and
JAPKOR.
E.g. LON (London)- TYO (Tokyo)