June 2019:
The International Air Transport Authority (IATA) (ITA) is an international trade body, created some 60 years ago by a group of airlines. (ITA) represents >230 airlines comprising 93% of scheduled international air traffic. (ITA) also represents, leads and serves the airline industry in general.
(IATA) has headquarters in both Montreal and Geneva. Some member airline (CEO)s might regard this as unnecessary extravagance, particularly given the costs that can be associated with life in the Swiss city.
“Montreal is (IATA)’s original home and having a 2nd headquarters [in Geneva] is not as illogical as it might appear,” said Tony Tyler. “No member has said seriously ‘you’ve got to review this,’ but if the board wanted me to, I would.
“The overall structure of (IATA) might look a bit odd from the outside, but the reason we have an office in Montreal is we are actually a Canadian organization, and (by the way) we are located just across from (ICAO), which time and again has proved its value.”
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