1. IATA / WMO AMDAR Collaboration Captain Brent King Head, Flight Operations Efficiency WMO CBS-TECO-2018

2. IATA in Brief Global trade association for the world’s airlines
280+ passenger and cargo carriers
83% of global air traffic
Meeting our members’ needs
Represent, Serve and Lead
The International Air Transport Association is a global trade association representing the world’s leading airlines
Our members include some 260 passenger and cargo airlines and represent 84% of all global air traffic
IATA works tirelessly to drive change within the industry and in the way the industry is regulated [Would it be better to focus on something more ‘back to basics’ here e.g. to get the message across that we basically exist by virtue of our members’ needs and therefore at our core we do whatever they need us to do? – And this is very much a question, not a request – am keen to hear your views]

3. History 1944 Chicago Convention 1945 IATA is founded Today
Standard setting work with ICAO
Traffic Conferences
Financial settlements
Today
Versatile trade association
Some foundation activities continue
Comprehensive focus on industry
In 1944, the world’s governments came together at the Chicago Conference to create a foundation for the then budding global aviation industry
They agreed to the Chicago Convention, which continues to govern the conduct of international civil aviation today
IATA was founded the next year with a focus on working with ICAO to setup international standards for aviation
In the early days, IATA played an important role in facilitating fare setting and in establishing settlement systems for interline networks
Today, IATA has evolved into a versatile trade association
We still handle settlements for much of the industry but have left the fare setting role behind in the age of deregulation in favor of promoting the industry’s value and advocating for a regulatory and operational environment that allows aviation to deliver this value through key projects and advocacy
Today, our mission is to represent, lead and serve the airline industry

4. Organizational DivisionsHQ
Montreal/Geneva
Regions
Organizational Divisions
North Asia (Beijing)
ASPAC (Singapore)
AME (Amman)
Europe (Madrid)
Americas (Miami)
Member & External Relations (MER)
Financial & Distribution Services (FDS)
Airport, Passenger & Cargo Services (APCS)
Safety & Flight Operations (SFO)
Marketing & Commercial Services (MACS)
Global development, regional delivery
IATA as an organization can be found in every corner of the globe, with 63 offices in 60 countries
Headquartered in Montreal and Geneva, IATA’s 5 head office ‘divisions’ lead the development of its many global standards, industry positions, advocacy campaigns and commercial services
Member & External Relations and Marketing & Commercial Services should explain themselves
Financial & Distribution Services run, amongst many other things, our Settlement Services
APCS deal with everything from ‘chocks on to chocks off’ i.e. on the ground
And SFO deals with everything from ‘chocks off to chocks on’ i.e. in the air
As well as those on the screen we also, like all large organizations, have support functions e.g. Corporate Finance, Human Resources, Legal Services, Corporate Communications etc
Each division handles a key segment of the industry, such as Member & External Relations, Safety & Flight Operations, and Financial & Distribution Services
IATA is also organized in 5 regions with a hub office in each region
These hub offices and the country offices that report into them are the primary interface between IATA and its members and other external stakeholders
Given the close relationship between our regional/country offices and our members, our regional teams provide invaluable input in to the development of our global standards, industry positions, advocacy campaigns and commercial services
But their primary role is to ‘deliver’ all of these services and initiatives to our members and other stakeholders once they have been developed at the head office level
has 5 regional hubs, where these standards and policies are delivered at a local level in coordination with country offices

5. History

6. History

7. IATA’s Areas of Focus Key Issues Continually improve aviation safety
Increase value through partnership
Protect the interests of the industry
Reduce environmental impact
Key Issues
I’d like to give you a quick overview of 4 key issue areas for IATA that you might find interesting
First, let’s look at our work in safety and where we are today

8. IATA Value Proposition
Backbone of global, interconnected industry
Global/Regional/Local advocacy
Promoting aviation
Commercial services
Setting global standards
IATA represents significant value to its airline members, including:
Acting as the backbone of the global, interconnected aviation industry
Providing advocacy on a global, regional, and local basis
Protecting airline money
Promoting the value of aviation
Setting global standards to increase efficiency and lower costs
Providing key commercial services
And all for low annual dues

9. IATA WMO Collaboration
Progress to date
Working arrangement between WMO and IATA signed July 2017
Platform to establish a partnership framework aimed at improving weather forecast for aviation
ConOps development – work in progress
Goals
Focus on the expansion of the AMDAR program worldwide
Expand the AMDAR program to new airlines from data-sparse areas
Protect airlines’ ownership of this data

10. IATA WMO Collaboration
IATA’s Envisaged Role
Promote AMDAR to it’s members
Educate airlines on program benefits
Close the historical NMHS / Airline “gap”
Facilitate discussion amongst MET and aviation stakeholders
Identify program efficiencies
Airline benefits
Improved forecast accuracy, safety and greater operational efficiencies
Better control over which parties can access airline MET data
Cost-neutral participation in the AMDAR program