IATA was founded in Havana, Cuba,
in April 1945. It is the prime vehicle
for inter-airline cooperation in
promoting safe, reliable, secure and
economical air services - for the
benefit of the world's consumers.
The international scheduled air
transport industry is more than 100
times larger than it was in 1945. Few
industries can match the dynamism
of that growth, which would have
been much less spectacular without
the standards, practices
and procedures developed within
IATA.