International Standards and Recommended Practices (sarPs)

and approves

Procedures for Air Navigation Services

(PANS)

Answer the questions.

1. Who does ICAO in close co-operation with?

2. Name the non-governmental organizations which also participate in ICAO’s work?

3. What is it necessary to do to ensure safety, regularity and efficiency of international civil aviation operations?

4. A common understanding between the countries of the world is absolutely necessary. Do you agree?

5. What does “SARPs’ stand for?

6. Why does the ICAO Council adopt International Standards and Recommended Practices?

7. What does “PANS” stand for?

8. Why does the ICAO Council approve Procedures for Air Navigation Service?

International Air Transport Association (Iata)

IATA was founded in 1945 in Havana by the airlines of many countries to meet the problems created by rapid expansion of civil air services at the close of the Second World War.

It affiliates more than 120 airlines. It's a non-governmental organization. IATA deals with the non-political aspects of air transport operation, its work begins only after governments have decided which companies they wish to license and how they wish to exchange traffic and other rights between them, out from that point on, the activity of IATA spreads through virtually every phrase of air transport operations.

The Association has 2 main offices, one in Montreal, the other in Geneva. The highest body of the Association is General Annual meeting. The year-round work is carried out by the Executive Committee which consists of 21 people and which is elected by the General Annual Meeting. The Executive Committee carries out its work through 5 committees: Financial, Legal, Technical, Traffic and Medical.

The IATA Financial Committee deals with all aspects of the accounting and settlement between airlines for the business they do with each other, it is concerned with problems regarding currency and exchange, taxation, charges, insurances and statistics.

The IATA Legal Committee holds a watching brief on behalf of airlines over international conventions on public and private air law, conflicts of law and arbitration.

The IATA Technical Committee deals with planning and implementation of air navigation facilities and services, with new and developing problems in all technical fields of air transport operation.

Most complex role is in the field of Traffic - a term which embraces the commercial activities of the airlines. IATA is particularly concerned with interline agreements and other factors which make possible the easy and quick exchange of traffic between airlines.

The IATA Medical Committee deals with all physiological and psychological factors which might affect the safety, comfort and efficiency of air crews and passengers. It is also a channel of airline cooperation with the World Health organization.

Since they arise from the basic necessities of international air transport, IATA's aims and its achievements are essentially practical. This world airline cooperation through IATA has many purposes. The primary one is to promote safe, regular and economical air transport for the peoples in the world.

Answer the questions.

1. When and where was IATA founded?

2. What was the aim of creating IATA?

3. How many airlines are there in this organization?

4. What aspects does IATA deal with?

5. How many main offices are there?

6. Where are main offices situated?

7. What is the highest body of the Association?

8. How many people are there in the Executive Committee?

9. What is the Executive Committee elected by?

10. What committees does the Executive Committee carry out its work through?

11. What does IATA deal with?

12. Why is the field of Traffic the most complex one?

13. What factors does the IATA Medical Committee deal with?

14. What are IATA’s aims?

15. Why are the aims of IATA very important?