{"id":22600,"date":"2020-04-08T17:20:35","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T17:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/uncategorized\/iata-international-air-transport-association\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T15:37:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T15:37:13","slug":"iata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/iata","title":{"rendered":"IATA &#8211; International Air Transport Association"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning \/ definition of IATA in the <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hospitality-industry\">hospitality industry<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>IATA stands for: International Air Transport Association.\u00a0It is a trade association of airline companies which operates international services and establishes standard practices.<\/p>\n<p>IATA accredits travel agents throughout the world.\u00a0This certification includes issuance of an ID-code, termed an IATA number.<\/p>\n<p>IATA numbers are used as the <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/travel-agent\">travel agent<\/a> identifier in reservations to allow suppliers, including hotels, to pay their commissions.<\/p>\n<p>The association consists of around 265 airlines, primarily major carriers, representing 117 countries. Based in Montreal, Canada with executive offices in Geneva Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See also<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hedna\">HEDNA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/gbta\">GBTA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Synonyms<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IATA<\/li>\n<li>International Air Transport Association<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning \/ definition of IATA in the  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-glossary","category-i"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IATA - International Air Transport Association Definition \/ Meaning<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Definition: IATA is a trade association of airline companies which operates international services and establishes standard practices.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/iata\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IATA - International Air Transport Association Definition \/ Meaning\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Definition: IATA is a trade association of airline companies which operates international services and establishes standard practices.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/iata\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Xotels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-08T17:20:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-03T15:37:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Patrick Landman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@xotels\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Patrick Landman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.xotels.com\\\/en\\\/glossary\\\/iata#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.xotels.com\\\/en\\\/glossary\\\/iata\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Patrick Landman\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.xotels.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f51e882bd553ae1b905fc0214cdca6f5\"},\"headline\":\"IATA &#8211; 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