IATA represents ___ airlines in over ___ countries and __% of the world's air traffic.

Nearly _____ people travel by air every year.

The _____ industry is a strong force and is transforming the planet into a global community.

MENA stands for Middle East and North Africa

Russia and CIS

What does CIS stand for?

The regions covered by IATA

IOSA stands for

Considered the first global standard for airline safety audits.

BSP stands for

IATA's range of services covers the following EXCEPT one.

ICH stands for

fast debt collection; protection against bad debt and bankruptcy

SIS stands for

interline billing and settlement processes optimization; direct link to hundreds of airlines; remove paper billing

settlement of passenger sales from travel agents to airlines

reporting system that allows airlines to feed travel agents direct sales into the BSP systems for processing and settlement

settlement of cargo sales from agents and freight forwarders

global reference for taxes levied on passenger air tickets

passenger ticket taxes and charges - revenue accounting to process interline billing

reduces workload and interline accounting costs; early finalization of interline settlement

provides accurate coupon values for interline billing settlement

standard industry rates for sales and interline billings e-invoicing

e-invoicing for core suppliers and airlines with optional settlement services

cash management - centralized control of funds - quick repatriation of funds

reduces costs related to the repatriation of sales funds and improve repatriation processes

card fraud prevention; early detection; data exchange within user community

card sales centralization; multicurrency submission; all card brands and transaction types

settlement of card transactions centralization; reduction of foreign exchange exposure; airline specific merchant contract

consolidates airlines' worldwide BSP credit-card transactions into a single report giving quick, clear information on card sales

identifies and reduces commission fees and service charges

presently the most comprehensive, flexible and reliable worldwide electronic data exchange and data distribution service available to the idustry