All newly enrolled students are automatically registered to sit their examination in the first eligible examination session.
An Examination Confirmation Letter is included in each study kit. This letter specifies exactly which exam session has been registered per student. It also identifies the IATA Local Co-ordinator responsible for organising the examination session.
Changing exam session
- You can change your registered exam session to a later date within their 18 month enrollment period.
- Write to IATA's Distance Learning Examinations Centre at training.sin@iata.org
- Exam registration changes must be made before the exam registration deadline posted on the Fees, Registration and Examination dates (pdf) page.
- Already registered students requiring a second exam attempt must register for the exam of their choice by remitting the exam voucher received with their first attempt exam results.
To obtain an IATA Aviation Studies diploma or certificate, students must pass written examinations.
Effective April 2009 Examination Session, all Aviation Distance Learning Programme courses will consist of one exam paper only.
- Examinations are held in April and October of each year.
- Students may be required to take examinations at an exam centre that is not in their home city or country of enrolment.
All travel and personal expenses as well as travel documentation , are the students' responsibility.
- The IATA Local Co-ordinator determines the exact date and location of the examination. At each location, examinations occur during a 3-hour morning sitting. Students enrolled in more than one course will be limited to one course examination per session. Exam registration deadlines apply to each course examination.
- Students are allowed 2 attempts to pass the examination within the enrolment period. A second failure will cause the enrolment to be cancelled.
- Please not that IATA cannot enter into correspondence concerning individual examination results or any other details concerning the marks obtained. All exam results are final and no exception can be made.