MENA's IATA regional headquarters is there to sustain the extraordinary dynamism of MENA by responding to the needs of its member airlines, accredited travel and cargo agents as well as industry partners. The office provides essential services such as BSP and CASS support, in addition to promoting IATA's priorities for 2008. Below are MENA's priorities for 2008, the regional office will be working towards achieving these throughout the year.
IATA's Industry Priorities for 2008
- Safety
- Implement IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO), conducting at least 60 station audits and 8 headquarters audits
- Develop plan to address future airline training and qualification requirements
- Environment
- Achieve a reduction of at least 6 million tonnes of CO2 from operations and infrastructure
- Implement a strategy to reach carbon neutral growth
- Develop standards and guidelines for an industry carbon offset programme and pilot it with at least 6 airlines in four different regions
- Simplifying the Business
- Achieve 100% E-Ticketing penetration in IATA Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP) on 1 June 2008 and implement a programme to eliminate remaining paper documents by developing an electronic multi-purpose document (EMD)
- Ensure 130 airports offer Common Use Self-Service (CUSS) facilities by end 2008 and that 200 airlines are Bar Coded Boarding Pass (BCBP)-enabled
- Implement e-freight pilots at 8 additional locations (14 total) by end 2008
- Conduct 2 pilots in each area of Fast Travel
Launch the Baggage management Improvement Programme (BIP) at 6 airports
- Financial
- Achieve savings/cost avoidance of $1.5 billion in industry taxes, charges and fuel fees, including at least $800 million in real cost reduction
- Launch four new initiatives to reduce airline costs and improve service
For more information, please contact the MENA regional office.