IATA seeks to improve understanding of the industry among decision makers and increase awareness of the benefits that aviation brings to national and global economies. It fights for the interests of airlines across the globe, challenging unreasonable rules and charges, holding regulators and governments to account, and striving for sensible regulation.

IATA's aim is to help airlines help themselves by simplifying processes and increasing passenger convenience while reducing costs and improving efficiency. The groundbreaking Simplifying the Business initiative is crucial in this area. Moreover, safety is IATA's number one priority, and IATAs goal is to continually improve safety standards, notably through IATA's Operational Safety Audit (IOSA). Anothermainconcern is to minimise the impact of air transport on environment.

IATA ensures that people and goods can move around the global airline network as easily as if they were on a single airline in a single country. In addition, it provides essential professional support to all industry stakeholders with a wide range of products and expert services, such as publications, training and consulting. IATAs financial systems also help carriers and the travel industry maximise revenues.

• For consumers, IATA simplifies the travel and shipping processes, while keeping costs down. Passengers can make one telephone call to reserve a ticket, pay in one currency and then use the ticket on several airlines in several countries.
• IATA allows airlines to operate safely, securely, efficiently and economically under clearly defined rules.
• IATA serves as an intermediary between airlines and passenger as well as cargo agents via neutrally applied agency service standards and centralised financial systems.
• A large network of industry suppliers and service providers gathered by IATA provides solid expertise to airlines in a variety of industry solutions.
• For governments, IATA seeks to ensure they are well informed about the complexities of the aviation industry to ensurebetter, long-term decisions.

It is the sought after diploma of the era. Degree holders with IATA diploma find it easier to get a prestigious job in airlines or airports or travel agencies. It is recognized by all national airlines of the countries around world. It is considered to be the eligibility criteria to get jobs in airlines, airports, travel agencies, tour-operating companies, cruise ships etc. It is the gateway to travel jobs. It is a diploma with international standard for which the syllabus is determined, examination is conducted and the diploma is awarded by ITDI (IATA Training Development Institute) in Montreal, Canada.