Originally Posted by
ProPax
Making schedules and reservations. IATA does that? Not the airlines themselves? So if, say, Lufthansa or British Airways want to open a new route, they have to go through IATA?
And another thing that caught my eye is "revenue division". How do they do that? Airlines pay to some kind of fund which then gets redistributed? I have never heard of any of this. Very interesting.
Is membership in IATA mandatory for any airline?
Just trying to understand how it works. (insert confused smiley)
not really for this thread but IATA covers things like interlining bags from one airline to another, tickets so that BA can ticket on AA and the like, they collect revenue from one airline that needs to pay another for services. They also cover route fares (an airline can reduce tickets from the IATA fare) ie a single from NY to LHR economy would be say $1,500. You don’t have to be a member but then you working with other airlines can be difficult. If you a small airline and you want to sell a route where one leg is with you and another is on a major airline, they won’t entertain you unless you have an IATA registration as it’s an insurance they’ll get paid if you go bust.