Geneva, 2013-04-12 — /travelprnews.com/ — The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced an organizational restructuring of its main divisions and regional operations to even better address the needs of its 240 member airlines. Senior management changes were also announced to support the new structure. All changes will take effect from 1 July 2013.
A key guiding principle of the restructuring is the concept of ‘Global Development, Regional Delivery’. “IATA is changing to deliver even greater value to its members. Strengthening our regional structures where we are closest to our members will help us to understand and meet their needs better. We have also regrouped activities that have grown organically over time with the goal of being more intuitive to those we deal with. This will optimize our ability to develop, modernize and deliver the global standards which are the foundation of aviation-enabled global connectivity,” said Tony Tyler, IATA’s Director General and CEO.
Highlights of the changes follow:
Regions
IATA’s regional operations will be consolidated from seven regional structures into five. These will be based around the five hubs (Amman, Beijing, Madrid, Miami and Singapore) where IATA has already been amalgamating activities associated with its industry financial systems. Each region continues to be led by a Regional Vice President (RVP) who is responsible for driving all activities within their region, while maintaining the consistency of IATA’s global standards and positions. To ensure effective regional input to IATA’s leadership, RVPs will report to the Director General and CEO. Highlights of the regional re-organization include:
Divisions
IATA’s four externally-focused head office divisions will be re-organized into five in order to bring together activities sharing common stakeholders and focus. These are:
The internal Corporate Services division remains under the leadership of Ayaz Hussein, IATA’s Chief Financial Officer.
Background
Tyler launched a strategy review shortly after assuming the position of Director General and CEO in July 2011. This confirmed IATA’s mission to represent, lead and serve the airline industry. And it focused the association’s efforts on a vision to be the force for value creation and innovation driving a safe, secure and profitable air transport industry that sustainably connects and enriches our world.
This restructuring will enable IATA to meet these aspirations without redundancies or downsizing of the organization. The changes in divisions and regions do not impact or alter IATA’s governance processes.
For more information, please contact:
Corporate Communications
Tel: +41 22 770 2967
Email: corpcomms@iata.org
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