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International Air Transport Association

IATA

image by Zoltan Horvath, 09 December 2014

Overview
The Flag
White Flag with Logo
Previous Flag
Annual Meeting flags

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International Organizations

Overview

"The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is a trade association of the world’s airlines. These 240 airlines, primarily major carriers, carry approximately 84% of total Available Seat Kilometers air traffic. IATA supports airline activity and helps formulate industry policy and standards. It is headquartered in Montreal, Canada with Executive Offices in Geneva, Switzerland.
IATA was formed in April 1945 in Havana, Cuba. It is the successor to the International Air Traffic Association, which was formed in 1919 at The Hague, Netherlands. At its founding, IATA consisted of 57 airlines from 31 countries.
The old IATA was able to start small and grow gradually. It was also limited to a European dimension until 1939 when Pan American joined. The post-1945 IATA immediately had to handle worldwide responsibilities with a more systematic organization and a larger infrastructure.
Much of IATA’s early work was technical and it provided input to the newly created (established in 1947) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which was reflected in the annexes of the Chicago Convention, the international treaty that still governs the conduct of international air transport today.
The Chicago Convention couldn’t resolve the issue of who flies where, however, and this has resulted in the thousands of bilateral air transport agreements in existence today. The benchmark standard for the early bilaterals was the 1946 United States-United Kingdom Bermuda Agreement.
IATA was also charged by the governments with setting a coherent fare structure that avoided cut-throat competition but also looked after the interests of the consumer."
Sources: http://www.iata.org/about/Pages/history.aspx and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Air_Transport_Association
For the full list of IATA's Members airlines, please refer to: http://www.iata.org/about/members/Pages/airline-list.aspx?All=true
For additional information go to: IATA (official website)
Esteban Rivera, 09 December 2014

The Flag

The flag is seen here which features its logo in white. For additional information, please go to their "Usage Guidelines for the “IATA Accredited Agent” Logo
Source: http://theloadstar.co.uk/iatas-lawyers-come-knocking-at-the-glassdoor/
Esteban Rivera, 09 December 2014

White Flag with Logo

image located by Paul Bassinson, 21 July 2020

Attached is an image of another version of the flag of the International Air Transport Association (image obtained from https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/)
Paul Bassinson, 21 July 2020

Previous Flag

image located by Esteban Rivera, 8 March 2018

The previous IATA flag used the old IATA logo (http://www.jpreynolds.com/images/iata_logo.gif) over a sky blue horizontal background, as seen here: https://images.ehive.com/accounts/3031/objects/images/7890be_bmp0_l.jpg (source: http://www.motat.org.nz/collections/collection-online/flag-iata-625287/).

Description is as follows: "Light blue nylon flag with a white circle in centre. Centre of circle contains ‘IATA’ logo [globe with wings] in blue. Makers stamp: only ‘Montreal’ is readable."
Measurements are as follows: "H 910 W 1820mm (H 35 13/16 W 71 5/8")".
The flag is dated 1973. The flag is stored at the The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT), New Zealand.
Esteban Rivera, 8 March 2018

Annual Meeting flags

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) is IATA's pre-eminent event. In addition to the statutory obligations, the formalizing of industry positions and the evidencing of airline unity, the AGM provides a focus for emerging industry issues and a forum for members to meet and network.
Source: http://www.iata.org/events/agm/Pages/index.aspx

The list of past AGMs can be found at http://www.iata.org/events/agm/Pages/past-agm.aspx. It seems that several AGMs (meetings) have had their own flag as well, most likely based on the host country featuring an adapted logo. Below is an example of the flag of the meeting in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1973.
Esteban Rivera, 8 March 2018

image located by Esteban Rivera, 8 March 2018

Description is as follows:
"Flag, International Air Transport Association (IATA). Brown lettering on a white background. Letters on flag IATA. The letters "A" on the flag is in the form of a Māori Whare. Line running through taped edge of flag for attaching to flag pole. From IATA 29th AGM Auckland, November 1973". Measurements are as follows: "H 900 W 1830mm (H 35 7/16 W 72 1/16")".
Esteban Rivera, 8 March 2018