IATA - World Geography

A Presentation by Rajiv Bajaj

 The Areas
For tariff & administrative purposes, IATA has
divided the world into 3 distinct geographical
areas.

These are known as Traffic Conference Areas.

Traffic Conference Area 1

Traffic Conference Area 2

Traffic Conference Area 3

Traffic Conference Area 1

North, South and Central America

Hawaiian Islands

The Bahamas

Bermuda

Greenland

All the Caribbean Islands

Traffic Conference Area 2

Europe (including Iceland, Russia to the west

of Ural Mountains) & Islands adjacent to
Europe

The Azores

Canary Islands

The Middle East (including Iran)

Africa and adjacent islands

Traffic Conference Area 3

Asia (including Russia to the east of the Ural

Mountains)

Islands of the Pacific Ocean lying west of the

International Date Line

Australasia
IATA’s three main offices - Geneva, Montreal
and Singapore.

Geneva office - Europe, Africa and the Middle

East

Montreal office - The Americas

Singapore office - The Far East and Australasia

IATA - TC 1
 Traffic Conference Area 1
Covers Western Hemisphere including –

North & South America and adjacent islands;

Greenland;
Bermuda;
West Indies;
Islands of Caribbean Sea; and
Hawaiian Islands, including Midway and
Palmyra
Sub-Division 1
North America:

Alaska
Canada
Continental U.S.A.
Hawaii
Mexico
St. Pierre
Miquelon
 Sub-Division 2
Central America:

Belize, Costa Rica, EL

Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras, Nicaragua,
Caribbean Area (Anguilla,
Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas,
Barbados, Barbuda,
Bermuda, Bonaire, British
Virgin Islands, Cayman
Islands, Cuba, Curacao,
Dominica, Dominican
Republic, French Guyana,
Grenada, Guadeloupe,
Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica,
Martinique, Nevis, Puerto
Rico, Saba, St. Barthelemy,
St.Eustatius, St. Kitts, St.
Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent,
Trinidad and Tobago, U.S.
Virgin Islands, Surinam.
Sub-Division 3

South America:
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Panama
Uruguay
Venezuela.
IATA - TC 2
 Traffic Conference Area 2
All of Europe (including that part of the C.I.S. in
Europe)

Iceland
Azores of Africa and island adjacent thereto;
Ascension Islands;
The part of Asia lying west of, and including
Iran.
Sub-Division 1
Consists of the
whole of
Europe,
including the
European
Community
member states
& Schengen
member
states.
EU Members
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
BULGARIA
CYPRUS
THE CZECH REPUBLIC
DENMARK
ESTONIA
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
GREECE
HUNGARY
IRELAND
ITALY
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MALTA
NETHERLANDS
POLAND
PORTUGAL
ROMANIA
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SPAIN
SWEDEN
THE UK (GREAT BRITAIN
& NORTHERN IRELAND)
Schengen Members:

• Austria
• Germany
• Belgium
• Denmark
• Finland
• France
• Greece
• Iceland
• Italy
• Luxemburg
• Norway
• Portugal
• Spain
• Sweden
• The Netherlands
 Sub-Division 2
Middle East:
Bahrain, Benin
Egypt, Iran, Iraq,
Israel, Jordan,
Kuwait, Lebanon,
Oman, Qatar,
Saudi Arabia,
Sudan, Syria,
United Arab Emirates,
Yemen.
 Sub-Division 3
Africa, including its
neighbouring
islands.

It is further sub-
divided into
different regional
zones.
 Southern
Botswana,
Lesotho,
Mozambique,
Namibia,
South Africa,
Swaziland,
Central Africa,
Malawi,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
 Western
Angola, Benin, Burkina,
Faso, Cameroon, Cape
Verde, Central African
Republic, Chad, Congo,
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory
Coast), Equatorial
Guinea, Gabon,
Gambia, Ghana,
Guinea, Bissan, Liberia,
Mali, Mauritania, Niger,
Nigeria, Sao Tome and
Principle Senegal,
Sierra, Leone, Togo,
Zaire.
Eastern
Burundi,
Djibouti,
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Rwanda,
Somalia,
Tanzania,
Uganda,
Kenya,
Tanzania,
Uganda.
East / Central
Eastern &
Central Africa
Indian Ocean
Islands:

Comoros,
Madagascar,
Mauritius,
Mayotte,
Reunion,
Seychelles.
IATA - TC 3
 Traffic Conference Area 3
Includes all of Asia and the adjacent islands;

All of the East Indies;

Australia, New Zealand and adjacent islands;

Islands of the Pacific Ocean except those

included in TC 1;

Part of the Russian Federation East of the Ural

Mountains.
 Sub-Division 1
South Asian
Subcontinent:
SAARC Countries –

Afghanistan,
Bangladesh,
Bhutan, India,
Maldives, Nepal,
Pakistan, Sri
Lanka
Sub-Division 2
South West Pacific
(Australasia):
Australia, Cook
Islands Papua New
Guinea, Samoa,
Society Islands,
Solomon Island,
Tonga, Turvalu.
Vanustu and
Intermediate
islands.
 Sub-Division 3
South East Asia:

Brunei, Cambodia, China

People's Republic, Guam,
Hong Kong, Indonesia,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Lao (People's Dem. Rep.),
Malaysia, Mongolia,
Myanmar, Philippine,
Russian Federation (East
of the Urals), Singapore,
Taiwan, Tajikistan,
Thailand, Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan, Vietnam,
Sub-Division 4

Japan
&
Korea
Thank You.

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