Profile: Air Transport Association

Mission

ATA serves its member airlines and their customers by assisting the airline industry in continuing to provide the world’s safest system of transportation; transmitting technical expertise and operational knowledge to improve safety, service and efficiency; advocating fair airline taxation and regulation worldwide to foster a healthy, competitive industry; and by developing and coordinating industry actions that are environmentally beneficial, economically reasonable and technologically feasible.

Goals

The association’s fundamental purpose is to foster a business and regulatory environment that ensures safe and secure air transportation and permits U.S. airlines to flourish, stimulating economic growth locally, nationally and internationally. By working with members in the technical, legal and political arenas, ATA leads industry efforts to fashion crucial policy and supports measures that enhance aviation safety, security and well-being. ATA goals include:

• Championing the world’s safest transportation system
• Protecting airline passengers, crewmembers, aircraft and cargo, working collaboratively with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
• Modernizing the U.S. air traffic management system via the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Challenging government policies that impose unwise regulatory burdens or impinge on marketplace freedoms
• Reducing the disproportionate share of taxes and fees paid by airlines and their customers
• Improving the industry’s ability to attract the capital necessary to meet future demands
• Shaping international aviation policy to ensure that U.S. and foreign carriers can compete on equal terms

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