Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Case Study Questions
1.
How does ABTA help to protect the travelling public?
2.
What advantages doe s ABTA membership offer to retail travel agencies?
3.
What is the ABTA Code of Conduct?
4.
Why do ABTA travel agencies a n d tour operators have to provide the Association with a bond?
5.
What relationships does ABTA have
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Check out this website to help answer
these questions and for more information
on ABTA - The Travel Association and its
operations.
www.abta.com
with other parts of the travel an d
tourism sector?
This case study is designed to provide
evidence for P2 and M1.
Licensing
role of a tour operator by selling fl ights or fl ight-based
package holidays on its own behalf (rather than acting
as an agent for another tour operator).
In addition to becoming a member of ABTA and/or
an independent consortium, travel agencies can also
apply for an IATA licence to sell airline tickets (see IATA
case study below). An agency may also need to obtain
an ATOL (Air Travel Organisers' Licence) from the CAA
(Civil Aviation Authority) if it intends to take on the
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Check out this website for more
information on ATOLs.
www.caa.co.uk
CASE STUDY
International Ai r Transport Association (IATA)
Introduction
IATA is an international trade body representi n g the interests of the world's major airlines. It was founded in
Havana, Cuba in 1945 and is the principal vehicle for inter-airline co-operation in promoting safe, reliable,
secure and economical global air services. When it was f o unded IATA had 57 members from 31 nations, mostly
in Europe and North America. Today it brings together approximately 230 airlines, including the world's largest
carriers, from more than 130 countries in every corner of th e world. Flights by IATA-member airlines comprise
 
 
 
 
 
 
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