International Air Transport Association

The International Air Transport Association is an international trade organization of airlines. Airlines have been granted a special exemption to consult prices with each other through this body. The organization has been accused of acting as a cartel, and many low cost carriers are not full IATA members.

IATA assigns 3-letter IATA Airport Codes and 2-letter IATA Airline Designators, which are commonly used worldwide.

A list of major US airline designators

• AirTran Airways - FL
• Alaska Airlines - AS
• American Airlines - AA
• America West Airlines - HP
• ATA - TZ
• Continental Airlines - CO
• Delta Air Lines - DL
• Frontier Airlines - F9
• Independence Air f/k/a ACA - DH
• jetBlue - B6
• Northwest Airlines - NW
• Southwest Airlines - WN
• United Airlines - UA
• US Airways - US
• USA 3000 Airlines - U5

External link

• Official Site