The International Air Cargo Association

Mission & Goals

TIACA is a global not-for-profit trade association representing all the major segments of the air cargo and air logistics industry – combination and all-cargo airlines, forwarders, airports, ground handlers, road carriers, customs brokers, logistics companies, shippers, IT companies, aircraft and equipment manufacturers, trade press, and educational institutions. TIACA’s objectives include: •facilitating and monitoring the implementation of e-commerce practices throughout the air cargo supply chain; •supporting security measures that are effective, workable, and affordable, and that create minimal disruption to the vital flow of air cargo, which essentially relies on speed; •developing and promoting strategies and principles that address legitimate public concerns for sound environmental policies; •reforming and modernizing customs practices and raising industry performance standards; •increasing market access by the elimination or reduction of constraints imposed on (...)