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Safety and Security

• Implement a business intelligence tool for the Global Safety Information Center (GSIC) reports.  
• Checkpoint of the Future: complete the concept definition and test its components at two airports.

Financial

• Industry Charges
• Secure reductions to charges, taxes and fees of US$750 million by end 2013, while ensuring proposals for increases are reduced by a total of at least 30%.
• Seven major providers/states to commit to more favorable pricing agreements.
• Improve service from seven providers/states, for fuel supply, airport infrastructure or air traffic control operations.
• Deliver commitment for longer-term savings of US$750 million until end 2016.
• IATA Settlement Systems (ISS: BSP/CASS)
• Ensure that 99.95% of funds are settled on time.
• Secure approval for guidelines for global standards for agent financial criteria and financial securities
• Migrate at least 175 airlines to the Simplified Interline Settlement (SIS) platform.
• Direct Data Service (DDS) database to exceed 85% of global indirect sales

Regulatory

• EU Parliament and Council do not adopt positions on the revision of the EC slot Regulation that depart from the four cornerstones of the Worldwide Slot Guidelines.
• Prevent the implementation of other costly new regulatory burdens on the industry.
  
  
• Eliminating Barriers to Profitable Growth
• Improve perceptions of the role of aviation in economic and global competitiveness.
• Ensure that the recommendations of the NextGen Advisory Committee are addressed by the FAA.
• Secure airlines' full involvement in decision making on SESAR issues.

Environment

• Avoid a global climate-related tax on passengers, carbon or fuel.
• Secure ICAO commitment on developing a global framework for aviation to replace EU ETS in time for the ICAO 38th Assembly in 2013.
• Secure ICAO commitment on establishing a CO2 standard for new aircraft types for consideration by ICAO’s Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP).
• Secure commitments from five governments to support the construction of commercial scale biofuel plants.

Simplifying the Business

• Successfully complete the Baggage-management Improvement Program (BIP), expand use of Electronic Miscellaneous Documents (EMDs) to 75% of passenger volumes and implement at least three Fast Travel solutions at 100 airline/airport pairs.
• Launch two new StB Projects on passenger facilitation and airline distribution.
• Progress towards 100% e-freight with 15% e-Air Waybill (e-AWB) global penetration in 2012.

Costs to Member Airlines

• Reduce IATA’s service fees and charges to members by US$ 6 million.