Air Transport Statistics

4-day (12 hours) LIVE virtual classroom course

Under the Chicago Convention, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has been mandated with the gathering of air transport statistics from contracting States since 1947. These statistics are used to derive level trends and indicators to support the sustainable development of civil aviation activities. At national levels, air transport statistics are compiled by airlines, airports and civil aviation authorities applying international standards. Internationally, ICAO as well as the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Airports Council International (ACI), gather aviation statistics directly from airlines, airports and civil aviation authorities supporting the various airline industry initiatives while monitoring the industry's performance in terms of traffic, employment, and financial results. Air transport statistics are widely used throughout the industry, ranging from monitoring global industry performance to detailed network planning and competitor benchmarking. You will learn about the international standards and definitions that are used to produce air transport statistics, and to recognize the differences between the statistics gathered by ICAO, IATA and ACI. Having inside knowledge about the various statistics sources and methodologies will strengthen your organization ability to compile, interpret and leverage air transportation statistics for the purpose of meaningful analysis and industry performance monitoring.

Course Code: ALC023VCEN01

Course format

• The live sessions of this virtual classroom course are delivered by an official IATA Instructor.
• The course will take you approximately 12 hours to complete and be held over 4 consecutive days.
• There will be 2 live interactive virtual classroom sessions per day, each session will be 90 minutes.
• The live sessions will require your participation, with multiple Q&A sessions and additional time spent on self-study material including projects, research, additional reading and videos.
• Student performance will be based on an assessment.

Technical requirements

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Prerequisites

• Recommended level is Entry-level and Intermediate.
• The recommended level of language proficiency is ICAO Operational Level 4 for courses in English or the equivalent level for other languages.

How to register

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Virtual venues

We schedule our virtual classroom courses through one of 3 virtual venues, each in a different time zone for your convenience. For more information, please visit our page on virtual classroom timing or contact our Customer Portal.

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Upon completing this course, you will be able to:

• Describe and interpret the air transport statistics available through the ICAO, IATA and ACI statistics programs
• Relate the differences in traffic statistics from the various sources including ICAO, IATA and ACI
• Apply the current standards, concepts and methodologies for compiling air transport statistics, specifically traffic, employment, fleet, and financial statistics, for both airlines and airports
• Apply data validation techniques to assess the quality of reported data
  Use statistics for airline industry monitoring, to identify trends, weaknesses and opportunities
• Use statistics for traffic forecasting
• Benchmark how your national carriers and airports are performing in relation to competitors

The key topics that are covered during this course include:

• The concept of the statistics value chain
• Institutional frameworks
• ICAO, IATA and ACI statistics collections
• Overview of current statistical reports, repositories, and products
• Air transport statistics standards, concepts and methodologies
  • Airlines: traffic, employment, fleet and financial statistics
  • Airports: traffic and financial statistics
• Data validation techniques
• How airlines and airports use statistical data
  • Benchmarking
  • Traffic forecasting

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This course is recommended for:

• Airline, airport and civil aviation managers responsible for statistical reporting, industry performance monitoring and forecasting
• Finance and strategy managers from airports, airlines, civil aviation authorities

An IATA Certificate of Completion is awarded to participants obtaining a grade of 70% or higher on an assessment. A special distinction is awarded to participants obtaining a grade of 90% or higher.