The International Air Transport Association is oaeof the most important international professional associations. It is the worid organization of scheduled airlines. It has become the mediator by which individual airlines knit their individual networks into a worldwide public services system, despite differences in languages, currencies, laws and measurements. Thanks to airline cooperates through the IATA, Individual passengers can, by one telephone caii and a payment s a single currency, arrange ;0urnev5 including many countries and Services of several scheduled airlines. Member airlines have developed the Standard LATA Reservau~c2s Interline Message Procedures - Passenger ^AIRIMP) for the purpose of cornrnuniezang with each other when making interline reservations, today usually don<; by computerized reservation systems in order to ensure uniformity, understanding, accuracy and economy. The IATA publishes a iot of -nanuais containing information and instructions for all sectors of air transport. Us Airhne Coding Directory, for example, published three times a year, is the official industry source for airline designators and location identifiers, its list of three-digit ar.d three-letter airline codes is a blueprint for everyone working in air travel business. I: also induces Currency and country codes, as well as three-letter codes for ail major cities and airports; it lists contacts for reservation departments, control offices addresses, emergency notification, ticketing time limits and minimum connecting time coordinators. Charges imposed worldwide by airports, air havener, sen-ices providers, and en-route chj.-ges by countries can be found in the manuai caned Airport and Air Navigation Charges. Sometimes airlines are put in the unforensic position of having to involuntarily reroute passengers and then the IATA Airline Guide to involuntary Rerouting is to be followed. Easy and reliable settlement: between pzrncipariagcustomers of the Cargo and Passenger business is also supervised by the LATA. The i ATA's mission is also to provide detailed information on vital statistics including passenger and freight traffic IATA database "GABI-'Wbrld Air Transport Statistics" is a unique os-Iine service, which allows airline Companies to perform benchmarking and trend analysis as well as to improve forecasting accuracy. The IATa also sets goals and objectives for air transport in general Among its projects is e.g. replacement of all paper tickets fey electronic tickets in the near future, the implementation of common use of Self-Service Check-in Kiosks at airports, and implementation of Radio Frequency IdentificaiioE technology for baggage sorting and handling to reduce the number of mishandled baggage. The iATAhas initiated many intergovernmental agreements, the most important ones are mentioned bellow.
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scheduled airlines = linkové letecké společnosti, mediator = zprostředkovatel, currency = měna, uniformity ~ jednota, accuracy = přesnost, ecorioiny = hospodárnost, manutí = návod, manuál, emergency notification = nouzové upozorněni, ticketing = vystavování letenek, niÍGim«rn collecting time = čas nutný pro přestup, charge = poplatek, impose = uvalit, en-route = po cestě, íiivoíiiatarily - nedobrovolně, reroute * přeložit na jiný íet|inou trasou, setíiemest =■ urovnání, forecasting 3 předpovědi, accuracy = přesnost, self-service checit-ic kiosk = samoobslužnystoian pro registnei, baggage sorting = tříděni zavazadel mishandled baggage = zatoulané zavazatgo
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In !944= governments concluded a basic convention regulating international air transport in Chicago. Hence, it is called the Ch-.cagc convention. Í: governs relations between countries on both technical and commercial subjects concerning international air tnosport    draws a distinction between scheduled and non-scheduJeč services. Operation of scheduled international services is subjected to bilateral agreements, know, is "biiuerals", signed between rwo countries Each country designates its scheduled carrier and the agreements specif)' the rights that the designated carrier enjoys m the other country, as well as the cities, which may be served by the designated sins'-.es Tne rights of designated carriers to overfly the cot.n try or to make a stop for technical re:;scr.; only are called the Freedoms of the Air
condade a convention = uzavřít dohodu, to be subject to = podléhat,
designated = určený, označený jmenovaný (í.de: národní přepravce),
carrier * přepravce, overfly - přeletět, technical stop = technická zastávka, mezipristrln
i he Warsaw Convention
An intergovernmental agreement called the Warsaw Convention was concluded in 1929 with the aim of unification o: certain pjies re kiting to international carriage by air. This convention was amended a: the Hague in 1955. Tne convention governs and. in most cases, limits the Lability of carriers for death cr personal injury and for loss of or damage to baggage. The convention is applicable if the passenger's journey involves an ultimate cestsaticn or a stop in a country other than the country of departure.
carriage = přeprava, liability = odpovědnost, injury = úraz, loss - ztráta, applicable = platný použitelný pro, damage to = škoda na něčem
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