TIACA is a global not-for-profit trade association that represents all major segments of the air cargo and air logistics industry. Its objectives include facilitating the implementation of e-commerce practices, supporting security measures, promoting environmental policies, reforming customs practices, increasing market access, and representing the interests of the air cargo industry before regulatory bodies. TIACA engages in activities that seek to improve industry cooperation, promote innovation, share knowledge, enhance quality and efficiency, and promote education. It also engages with relevant authorities, publishes position papers on industry issues, and maintains a website as a valuable industry resource. Additionally, TIACA has developed research relationships with universities through joint projects and student scholarship programs.

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 air cargo by its current dependence on bilateral traffic rights agreements; and
• representing the interests of the air cargo industry before relevant regulatory bodies, at the national and multinational levels.