IATA - Airline, Airport and Location Coding Databases
IATA assigns and maintains the official codes that uniquely identify airlines, airports, and intermodal locations worldwide. These universal codes are essential to the functioning of the aviation and travel industries, ensuring that systems involved in reservations, scheduling, ticketing, cargo documentation, and other operations speak the same language.
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