AVIATION GEOGRAPHY

BY: SANA DADI

IATA TRAFFIC CONFERENCE AREAS

• To organise and simplify the fare construction rules, routings and fares, IATA
divides the world into two hemispheres: Eastern and Western. Within these
hemispheres there are three main IATA areas known as Traffic Conference
Areas (TC Areas) which are further divided into sub areas.
TRAFFIC CONFERENCE AREA 1 (TC1):
WESTERN HEMISPHERE

• North American sub-area

• Central American sub-area
• South American sub-area
• Caribbean sub-area
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TRAFFIC CONFERENCE AREA 2 (TC2):
EASTERN HEMISPHERE

• European sub-area
• African sub-area
• Middle East sub-area
TRAFFIC CONFERENCE AREA 3 (TC3):
EASTERN HEMISPHERE

• South Asian Subcontinent sub-area

• South East Asian sub-area
• South West Pacific sub-area
UTC (UNIVERSAL TIME CORDINATE)

• UTC uses 24-hour (military) time notation and is based on the local standard
time on the 0° longitude meridian which runs through Greenwich, England.
Midnight in Greenwich corresponds to 00:00 UTC, noon corresponds to
12:00 UTC, and so on.
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