Taking on the challenge: IATA's Ground Damage Prevention Program targets a 10 percent cost...

Earlier this year IATA (International Air Transportation Association) launched an aggressive Ground Damage Prevention Program with the goal of reducing the cost of damage in 2004 by 10 percent and a five-year goal of halving the staggering US $4 billion annual cost. This program is a part of IATA's six-point Safety Strategy and fully complementary to another key part of that strategy, IOSA--the IATA Operational Safety Audit Program.

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