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The globally accepted industry reference for airlines, freight forwarders, ground handlers and shippers to make sure dangerous goods are transported by air safely and efficiently.

Special Cargo items include live animals, perishables, wet cargo, time and temperature sensitive products and human remains, among others. Due to their nature, weight, dimensions and/or value, they may have specific requirements including packaging, labeling, documentation and handling through the transport chain.

Cargo Operations Manuals

Cargo Operations are the hub of the air cargo supply chain and are performed by hundreds of handlers at thousands of airports around the world. Our vision is to drive safe, efficient and customer-focused operations for the entire air cargo industry.

Ground Operations Manuals

Standardized performance-based procedures for ground handling operations is necessary for safe & efficient ground operations. Standard procedures would also increase efficiency for ground handling personnel which improves turnaround time.

Safety Manuals

Safety remains IATA's top priority. The best strategy for safety is prevention, and our manuals can help your organization to properly plan and implement appropriate standards to be ready when faced with safety challenges. This portfolio of manuals provides guidance on operational safety matters that directly impact airline operations.

Security Manuals

Staying up to date with rapidly changing regulations allows you to be better prepared for the challenges that the global security environment presents. Security should remain your organization’s top priority and following industry best practices will help your business to stay safe.

Flight & Technical Operations Manuals

This digital portfolio provides practical guidance material and best practices based on regulatory standards for airline operations in the Flight and Technical areas. The objective is to ensure standardized implementation and effective use of the practices contributing significant efficiencies within the flight and technical operations.

Environment & Sustainability Manuals

Sustainability is a critical priority and the aviation industry’s license to do business. The Environment and Sustainability manuals contain standards and industry guidance to support sustainability initiatives for the aviation value chain on topics such as environmental management systems, sustainability reporting, aircraft financing and aircraft decommissioning.

Passenger Experience Manuals

In the effort to provide a seamless and personalized passenger journey to air travelers, the aviation industry must continuously adapt to market changes and new technology. The Passenger Experience manuals provide industry guidance, recommended practices as well as technical standards to improve customer experience in air travel.

Airport Collaborative Decision-Making (A-CDM) Implementation Manual

Airport Collaborative Decision Making (Airport CDM) is now embedded in the ATM operational concept as an important enabler that will improve operational efficiency, predictability and punctuality to the ATM network and airport stakeholders.

EUROCONTROL, 31 March 2017

Air Traffic Flow and Capacity Management (ATFCM) Users Manual

Network Manager

The ATFCM Users Manual has been prepared with the main object of providing in one document an operational description of the NM ATFCM related actions, information and message exchange.

Edition: 27.0 / 25-Apr-2023

SESAR Concept of Operations Step 1

The SESAR Concept Of Operations (CONOPS) Step 1 document provides the top level guidance and serves as the main common reference for all operationally related SESAR tasks. This document may evolve and refinements will be necessary as validation of concept elements is assessed with respect to the delivery of expected performance.

Edition 1.0, 09.May.20123

Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda - Digital European Sky

This document describes the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) to support the delivery of the Digital European Sky. Together with the proposal for an "Integrated ATM" partnership, these documents present the scope and approach to further modernization of Europe’s air traffic management (ATM) capabilities and U-space within the second pillar of Horizon Europe – Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness, more specifically within the Climate, Energy and Mobility cluster,

but also linked to the Digital, Energy and Space cluster.

September 2020