International Air Transport Association (IATA) is an organization of the world's scheduled international airlines. The IATA promotes safe, regular, and economical air transport. It also fosters air commerce and studies the problems connected with it. Any airline that has been licensed to provide scheduled air service by a government eligible for membership in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) may join the IATA (see International Civil Aviation Organization). The IATA was founded in 1945. Its headquarters are in Montreal, Canada.