India will host the world’s most premier aviation event, the annual general meeting (AGM) of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), next year, after a gap of 42 years.

• This will be the third time the IATA  AGM considered one of the most significant events in the aviation industry’s calendar has convened in Delhi, after 1958 and 1983. 
• The chiefs and various other top executives of almost all global airlines, aircraft manufacturers, and other aviation sector stakeholders gather once a year at the IATA’s AGM to discuss issues pertaining to the global aviation sector. 
• IndiGo, India’s largest airline by market share, will be the host airline of the AGM and the World Air Transport Summit. 
• The summit will take place in Delhi between June 8 and 10, 2025, IATA announced on Monday( 8 June, 2024). 
• About 330 airlines, comprising more than 80 per cent of global air traffic, are members of IATA.