International Air Transport Association / IATA

Overview

The International Air Transport Association / IATA is cited in the Shengdong Jixi aviation roundtable for the contrast between air cargo’s small weight share and high economic-value share.

Current Profile

IATA’s role in the current wiki is evidence-adjacent rather than institutional. Ma Xiao invokes an IATA statistic to make aviation cargo legible: air freight may represent a small share of physical tonnage while carrying a much larger share of cargo value.

That citation supports the wiki’s new air-cargo branch by explaining why aircraft matter disproportionately for fresh goods, vaccines, electronics, and other high-value or time-sensitive items.

Key Characteristics

• Aviation-industry organization cited for cargo-value statistics.
• Evidence anchor for separating tonnage from economic value in air freight.
• Source-scoped statistical reference rather than a full institutional profile.

Evidence

• Cargo-value citation: #403 从八十年飞行史，看城市、社会和我们自己的改变丨国泰航空 x 声东击西 says Ma Xiao cites IATA figures that air cargo is about 1% by weight but about 33% by value.
• Concept support: #403 从八十年飞行史，看城市、社会和我们自己的改变丨国泰航空 x 声东击西 uses the statistic to connect aviation with high-value and time-sensitive supply chains.
• City-network relevance: #403 从八十年飞行史，看城市、社会和我们自己的改变丨国泰航空 x 声东击西 makes that cargo logic part of Hong Kong and Memphis hub analysis.

Qualifications

The wiki has not independently checked the current IATA dataset or the exact definition of cargo value used in the episode. Treat the numbers as source-scoped until a primary source is ingested.

What Changed

• Created IATA as the organization behind the episode’s air-cargo statistic.
• Kept the statistic bounded to the episode rather than turning it into a timeless aviation fact.

Relationships

• Air Cargo Value Density / 航空货运价值密度 - concept directly supported by the cited statistic.
• Aviation Infrastructure Urban Development / 航空基础设施与城市发展 - broader infrastructure frame where cargo value matters.
• Hong Kong International Airport / 香港国际机场 / 赤鱲角机场 - airport case linked to cargo value in the episode.
• Memphis / 孟菲斯 - freight-hub city case connected to cargo networks.