Ua hoʻolaha ka International Air Transport Association (IATA) ua hoʻokō ʻo Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, ʻo ka Mea Hanohano Akbar Al Baker, i kāna mau hana ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻomalu o ka IATA Board of Governors (BoG) no kahi makahiki hoʻokahi mai ka hopena o ka 74th. ʻO ka hālāwai nui makahiki IATA ma Sydney, Australia. ʻO Al Baker ka noho 77th o ka IATA BoG a me ka Luna Nui mua mai Qatar Airways e paʻa i ke kūlana. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ka BoG mai 2012. Ua lanakila ʻo ia iā Goh Choon Phong, Luna Nui o Singapore Airlines.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, ʻO kāna Mea Hanohano Akbar Al Baker, "ʻoliʻoli wau i ka noho ʻana ma Sydney a hoʻohanohano ʻia e alakaʻi i ka Papa Kiaʻāina ʻo IATA ma ke ʻano he luna no ka makahiki e hiki mai ana. ʻO ke koho ʻia ʻana i kahi kūlana alakaʻi hanohano i ka ʻoihana he hanohano nui, i ʻoi aku ka pili i nā kūlana paʻakikī a Qatar Airways e hana nei.
"Ke kakali nei au i ka hoʻomau ʻana i kaʻu hana i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana no kā mākou ʻoihana mokulele nui, e pili pono ana i nā poʻe o ka honua, kahi ʻāpana e hoʻomau i ka ulu ʻana i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana, a ʻo kahi mea aʻu e haʻaheo ai e hana a ʻo ia kekahi o nā mokulele mokulele honua.
Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Al-Baker ʻo Qatar Airways 'Groupe Executive ma 1997. Ma kēia kūlana, ua alakaʻi ʻo Al Baker i ka ulu ʻana o Qatar Airways mai kahi mea lawe moku liʻiliʻi i loko o ka honua nui. ʻO ia ka pelekikena o ka 70th AGM i mālama ʻia ma Doha i ka makahiki 2014.
"Makemake au e hoʻomaikaʻi iā Goh Choon Phong no kāna kākoʻo ikaika a alakaʻi i ka makahiki i hala. Ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i nā hoʻololi nui i ka hoʻokele ʻana o IATA e hiki ai i ka hui ke hana pili loa me kona mau lālā. Ma lalo o kāna alakaʻi ʻana, ua ʻae ka ʻoihana i ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana i kā mākou mau ʻōnaehana hoʻonohonoho, a ua holomua maikaʻi ma nā hana hoʻololi e like me New Distribution Capability a me ONE Order. Ua kōkua nui nā ʻike a Choon Phong i ko mākou hakakā ʻana me ka pāpā PED a me ka ulu ʻana i nā hemahema o ka hiki ke hana i nā wahi nui, ʻoiai e hana pū ana me nā aupuni e hoʻomākaukau no ka hiki ʻana mai o ka papahana CORSIA mōʻaukala e kōkua i nā mokulele e hoʻokele i kā lākou ulu ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana, "wahi a Alexandre de Juniac, Luna Nui a me Luna Nui o IATA.
"Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au e lilo ʻo Akbar i leo ikaika no ka ʻoihana o ke kūʻokoʻa i mua o ka ulu ʻana o nā pilikia e pili ana i ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana a me ka neʻe ʻana mai nā palena ākea a me ka pale ʻana i ke kālepa a me nā mea paʻa i ka neʻe manuahi o nā kānaka. Manaʻo wau e hana pū me ia ma kēia mau pilikia ʻoihana koʻikoʻi, "wahi a de Juniac.
Ua hoʻolaha pū ʻo IATA e lilo ʻo Carsten Spohr, Luna Hoʻokele a me Luna Hoʻokele o Lufthansa, ma ke ʻano he luna o ka BoG mai Iune 2019, ma hope o ke kau ʻana o Al Baker.
ʻO ka papa inoa piha o ka Papa Kiaʻāina IATA 2018-2019 penei:
• ʻO Calin Rovinescu, Pelekikena a me CEO - AIR CANADA
• ʻO María José Hidalgo Gutiérrez, Luna Nui - AIR EUROPA
• ʻO Franck Terner, Luna Nui - AIR FRANCE
• Douglas Parker, Luna Hoʻokele - AMERICAN AIRLINES
• Harry Hohmeister, Lunahoomalu - AUSTRIAN AIRLINES
• Kelemania Efromovich, Lunahoomalu - AVIANCA
• Rupert Hogg, Lunahoomalu a me CEO - CATHAY PACIFIC
• Liu Shaoyong, Lunahoomalu - CHINA EASORT AIRLINES
• Tan Wangeng, Pelekikena a me CEO - CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES
• Pedro Heilbron, Luna Nui - COPA AIRLINES
• Safwat Musallam, Lunahoomalu a me CEO - EGYPTAIR
• Tewolde GebreMariam, Luna Nui Pūʻulu - ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES
• ʻO David Bronczek, Pelekikena a me CEO - FEDEX CORPORATION
• Christine Ourmières-Widener, Luna Nui - FLYBE
• ʻO Luis Gallego Martin, Luna Nui - IBERIA
• Yuji Akasaka, Pelekikena - JAPAN AIRLINES
• Naresh Goyal, Lunahoomalu - JET AIRWAYS (INDIA) LTD.
• ʻO Robin Hayes, CEO - JETBLUE AIRWAYS
• Sebastian Mikosz, Luna Hoʻokele a me CEO - KENYA AIRWAYS
• ʻO Pieter Elbers, Pelekikena a me CEO - KLM
• Yang Ho Cho, Lunahoomalu a me CEO - KOREAN AIR
• Enrique Cueto, Luna Nui - LATAM
• Carsten Spohr, Lunahoomalu a me CEO - LUFTHANSA
• Mohamad El-Hout, Lunahoomalu / Luna Hoʻokele - MIDDLE EAST AIRLINES
• ʻO Alan Joyce, Luna Nui - QANTAS
• Akbar Al Baker, Luna Nui - QATAR AIRWAYS
• ʻO Rickard Gustafson, Pelekikena a me CEO - SAS
• Saleh Nasser Al Jasser, Luna Hoʻokele - SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES
• ʻO Goh Choon Phong, Luna Nui - SINGAPORE AIRLINES
• Oscar Munoz, Luna Nui - UNITED AIRLINES
• Pham Ngoc Minh, Lunahoomalu - VIETNAM AIRLINES
