Association of Asia Pacific Airlines
Formation	30 September 1966
Type	Trade Association
Location	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Membership	17 airlines
Director General	Andrew Herdman
Website	http://www.aapairlines.org

The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) is a trade association of major scheduled international airlines based in the Asia-Pacific region. Established in 1966 as the Orient Airlines Research Bureau and based today in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the primary purpose of the AAPA is to serve as a common forum for the articulation of members’ views on matters and issues of common interest, to foster close cooperation, and to bring about an atmosphere conducive to the stimulation of the travel and tourism industry.

[edit] Members

The Association currently has seventeen member airlines from the Asia-Pacific region:

They collectively carry 285 million passengers and 10 million tonnes of cargo, representing approximately one-fifth of global air passenger traffic and one-third of global air cargo traffic respectively.^[1]

[edit] External links

• Association of Asia Pacific Airlines official website

[edit] References

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