Malaysian body MATA urges IATA to waive off fees amid Covid-19

Persatuan Agensi Pelacongan Malaysia (MATA) has urged the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to waive all fees for the benefit of its members. Since the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared COVID-19 a pandemic, travel restrictions have been imposed throughout the world. Major events have been cancelled and thousands of business are at halt.

The financial impact to our members from the COVID-19 can be cushioned by waiving the following:

a) IATA to waive 2021 membership fees

b) IATA to waive 2020 monthly fees (January – December 2020)

c) To extend 2019 audited account submission to December 2020

This move will help our members who have bestowed their strong support towards IATA in previous years. Since IATA has forecasted that 50% of all airline business will disappear this year throughout the world, we believe that IATA can do something to help our members from closing their doors. As this is an exceptional situation, we hope IATA would also make an exceptional move to waive the above fees.