I want to ask People in the travel industries.how much do a person with an an IATA Foundation Diploma earn in an airline and in a travel agency respectively.I will be writing the exam this september.Meanwhile Virgin Nigeria is recruiting for Ticketing and Reservations Agent.All interested can apply.Also u can check their website

Ticketing and Reservations specialists can apply

Helo foster,how do I get an IATA certification?am very much interested in the aviation industry.
Thanks.

@ nenysmart,hit me on 08025231858,i ll give u a full brief

Foster cat
why not give the whole house this full brief on the IATA Certification procedure.

ok,i'll cal u.but u can share it wit the house

Iata certification is the recognised international  professional certification in the travel industry,with its head quater in  canada.though i ve not worked in the industry b4,i hope to be there soon.the certification is in three stages.the first which is the foundation diploma is for entry level in to the industry.an un comfirmed source says this can give u an average salary of 100k per month in an airline.registration is on for the september diet and it cost about 120k for everything including lectures and exams.There are training centres all over Lagos,but the very good once are Frontier Travel Academy  and the Land over travel school.i am under going  traning with frontier academy and it ok for me.

Oh! am so grateful for this information.can u give me their address so i can get more details about the registration process.
THANKS

so do u need all these exams and training just to register and run your own travel agency?

@ POSTER all info posted by u are true except that which u said Virgin Nigeria is recruiting reservation & ticketing officers where did you get dat info from coz i checked their site and therez nothing to prove dat.
They are only recruiting Pilot, Profiler and Flight Deck. you can confirm and tell the house wat site u saw the recruitment exercise. I was a student of Frontier Travel Academy too.

Frontier Academy is good

Average Starting Salary at Travel Agency aprox 35-40k

we are recruiting for a travel agency & need reservations officers, Female, previous experience preferred, Amadeus Must

email cv to info@bigleapsolutions.net

@ Bigleap i ave sent my CV times without number but therez no responce from ur end

@xta 2 - if your cv is shortlisted you will get an invite by text

@ bigleap thanx i got it

@xta did u go for the interview

@bigleap i cudnt locate the place, am sorry i missed it.i just got back home.

abeg na, una answer me na

chi9ja:

so do u need all these exams and training just to register and run your own travel agency?

NOPE.
You dont need to take IATA exams b4 u can operate a travel agency.To open a travel agency you need to contact an association of travel agencies in ur country(where u wish to operate) and also be financially stable.If you are approved by ur local travel agency association then u wud write IATA and if they too approve u,u wud be given a unique travel agency code,license and u start operation.The main problem however is getting approved by the local travel agency association.

ifyalways:

NOPE.
You dont need to take IATA exams b4 u can operate a travel agency.To open a travel agency you need to contact an association of travel agencies in your country(where u wish to operate) and also be financially stable.If you are approved by your local travel agency association then u wud write IATA and if they too approve u,u wud be given a unique travel agency code,license and u start operation.The main problem however is getting approved by the local travel agency association.

soooooooo which agency is dat in nigeria, and wat do u need to have to be approved.

@chi9ja - its not an easy process & as of the current industry trend you must have a NGN 30 M Share capital to start
& many other formalities