I Am...

An airline professional looking to:

  • CONNECT MY TEAM: Bring eligible airline professionals into ISTAT's global commercial aviation community.
  • BUILD INDUSTRY RELATIONSHIPS: Create more opportunities for your team to connect with peers and partners across the industry.
  • EXPAND OUR KNOWLEDGE: Keep your team connected to the insights and perspectives shaping commercial aviation.
  • DEVELOP OUR PEOPLE: Give employees opportunities to learn, grow and build their professional networks.

If that sounds like your airline, ISTAT Airline Membership may be the right fit.

Airline Membership at a Glance

Designed For

Commercial airlines and their employees.

Annual Dues

Complimentary for up to 10 airline professionals. US$300 for each additional member.

Membership Term

Annual eligibility — airlines must continue to meet qualifying criteria.

Each participating airline must abide by the following criteria:

Airline Membership Criteria: Qualifying airlines are defined by ISTAT as organizations with a current commercial airline operating certificate (AOC) who are actively providing scheduled or charter commercial passenger and/or freight service using large commercial transport aircraft. To be considered for free membership and conference registration, the airline MUST provide their airline operating certificate identification number.

Free Membership: A free corporate membership will cover up to ten members. Additional members may join ISTAT at a reduced rate of US$300/year. To maintain a "free" corporate membership for each subsequent year, an airline must continue to satisfy the airline criteria above.

Free Conference Attendance: Up to two corporate members from each airline shall be allowed to attend the ISTAT Americas, EMEA, Asia, Latin America and the Freighter Forums as guests of ISTAT with no registration fees. The airline representatives attending each event (if any) must be one of the airline individuals covered by the corporate membership. Existing corporate airline members should reach out to istat@istat.org to receive a registration code for each event. Additional members from the corporate member airline shall receive a discount off the normal conference registration fees.

If your company is an airline interested in joining ISTAT and your company can meet the criteria above, please fill out the Airline Membership Application to submit to ISTAT Headquarters for approval. If you have any questions, please contact istat@istat.org with any questions or concerns.

Instructions to Submit an ISTAT Airline Membership Application:

  1. Submit your AOC through the form below
  2. Click the Airline Membership Application button below
  3. Fill in your personal information & proceed to the next step
  4. Fill in your company information & proceed to the next step
  5. Choose Purchase an Organization Membership
  6. Select Airline - Up to 10 Individuals
  7. Click Next and complete the process

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Note: You will not be required to submit payment as your airline membership, if approved, is free through ISTAT's Airline Focus Initiative. ISTAT Headquarters will contact you once you have completed the process above to finish your application and share status of approval. 

Airline Membership Application

Why Airline Membership?

Bring Your Team Closer to the Industry.

ISTAT's Airline Focus Initiative gives qualifying airlines a complimentary way to connect key members of their team with the global ISTAT community. Membership is designed primarily for professionals involved in aircraft trading, aircraft finance and fleet planning.

  • MAKE CONNECTIONS: Build relationships with professionals from across the aircraft trading community through ISTAT events and year-round opportunities to connect.
  • KEEP YOUR TEAM ON THE RADAR: Give your airline professionals access to industry knowledge, insights and perspectives from across commercial aviation.
  • CHART THEIR DEVELOPMENT: Support professional development through ISTAT education, programs and opportunities designed to deepen industry knowledge and expertise.
  • UNLOCK EXCLUSIVE ACCESS: Take advantage of ISTAT Airline Member benefits designed specifically for your team, including special access and opportunities to participate in the ISTAT community.

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