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Aviation is one of the lucrative and glamorous industries in the whole world. Many young aspirants dream of flying high with a shining career in the Aviation Sector in India as well as globally. The purpose of this blog is to guide them in the right direction so that they can start their career in the Aviation Sector with flying Colors. Here I am going to discuss all IATA Aviation Courses, their career opportunities and if you live in Kolkata which college provides IATA authorized Courses in details: First of all, I am going to give a short synopsis of IATA to make the term and its purposes more clear. The International Air Transport Association or IATA is a global trade organization for air transport with its headquarters in Montreal, Canada. It leads and represents the Aviation Industry. The IATA also offers a vast range of certified travel and tourism courses that are internationally acclaimed and accepted and the aspirants after completing the IATA authorized courses can gain employment at the front line or entry-level operations of airlines. Now let’ discuss the IATA Courses and their eligibility criteria Foundation Course in travel and tourism: The course is ideal for candidates who are interested in learning travel and tourism, for airline reservation agents, for tour operators, etc. The minimum eligibility criteria for this course is 10+2. Advanced Cargo rating and marketing Course: This course is perfect for sales and marketing staff at cargo agencies and at air freight forwarders. After completion of this course, candidates can take up jobs like sales, reservations, and acceptance staff at airlines. A graduation degree is a must for pursuing this course. Aviation security screening diploma: This course helps the aspirants to identify weapons and access security threats, to perform security measures and access control duties as per industry compliance. After completing this course the candidates can perform basic x-ray screening operations, reading x-ray images, and supervising the security operations at the checkpoints. Ground Operations Diploma: This course helps aspirants to gain in-depth knowledge of ground operations for airlines as per international standards. They also develop integrated operational and management skills on ground functions. These above-mentioned courses and their certification will help to widen the candidate’s scope in airlines and other domains such as ticketing travel agencies, cruise lines, and many more. A qualified IATA authorized candidate has tremendous employment opportunities and can get easy employment as ground handling staff, airline city office representative, and reservation and ticketing officer, etc. Graduates and postgraduates, if interested in taking up any IATA Authorized courses, can land up in jobs like operations manager, billing and settlement officer, and many more good positions. The average cost for IATA authorized courses ranges approximately from 70,000 INR- 1, 20,000 INR. Many aviation colleges in India offer IATA-authorized courses. I also want to mention the name of JT Aviation College, Kolkata which is one of the leading aviation colleges with a great faculty of diligent and dedicated professors and staff. I hope the discussions would help the young aspirants to turn their dreams into the reality of making an enviable career in the Aviation industry.