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The Airline Cooperative

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The Airline Cooperative
AbbreviationACO
Formation1 July 2012 (2012-07-01)
TypeInternational trade association
HeadquartersSeefeldstraße 69, Zürich, Switzerland
Membership
147 International Airlines (2015)
Websitewww.airlinecoop.org

The Airline Cooperative (ACO) is a membership organisation formed by a broad group of International Airlines, with the structure of a Cooperative Society. The pivotal aim of the Cooperative is to share non-competitive information, and work together to increase awareness of relevant safety and security concerns, improve efficiency, reduce costs, learn, and grow.[1]

As of March 2015, there were 147 airlines in the group.[2] These airlines are located in 66 countries worldwide, at 116 airport base locations.[3]

Difference to traditional Trade Organisations

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The Airline Cooperative is differentiated from existing airline groups like IATA, AEA, ERA, and so on, in that these are all primarily acting as Trade associations, with a vertical structure that focuses on Political Lobbying at the top. The Airline Cooperative instead focuses on peer-to-peer communication, with Airlines talking directly to each other on key focus areas such as Security, Flight Operations, Route information, Large-scale ATC and Weather events, Emergency Response Planning, and Ground Handling issues.[4]

History

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The initial members of The Airline Cooperative came together in 2012, to run a beta-test involving sharing information across the Flight Operations departments of the member airlines.[5]

In 2014, the group had expanded to 80 member airlines.[1]

In 2015, the group reached 140 member airlines and continues to grow.[6]

Members

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In March 2015, a published map showed there to be:
- 147 Airline members worldwide
- 66 countries with Airline Cooperative airline members
- 116 Airport bases with airlines taking part in the Cooperative

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References

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  1. ^ a b "The Airline Cooperative - Together, Better". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  2. ^ "The Airline Cooperative". ACO. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  3. ^ "The Airline Cooperative – where are we?". ACO. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  4. ^ "The Airline Cooperative | About". Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Sign up | LinkedIn".
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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