Airport Total Quality Management and Customer Service (LIVE virtual classroom)

Did you know that in the past 5 years, 67 participants from 15 countries have taken this course with IATA?

5-day (20 hours) LIVE virtual classroom course

Conceptualize Total Quality Management (TQM) for airports, providing practical guidelines and case studies of how TQM concepts can be incorporated into the respective strategies of a business strategy, going beyond the compliance phase. Introduce and explain how Customer Experience goes beyond the simplistic approach of airport customer service, in order to provide the framework that will deliver a seamless and memorable experience that will meet passengers’ expectations.

Course Code: TAPG-33-VC

Course format

• The live sessions of this virtual classroom course are delivered by an official IATA Instructor.
• The course will take you approximately 20 hours to complete and be held over 5 consecutive days.
• There will be 2 live interactive virtual classroom sessions per day, each session will be 120 minutes.
• The live sessions will require your participation, with multiple Q&A sessions and additional time spent on self-study material including projects, research, additional reading and videos.
• Student performance will be based on an assessment.

Technical requirements

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Prerequisites

• Participants should have prior knowledge of airport business and operations.
• Recommended level is Intermediate and Advanced.
• The recommended level of language proficiency is ICAO Operational Level 4 for courses in English or the equivalent level for other languages.

How to register

• When you click the Register button, you will be directed to log in to your Training Account. Please have your login details ready.
• Register early and save up to 25% at our Training Centers! Please read the Terms and Conditions for the early bird discount. The discount will be calculated at the time of payment.

To arrange in-house training for your company: Complete the in-house training request form or contact the B2B Training Specialist in your region.

Virtual venues

We schedule our virtual classroom courses through one of 3 virtual venues, each in a different time zone for your convenience. For more information, please visit our page on virtual classroom timing or contact our Customer Portal.

Please check the exact schedule of each class below (View more details) and click ‘Register’.

Upon completing this course you will be able to:

• Discuss the concept of TQM and how its application benefits airports
• Share latest approaches and best practices in TQM within and outside the airport industry
• Define the framework of an airport TQM strategy and how it impacts the airport’s activities
• Relate the benefits of excellent passenger experience
• Conceptualise excellent passenger experience for airports
• Present and discuss implementation plans for delivering excellent passenger experience

The key topics that are covered during this course include:

• What is Quality, Total Quality Management and Quality Management frameworks
• Developing a Total Quality Management Strategy for airports
• Airport performance measures
• What is customer experience and how to develop an Airport Customer Experience strategy
• Customer journey mapping and customer experience roadmap
• Measuring and benchmarking customer experience

This course is recommended for:

• Airport and Airline managers
• Airport Marketing, Commercial, Strategy, Quality Management, Operations, Customer Service departments
• Aviation industry consultants and analysts

An IATA Certificate of Completion is awarded to participants obtaining a grade of 70% or higher on all exercises and exams. A special distinction is awarded to participants obtaining a grade of 90% or higher.