U.S., June 25 -- The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged aviation stakeholders to embrace data and digital transformation to help deliver a frictionless customer experience while enhancing safety and efficiency.

"We must transform paper-based and legacy processes into digital ones and use data to drive decision-making in all facets of our business. Organizational silos will need to be shed to ensure a holistic focus on the entire customer experience. And we will need to do all this while continuing to ensure the highest levels of safety, security and environmental sustainability," said Alexandre de Juniac, IATA's Director General and CEO.

In remarks delivered to the IATA Aviation Data Symposium here, de Juniac focused o...