The world air transport industry has successfully entered into the Year 2000, said the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in a press Monday.

"There has been no impact on the ability of airlines to offer normal services. No Y2K-related incidents were reported from any of the eight regional monitoring centers jointly operated by IATA and ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization)," IATA Director General and CEO Pierre Jeanniot announced at a press conference on Saturday at IATA headquarters in Montreal.

"We invested all necessary efforts and resources to ensure that our customers would get the same level of safe and secure service that we always provide," he said, "This work has enabled us not only to resolve the Y2K issue, but to thoroughly examine, modernize and upgrade our computer-based systems. This is beneficial for service improvement in the coming years."

In addition, Jeanniot pointed out that air traffic contingency and emergency procedures have been reviewed and strengthened. Regional and global contingency plans developed for this rollover weekend are still in place for future use.