WPP-owned public relations firm PPR has been appointed by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to provide PR support for the 74th IATA annual general meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit in Sydney next month.

PPR will assist the IATA corporate communications team, providing in-market intelligence and insights along with media relations support for the event, which will be held at the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Sydney from Sunday 3 June to Tuesday 5 June.

Michael Pooley, chief executive of PPR, said: “The aviation world turns its attention to Sydney this year as the IATA AGM and World Air Transport Summit lands in Australia for the third time.

“As an agency with a long and proud heritage in the aviation sector, we are incredibly proud to partner with IATA. We look forward to supporting the IATA communications team to make the AGM a success.”