BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Notice of IATA Traffic Conference

Actions Tentatively Exempted 

From Filing for Approval

Docket OST-2012-0058

NOTICE OF TIER 1 AGREEMENTS FILING

BY THE

INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION

11 April 2014

Communications with respect to this

Document should be sent to 

Douglas Lavin 

Regional Vice President – North America 

International Air Transport Association

1201 F Street, NW, Suite 650 

Washington, DC 20004 

(202) 628-9292
Summary DOCKET: DOT-OST-2012-0058 DOT ORDER: None Requested

Date: 11 April 2014

Filing fee/IATA Acct: Waived by Order 2012-4-18, Appendix A, 

Section D

US/UST involved Yes

Intended effective date: 15 January 2015

Implementation date: 26 February 2015

Meeting site, date: PTC Composite Meeting of Passenger 

Tariff Coordinating Conferences

Dublin, 30-31 October 2013

Agreements Composite Resolutions 017ha, 017i

(Memo PTC COMP 1752)
NOTICE OF TIER 1 AGREEMENTS FILING

Pursuant to statements submitted by Member airlines of the International Air Transport 

Association (IATA), the undersigned has been constituted to be their attorney-in-fact for filing 

with the Department of Transportation copies of agreements adopted by the IATA Traffic 

Conferences.

On their behalf, and pursuant to the procedures specified in Order 2012-4-18 (13 April 

2012), I am filing with the Department, in Docket OST-2012-0058, this Notice, the subject 

agreements and supporting documentation. These agreements are Tier 1 agreements 

tentatively exempted by Order 2012-4-18 from Condition #2 to the Department’s approval of 

the Provisions for the Conduct of the IATA Traffic Conferences, which condition requires preimplementation Department review. The intended effective date of the agreements is 15 

January 2015. 

The subject agreements amend or establish Resolutions and/or Recommended Practices 

that do not address subject areas which the Department has indicated it still chooses to review 

under Condition #2. The text of the agreements and other conference documentation sent to 

airline Members of IATA accompany this Notice. The cover pages of the documentation clearly 

identify each affected Resolution and/or Recommended Practice and show whether the subject 

agreements are amendments or new agreements. Other pages provide the text of each subject 

agreement. Where an affected Resolution or Recommended Practice has previously been 

exempted from Condition #2 by Department action, the cover pages include the appropriate 
docket and order number. The cover pages include a summary to explain the nature and 

purpose of the subject amendments and/or agreements.

Respectfully submitted,

 /s/ Douglas Lavin

Douglas Lavin

Regional Vice President – North America

International Air Transport Association

Attorney-In-Fact

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and to Della Davis (Della.Davis@dot.gov) of the Department of Transportation. 

 /s/ Douglas Lavin

Douglas Lavin

11 April 2014

Date Served

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OUTLINE OF CONTENTS

RESOLUTION ADOPTED AT:

COMPOSITE PASSENGER TARIFF COORDINATING CONFERENCE MEETING 

(COMP)

INTENDED EFFECTIVE DATE: 15 JANUARY 2015

IMPLEMENTATION DATE: 26 FEBRUARY 2015

Resolution Title

017a

(Docket 2012-0058-0012) Fare Selection Criteria

017i Carrier Selection for Fare Construction Checks

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11 April 2014

MEMORANDUM

PTC COMP 1752

TO: Members Participating in Tariff Coordinating Conferences

FROM: Manager, Tariffs & Reservation Standards

SUBJECT: Composite Passenger Tariff Coordinating Conference

Dublin, 30-31 October 2013

Composite Resolutions 017ha, 017i

Intended Effective Date: 15 January 2015

Implementation Date: 26 February 2015

RESOLUTIONS - ADOPTED

Attached are Composite Resolutions 017ha and 017i, which were adopted at the above 

meeting for an intended effective date of 15 January 2015. The Composite meeting of 

2013 adopted the changes contained in this memorandum for a more clear presentation 

of the new fare selection logic.

At the meeting held in Montreal 10-14 March 2014, Resolution Advisory Working Group 

(RADWG) has determined that the new fare selection criteria should be implemented for

sale and travel on/after 26 February 2015. Editorial amendments identified at the same

meeting have been incorporated in this memorandum.

The filing period for the attached Resolutions ends 15 May 2014.

Members are reminded of their obligations under Resolutions 001 and 006 to advise this 

office by the end of the filing period whether approval by their Government authorities is 

required and, if so, to accomplish the necessary filing formalities. The effective date will be 

declared in accordance with Resolutions 001 and 006, when all the known necessary 

Government approvals have been received.

Members are reminded that Resolution 017ha agreed and adopted at the 2012 Composite 

meeting had been circulated by Memorandum PTC COMP 1682 dated 1 November 2012

and declared effective by Memorandum PTC COMP 1697 dated 1 March 2013, pending 

implementation date. Amendments contained in this memorandum are only for clarity and 

do not change the intent of the original agreement.

Members are also informed that RADWG is developing implementation guidelines, 

planned for end-September 2014 issuance, to support airlines understand and implement 

the new fare selection logic.

Alban Sato

Manager, Tariffs & Reservation Standards

Airline Distribution Standards

International Air Transport Association

Route de l’Aéroport 33

PO Box 416

CH - 1215 Geneva 15 Airport

Switzerland

Tel: +41 22 770 2842

Fax +41 22 770 2896

AS www.iata.org E-Mail: tariffs@iata.org
RESOLUTIONS AMENDED AT

COMPOSITE MEETING OF

PASSENGER TARIFF COORDINATING CONFERENCE

DUBLIN, 30-31 OCTOBER 2013

EFFECTIVE DATE: 15 JANUARY 2015 FOR IMPLEMENTATION SALE AND TRAVEL 

ON/AFTER 26 FEBRUARY 2015

RESO TITLE COMMENTS RD

017ha Fare Selection Criteria Amending 1

017i Carrier Selection for Fare Construction Checks Amending 2
ADOPTED Res Doc : 1

Resolution : 017ha

Page: 1 of 8

FARE SELECTION CRITERIA

PTC1(90)017ha Amending

PTC2(168)01ha

PTC3(95)017ha

PTC12(199)017ha

PTC23(164)017ha

PTC31(129)017ha

PTC123(178)017ha

Filing Period Begins 15 April 2014 Intended Effectiveness: 15 January 2015

Ends 15 May 2014 Expiry: Indefinite

Type B

RESOLVED that Resolution 017ha is replaced with the following

1) for the purposes of fare selection, the fares to be used will be those applicable to the 

carrier(s) selected. These may be

a) carrier specific fares, or

b) if all fares of the selected carrier(s) cannot be used, the YY fare (subject to the 

selected carrier’s acceptance of the use of YY fares), or

c) if a partial structure has been filed as carrier specific fares then the remainder of the 

structure will be established using YY fares unless the carrier has advised that such YY 

fares will not apply

Examples

1. The carrier only has fare records for carrier specific Normal Fares - the special fares 

structure for that carrier will be the YY fares

2. The carrier has only a single fare record for a carrier specific PEX fare - the Normal 

fares and the rest of the special fares for that carrier will be the YY structure

3. The carrier has no fare records for carrier specific fares - the YY structure will apply 

for that carrier

PTC COMP 1752

DUB, Oct13
ADOPTED Res Doc : 1

Resolution : 017ha

Page: 2 of 8

2) the fares to be selected for comparison, in the direction of the fare selection in 

accordance with Resolution 017a, will be

a) the fares of the carrier which provides

i. the carriage on the first sector which crosses from one area to another, if none

ii. the carriage on the first sector which crosses from one sub-area to another, if none

iii. the carriage on the first international sector, 

and

 b) the fares of the carrier which provides carriage on the longest of the following, as 

measured by TPM(s) 

i. international sector, or 

ii. consecutive international sectors, or 

iii. combination of consecutive international and domestic sectors

3) The resultant fares shall be as per Resolution 017a 1) a) when calculated and 

subsequently compared

PTC COMP 1752

DUB, Oct13
ADOPTED Res Doc : 1

Resolution : 017ha

Page: 3 of 8

EXAMPLES OF FARE COMPONENTS CROSSING AREAS: 

1. Journey: PAR-XX-BKK-ZZ-AKL-BB-DXB-XX-PAR

 -------------------------> <------------------------

Fare Components:

PAR-AKL the fares to be selected for comparison will be those of carrier XX 

PAR-BKK (as result of 2)a)i) above) and carrier ZZ BKK-AKL (as 

result of 2)b)i) above) 

AKL-PAR the fares to be selected will be those of carrier BB DXB-AKL (as 

result of both 2)a)i) and 2)b)i) above) 

2. Journey: BOM-XX-HKG-XX-TYO-BB- HNL-BB-SEL-XX-BOM 

 -------------------------------------> <---------------------------

Fare Components:

BOM-HNL the fares to be selected for comparison will be those of carrier BB 

TYO-HNL (as result of 2)a)i) above) and carrier XX BOM-HKGTYO (as result of 2)b)ii) above) 

HNL-BOM the fares to be selected will be those of carrier BB SEL-HNL (as 

result of both 2)a)i) and 2)b)i) above) 

3. Journey: RIO-XX-NYC-ZZ-LON-BB-WAS-XX-SAO-XX-RIO 

 ------------------------> <------------------------------------

Fare Components:

RIO-LON the fares to be selected for comparison will be those of carrier ZZ 

NYC-LON (as result of 2)a)i) above) and carrier XX RIO-NYC (as 

result of 2)b)i) above) 

LON-RIO the fares to be selected for comparison will be those of carrier BB 

WAS-LON (as result of 2)a)i) above) and the carrier XX RIO- SAOWAS (as result of 2)b)iii) above) 

4. Journey: BKK-XX-AMS-ZZ-LAX-ZZ-HNL-ZZ-NYC-BB-PAR-BB-BKK

 -----------------------------------> <--------------------------------------

Fare Components:

BKK-HNL The fares to be selected for comparison will be those of carrier XX 

BKK-AMS (as result of 2)a)i) above) and carrier ZZ AMS-LAXHNL (as result of 2)b)iii)

HNL-BKK The fares to be selected will be those of carrier BB BKK-PARNYC (as result of both 2)a)i and 2)b)ii) above)

PTC COMP 1752

DUB, Oct13
ADOPTED Res Doc : 1

Resolution : 017ha

Page: 4 of 8

EXAMPLES OF FARE COMPONENTS BETWEEN SUB-AREAS:

1. Journey: CAI-XX-ADD-ZZ-JNB-XX-KRT-ZZ-CAI

 ------------------------> <-----------------------

Fare Components:

CAI-JNB the fares to be selected for comparison will be those of the carrier 

XX CAI-ADD (as result of 2)a)ii) above) and carrier ZZ ADD-JNB 

(as result of 2)b)i) above) 

JNB-CAI the fares to be selected will be those of carrier XX KRT-JNB (as 

result of both 2)a)ii) and 2)b)i) above)

2. Journey: MEL-XX-JKT-DD-TYO-ZZ-MNL-XX-DPS-XX-MEL

 --------------------------> <------------------------------------

Fare Components:

MEL-TYO the fares to be selected for comparison will be those of the carrier 

XX MEL-JKT (as result of 2)a)ii) above) and carrier DD JKT-TYO 

(as result of 2)b)i) above) 

TYO-MEL the fares to be selected will be those of the carrier XX (MEL-DPS

as result of 2)a)ii) above and MEL-DPS-MNL as result of 2)b)ii) 

above) 

3. Journey: MEL-XX-JKT-DD-TYO-ZZ-MNL-XX-BNE-XX-MEL

 --------------------------> <------------------------------------

Fare Components:

MEL-TYO the fares to be selected for comparison will be those of the carrier 

XX MEL-JKT (as result of 2)a)ii) above) and carrier DD JKT-TYO 

(as result of 2)b)i) above) 

TYO-MEL the fares to be selected will be those of the carrier XX (BNE-MNL 

as result of 2)a)ii) above and MEL-BNE-MNL as result of 2)b)iii) 

above) 

EXAMPLES OF FARE COMPONENTS WITHIN A SUB-AREA 

1. Journey: KUL-XX-BKK-DD-BJS-ZZ-HKG-XX-KUL

 -------------------------> <------------------------

Fare Components:

KUL-BJS the fares to be selected for comparison will be those of the carrier 

XX KUL-BKK (as result of 2)a)iii) above) and carrier DD BKK-BJS 

(as result of 2)b)i) above) 

BJS-KUL the fares to be selected will be those of carrier XX KUL-HKG (as 

result of both 2)a)iii) and 2)b)i) above)

PTC COMP 1752

DUB, Oct13
ADOPTED Res Doc : 1

Resolution : 017ha

Page: 5 of 8

2. Journey: LIM-XX-LPB-DD-ASU-DD-MVD-ZZ-ASU-XX-LIM

 --------------------------------------> <-----------------------

Fare Components:

LIM-MVD the fares to be selected for comparison will be those of the carrier 

XX LIM-LPB (as result of 2)a)iii) and carrier DD LPB-ASU-MVD (as 

result of 2)b)ii above) 

MVD-LIM the fares to be selected will be those of carrier XX LIM-ASU (as 

result of both 2)a)iii) and 2)b)i) above)

3. Journey: KUL-XX-BKK-DD-CAN-DD-BJS-ZZ-HKG-XX-KUL

 -------------------------------------> <------------------------

Fare Components:

KUL-BJS the fares to be selected for comparison will be those of the carrier 

XX KUL-BKK (as result of 2)a)iii) above) and carrier DD BKK-CANBJS (as result of 2)b)iii) above) 

BJS-KUL the fares to be selected will be those of carrier XX KUL-HKG (as 

result of both 2)a)iii) and 2)b)i) above)

PTC COMP 1752

DUB, Oct13
ADOPTED Res Doc : 1

Resolution : 017ha

Page: 6 of 8

GENERAL

 4) Surface Sectors

a) If the surface sector matches 2)a) criteria, YY fares will be selected

i) Area Crossing: 

Journey: TYO ZZ CMB surface DXB UU AMS

 ---------------------------------------------->

 Fare Component: TYO-AMS 

CMB-DXB surface sector is the sector crossing areas. Consequently, the fares to 

be selected for comparison will be YY fares (as result of 2)a)i) above) and those of 

carrier ZZ TYO-CMB (as result of 2)b)i) above)

ii) Sub Area Crossing: 

Journey: MBJ UU AUA surface CCS LL SCL

 -------------------------------------------->

Fare Component: MBJ-SCL

AUA-CCS surface sector is the sector crossing sub-areas. Consequently, the fares 

to be selected for comparison will be YY fares (as result of 2)a)ii) above) and those 

of carrier LL CCS-SCL(as result of 2)b)i) above)

iii) First International: 

Journey: DUR ZZ JNB surface DAR DD NBO

 ---------------------------------------------->

Fare Component: DUR-NBO

JNB-DAR sector is the first international sector. Consequently, the fares to be 

selected for comparison will be YY fares (as result of 2)a)iii) above) and those of 

carrier DD DAR-NBO(as result of 2)b)i) above). Carrier ZZ’s fares are not 

considered as the sector DUR-JNB is domestic. 

b) surface sector mileage according to 2)b) criteria

 i) Calculation of consecutive TPMs

 for the purpose of determining the carrier performing the greatest portion of 

carriage, surface sectors will not be considered for the calculation of consecutive 

TPMs

Journey: SEL-ZZ-TYO surface OSA-ZZ-HKG-BB-SIN

 -------------------------------------------------------->

 Fare Component: SEL-SIN

TYO-OSA surface sector is not considered for the calculation of TPM, therefore 

the comparison would be:

SEL -TYO (carrier ZZ) 758

OSA-HKG (carrier ZZ) 1548

HKG-SIN (carrier BB) 1594

The fares to be selected for comparison will be those of carrier ZZ OSA-HKG (as 

result of 2)a)ii) above) and carrier BB HKG-SIN (as result of 2)b)i) above)

PTC COMP 1752

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ADOPTED Res Doc : 1

Resolution : 017ha

Page: 7 of 8

 ii. Longest Single International Sector

 for the purpose of determining the carrier performing the greatest portion of carriage,

if the longest single international sector is a surface sector, such sector is not 

considered

Journey: BUE-DD-RIO surface BOG –CC- CCS

 ------------------------------------------------>

Fare Component BUE-CCS

BUE-RIO (carrier DD) 1232

RIO-BOG 2827

BOG-CCS (carrier CC) 638

Even though RIO-BOG is the longest sector in TPM, it is not considered. 

The fares to be selected will be carrier DD BUE-RIO (as result of both (2)a)iii) and 

2)b)i) above) 

5) Side-Trip

Journey: URC XX BJS (XX TYO YY BJS) YY SYD ZZ NAN

 --------------------(side trip excluded) --------------------->

Fare component: 

URC-NAN the fares to be selected for comparison will be those of: 

carrier YY BJS-SYD (as result of both 2)a)ii) and 2)b)i) above)

For the purpose of determining fare selection for through URC-NAN fare:

- carrier XX BJS-TYO shall not be considered as first sub-area crossing carrier

- TYO-BJS TPM may not be combined for consecutive TPM calculation

PTC COMP 1752

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ADOPTED Res Doc : 1

Resolution : 017ha

Page: 8 of 8

6) for the purpose of this Resolution

a) travel between Canada and USA is not considered as international travel

Journey: YUL-ZZ-NYC-UU-MEX

 ---------------------------->

Fare Component: YUL-MEX

The fares to be selected will be carrier UU NYC-MEX (as result of both (2)a)iii) 

and 2)b)i) above) 

b) travel between Denmark, Norway and Sweden is considered as international travel

Journey: SVG BB STO BB CPH surface ATH CC BEY

 -------------------------------------------------------->

Fare component: SVG-BEY

The fares to be selected for comparison will be those of carrier CC ATH-BEY (as 

result of 2)a)ii) above) and carrier BB SVG-STO-CPH (as result of 2)b)ii) above)

c )within TC1 when crossing sub-areas, the following applies:

North America Canada, Greenland, Mexico, St. 

Pierre and Miquelon, USA

Caribbean Anguilla Guadeloupe

Antigua and Barbuda (including St.Barthelemy Aruba and Northern St.Martin) Bahamas Haiti

Barbados Jamaica

Bermuda Martinique Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius Montserrat

British Virgin Islands St.Kitts and Nevis

Cayman Islands St. Maarten

Cuba Saint Lucia

Curacao St.Vincent and the 

Grenadines

Dominica Trinidad and Tobago Dominican Republic Turks and Caicos Islands

Grenada Suriname

Guyana

French Guiana

Central America Belize Guatemala

Costa Rica Honduras

El Salvador Nicaragua

South America Argentina Panama

Bolivia Paraguay Brazil Peru

Chile Uruguay Colombia Venezuela

Ecuador

PTC COMP 1752

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ADOPTED Res Doc : 2

Resolution : 017i

Page: 1 of 2

CARRIER SELECTION FOR FARE CONSTRUCTION CHECKS

PTC1(90)017i Amending

PTC2(168)017i

PTC3(95)017i

PTC12(199)017i

PTC23(164)017i

PTC31(129)017i

PTC123(178)017i

Filing Period Begins 15 April 2014 Intended Effectiveness: 15 January 2015

Ends 15 May 2014 Expiry: Indefinite

Type B

RESOLVED that Resolution 017i is replace with the following

RESOLVED that, to establish the carriers whose fares are to be selected for the application 

of minimum fare checks, for each sector(s) for which a check is to be performed, the 

sector(s) will be considered as though a separate ticket is being issued and for each such 

sector(s) the fare to be selected will be established in accordance with Resolutions 

017ha/017hh

1) Higher Intermediate Point Check (HIP)

Journey: BKK-BB-BOM-BB-DXB-CC-LON-CC-LAX

For the one way BKK-LAX through fare, the lower fare produced by BB (first area 

crossing), or CC (longest consecutive TPM) will be selected. 

For the HIP check the following will be the selected carriers:

From To Carrier Basis

BKK BOM BB Single carrier

BKK DXB BB Single carrier

BKK LON BB/CC area crossing carrier/Longest TPM

BOM DXB BB Single carrier

BOM LON BB/CC area crossing carrier/Longest TPM

BOM LAX BB/CC area crossing carrier/Longest TPM

DXB LON CC Single carrier

DXB LAX CC Single carrier

LON LAX CC Single carrier

PTC COMP 1752

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ADOPTED Res Doc : 2

Resolution : 017i

Page: 2 of 2

2) Circle Trip Minimum Check (CTM)

Journey 1 – Two component Circle Trip: 

SAO-DD-MIA-EE-LON-FF-BOM-GG-PAR-HH-NYC-DD-SAO

 

The fare is half RT SAO-BOM (lowest of EE/FF) and half RT SAO-BOM (lowest of 

HH/DD). The HIP check has established HIPs SAO-LON and SAO-PAR

For the CTM check the following will be the selected carriers:

From To Carrier(s) Basis

SAO MIA (outbound) DD Single carrier

SAO MIA (inbound) HH/DD carrier crossing between 

areas/longest TPM

SAO LON (outbound) EE carrier crossing between 

areas/longest TPM

SAO LON (inbound) HH/DD carrier crossing between 

areas/longest TPM

SAO PAR (outbound) EE/FF carrier crossing between 

areas/longest TPM

SAO PAR (inbound) HH/DD carrier crossing between 

areas/longest TPM

SAO NYC (outbound) EE/FF carrier crossing between 

areas/longest TPM

Journey 2 - Three component Circle Trip 

STO-KK-ATH-LL-CAI-MM-NBO-MM-DEL-OO-X/ZRH-OO-MAD-PP-X/HAM-KK-STO

 

The fares are half RT STO-NBO (LL) plus half RT NBO-DEL (MM) plus half RT DELSTO (OO); all carriers selected in accordance with Resolutions 017ha

For the CTM check the following will be the selected carriers:

From To Carrier(s) Basis

STO ATH (outbound) KK Single Carrier

STO ATH (inbound) OO Carrier crossing between 

areas/longest TPM

STO CAI (outbound) LL/KK Carrier crossing between 

subareas/longest TPM

STO CAI (inbound) OO Carrier crossing between 

areas/longest TPM

STO NBO (outbound) LL/MM First subarea crossing/longest 

TPM

STO NBO (inbound) OO Carrier crossing between 

areas/longest TPM

STO DEL (outbound) MM Carrier crossing between 

areas/longest TPM

STO DEL (inbound) OO Carrier crossing between 

areas/longest TPM

STO MAD (outbound) MM First area crossing/longest TPM

STO MAD (inbound) KK/PP First international/longest TPM

PTC COMP 1752

DUB, Oct13
Composite Passenger Tariff Coordinating Conference

Dublin, 30-31 October 2013

Summary of Agreements

For intended effective date of 15 January 2015, Composite meeting adopted the following 

changes.

• Amended Resolution 017ha Fare Selection Criteria for clarity

• Aligned Resolution 017i Carrier Selection for Fare Construction Checks to the 

amended Resolution 017ha

 

PTC COMP 1752

DUB, Oct13