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Agreements Adopted by the Traffic Conferences of the International Air Transport Association OST-2011-XXXX

APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF AGREEMENTS BY THE INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION

30 November 2011 Communications with respect to this document should be sent to Douglas E. Lavin Regional Vice President – North America International Air Transport Association 1776 K.St. N.W. #12 th 

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Summary DOCKET: OST-2011-XXXX US DOT ORDER: pending

Date: 30 November 2011 Filing fee / IATA Acct: USD 61 / 0000-06
US/UST involved: No End of Government Filing Period: 15 December 2011 Meeting site, date: SIN, 14 Oct 2011
Intended effective date: 1 April 2012 Agreement: Composite Passenger Tariff Coordinating Conference Singapore, 14 October 2011 Composite Resolution 017i Intended Effective Date: 1 April 2012 (Memo PTC COMP 1652)

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APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT Pursuant to statements submitted by Member airlines of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the undersigned has been constitu ted to be their attorney-in-fact for filing with the Department of Transportation copi es of agreements adopted by the IATA Traffic Conferences. On their behalf, and pursuant to Sections 41308 and 41309 of Title 49 of the United States Code and Parts 303.03, 303.05 and 303.30 (c) of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, I am filing with the Department this applicat ion for approval of an IATA agreement. This agreement and related factual a nd explanatory material and documentation required by 14 C.F.R. 303.31 and Department and Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) precedent are contained in the IATA Traffic C onference documentation summarized above. This agreement arises from the continuing process of Tariff Coordinating Conferences and was developed in the context of prior Department and CAB rulings addressing related resolutions which reflected regulatory and market conditions then in effect. Thus, the present agreement should be viewed as part of a dynam ic process of IATA Member airline adjustment to governmental and economic factors. On previous occasions, the Department has found such agreements to be consistent with the public interest when they do not result in fares or rates that are unlawful or injurious to competition in the markets at issue. A pproval of the present agreement would not yield fares or rates that are unlawful or injurious to competition. Moreover, approval of this agreement, which reflects compromises among the differing economic and social philosophies of the many nations whose airlines are parties, will advance the public interest in maintaining good aviation relations with other countries. We request early approval by the Department of the for egoing agreement, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 41309, and the grant of full antitrust immunity, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 41308. The conferral of full antitrust immunity wo uld be in the public interest and necessary for the transaction to proceed. This agreement is a product of the IATA Tariff Coordinating Conferences which the Department found to be anticompetitive but nevertheless approved and immunized in Order 85-5-32 (May 6, 1985) on foreign policy and comity grounds because such action is necessary to achieve the serious transportation need of maintaining good aviation relations with other countries and these benefits are not obtainable by reasonably available means having materi ally less anticompetitive effects. This agreement concerns fares or rates between non-U.S. points and thus has at most indirect application in foreign air transportati on. The U.S. authorities have recognized (e.g, Order 79-8-194, 30 August 1979) that the interests of sovereign nations in the conditions governing air transportation between them greatly exceed any that the U.S. might have by reason of U.S. airline, citizen or shipper partici pation. This agreement is not adverse to the public interest or in violation of the Act and, therefore, should be granted full immunity. Respectfully submitted

___________________________ Douglas Lavin Regional Vice President – North America International Air Transport Association

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

A copy of this application or a summary notic e thereof has been served by first class or priority mail on the following person

Chief, Transportation, Energy & Agriculture Section Antitrust Division Department of Justice Washington D.C. 20530

________________________________ Douglas E. Lavin

30 November 2011 Date ServedInternational 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 18 November 2011
MEMORANDUM PTC COMP 1652 TO: Members Participating in Tariff Coordinating Conferences FROM: Manager, Interline Tariffs SUBJECT: Composite Passenger Tariff Coordinating Conference Singapore, 14 October 2011 Composite Resolution 017i Intended Effective Date: 1 April 2012

R ESOLUTIONS - A DOPTED Attached is Composite Resolution 017i, which was adopted at the above meeting for an intended effective date of 1 April 2012. The filing period for the attached Resolutions ends 15 December 2011

. 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.

Alban Sato Manager, Interline Tariffs Passenger Interline StandardRESOLUTION AMENDED AT

COMPOSITE MEETING OF PASSENGER TARIFF COORDINATING CONFERENCE

SINGAPORE, 14 OCTOBER 2011

EFFECTIVE DATE: 01 APRIL 2012

RESO TITLE COMMENTS RD
017i Carrier Selection for Fare Construction Checks (not applicable to/from USA/US Territories) Amending 1ADOPTED Res Doc : 1 Resolution : 017i Page : 1

PTC COMP 1652 SIN, Oct11 CARRIER SELECTION FOR FARE CONSTRUCTION CHECKS (NOT APPLICABLE TO/FROM USA/US TERRITORIES) PTC1(87) 017i Amending PTC2(165) 017i PTC3(92) 017i PTC12(196) 017i PTC23(161) 017i PTC31(126) 017i PTC123(175) 017i Filing Period Begins 21 November 2011 Intended Effectiveness: 1 April 2012 Ends 15 December 2011 Expiry: Indefinite Type B RESOLVED that, Resolution 017i is amended as follows: Example paragraphs 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 deleted 1) Higher Intermediate Point Check (HIP) Journey: LON -BA- NYC -AA- MIA -AA- CCS -RG- RIO -UA- CHI -DL- LON The fare is the half RT LON-RIO of BA plus half RT LON-RIO of DL For the HIP check the following will be the selected carriers:
COMP From To Carrier Basis 1st LON NYC/MIA/CCS BA carrier crossing between areas NYC MIA AA operatorNYC/MIA CCS/RIO AA carrier crossing between subareas CCS RIO RG operator 2nd CHI RIO UA operator LON CHI DL carrier crossing between areas

2) Circle Trip Minimum Check (CTM) Journey 1 : LON -BA- ATH -OA- DXB -AI- BOM -AZ- ROM -BA- LON The fare is half RT LON-BOM (AI) and hal f RT LON-BOM (AZ) both being the carriers carrying between areas in the respective fare components. The HIP check has established an HIP LON-DXB (OA)
For the CTM check the followi ng will be the selected carriers:

From To Carrier Basis LON DXB OA carrier crossing between sub-areas LON DXB AZ carrier crossing between areasADOPTED Res Doc : 1 Resolution : 017i Page : 2

PTC COMP 1652 SIN, Oct11 Journey 2 : ATH -AI- BOM -KE- BKK -TG- TYO -JL- MNL -QF- SYD -SA- JNB -UMHRE -KQ- NBO -OA- ATH The fares are half RT ATH-TYO (AI) plus hal f RT TYO-SYD (JL) plus half RT SYD-HRE (SA) plus half RT HRE-ATH (OA) all carrie rs selected in accordance with Resolutions 017h
For the CTM check the followi ng will be the selected carriers:

From To Carrier Basis ATH BOM/BKK/TYO/MNL/SYD AI carrier crossing areas ATH BOM/BKK/TYO/MNL/SYD SA carrier crossing areas ATH NBO OA operator ATH NBO AI carrier crossing areas ATH HRE/JNB OA first carrier crossing sub-area ATH HRE/JNB AI carrier crossing areas

Journey 3 : RIO -RG- NYC -IB- MAD -TP- LIS -RG- RIO The fare is half RT RIO-MAD (IB) and half RT RIO-MAD (RG) both being the carriers carrying between areas in the respective fare components. The HIP check has established an HIP RIO-NYC (RG)
For the CTM check the followi ng will be the selected carriers:

From To Carrier Basis RIO NYC RG operator RIO NYC RG carrier crossing areas RIO LIS IB carrier crossing areas RIO LIS RG carrier crossing areas

3) Directional Minimum Check (DMC) Journey : AMS - KL

- ROM - AZ

- ATH - OA

- BOM - AI

- TYO
The fare is OW AMS

- TYO (OA) being the carr ier crossing between areas
For the DMC check the following will be the selected carriers:

Between And Carrier Basis TYO BOM AI operator TYO ATH/ROM/AMS OA carrier crossing area BOM ATH OA operator BOM ROM OA carrier crossing area ATH ROM AZ operator ATH AMS AZ/KL 1st/longest carriers ROM AMS KL operatorADOPTED Res Doc : 1 Resolution : 017i Page : 3

PTC COMP 1652 SIN, Oct11 4) Common Point Minimum Check (CPM)
The carriers to be selected to establish the fare to/from the common point(s) will be as provided in Resolutions 017h/017hh 5) Country of Payment Check (COP) Journey: KUL - TG

- BKK - CX

- HKG - UA

- SIN - JL

- KUL
The fare is half RT KUL

- BKK (TG) and half RT (JL) the carriers being respectively the first and the last in the fare components.
The sale is made in HKG
For the COP check the following will be the selected carriers:

COMP From To Carrier Basis 1st HKG KUL CX 1st carrier 2nd HKG KUL UA 1st carrier 6) One Way Sub
- journey Check (OSC) Journey : ROM - AZ

- CAI - MS

- MAD - IB

- YMQ
The fares are OW ROM

- CAI (AZ) and OW CAI

- YMQ (IB) being the operator and the carrier between areas respectively.
For the OSC check the following will be the selected carriers:

From To Carrier Basis ROM YMQ IB carrier crossing areas 7) Return Sub
- journey Check (RSC) Journey : GVA - SR

- ATH - OA

- BOM - AI

- TYO - JL

- BOM - AI

- ATH - OA

- GVA
Th e fare is the sum of the RTs GVA

- ATH + ATH

- BOM + BOM

- TYO each RT being the sum of the half RTs for the respective operators
For the RSC check the following will be the selected carriers:

COMP From To Carrier Basis 1st GVA BOM/TYO OA carrier crossing area s 2nd GVA BOM/TYO AI carrier crossing areas

8 3 ) this Resolution is not applicable to/from USA/US Territories