BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

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. #12th Floor 

Washington DC 20006 
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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) 

 

R1 017i 
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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 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 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 application for approval of an IATA 

agreement. 

 This agreement and related factual and 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 Conference 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 dynamic 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. Approval 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 foregoing 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 would 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 materially less anticompetitive effects. 

 This agreement concerns fares or rates between non-U.S. points and thus has at most 

indirect application in foreign air transportation. 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 participation. 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 notice 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 Served 
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 

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 

RESOLUTIONS - ADOPTED

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 Standard 
RESOLUTION 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 1 
ADOPTED 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 operator 

 NYC/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 half 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 following will be the selected carriers: 

From To Carrier Basis 

LON DXB OA carrier crossing between sub-areas 

LON DXB AZ carrier crossing between areas 

 
ADOPTED 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 half RT TYO-SYD (JL) plus half RT SYD-HRE 

(SA) plus half RT HRE-ATH (OA) all carriers selected in accordance with Resolutions 

017h 

 For the CTM check the following 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 following 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 carrier 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 operator
ADOPTED 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

The 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 areas

2nd GVA BOM/TYO AI carrier crossing areas

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