BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Agreements Adopted by the Traffic 

Conferences of the International Air 

Transport Association 

OST-2010-XXXX

APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF AGREEMENTS 

BY THE 

INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION

26 March 2010 

Communications with respect to 

this document should be sent to 

Douglas Lavin 

 Regional Vice President – North America 

International Air Transport Association 

IATA Washington, 

601 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 300 - North Building 

Washington DC 20004
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Summary DOCKET: OST-2010-XXXX US DOT ORDER: pending

Date: 26 March 2010 

Filing fee / IATA Acct: USD 61 / 0000-06 

US/UST involved: Yes

End of Government Filing Period: 31 March 2010

Meeting site, date: Mail Vote 630

Intended effective date: 1 April 2010 

Agreement: Mail Vote 630 –Resolution 010t

 Composite Resolutions 300, 301

Baggage Allowance Weight System, 

 Baggage Allowance Piece System 

 Intended Effective Date: 1 April 2010 

 (Memo 1565) 

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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 Lavin 

26 March 2010 

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 

BB www.iata.org E-Mail: tariffs@iata.org 

26 March 2010 

MEMORANDUM 

PTC COMP 1565 

TO: Members Participating in Tariff Coordinating Conferences (SP-6131) 

FROM: Global Head, Passenger 

SUBJECT: Mail Vote 630 –Resolution 010t

Composite Resolutions 300, 301

Baggage Allowance Weight System, Baggage Allowance Piece System 

 Intended Effective Date: 1 April 2010 

MAIL VOTE – ADOPTION

As the negative vote cast was removed, Mail Vote 630 as circulated by MV630-1 dated 

18 March 2010, is declared adopted. 

1. Composite Baggage Resolutions 300 and 301 are set to expire on 31 March 2010 and be 

replaced by Resolution 302 Baggage Provisions Selection Criteria from 1 April 2010. 

2. Although Resolution 302 has been declared effective by PTC COMP 1550 dated 14 October 

2009, IATA has been advised that the industry is not ready to implement Resolution 302 for the 

following reasons; 

a. The ATPCO automated solution for Resolution 302 is not yet finalized and will take several 

months for implementation in cooperation with interested systems suppliers and airlines; 

b. Based on responses received from “baggage champions”, who participated in a detailed 

questionnaire as part of the Joint IATA/ATPCO Automated Baggage Rules Task Force 

(ABRTF), it was concluded that airlines are not yet ready to implement their own baggage 

policies in an automated way in absence of the ATPCO solution; 

c. The recent meeting of the Resolutions Advisory Working Group (RADWG) unanimously 

endorsed the proposal to revalidate Resolutions 300 and 301 to extend their expiry date by 

one year until 31 March 2011. 

3. Accordingly, it is proposed that the Composite Baggage Resolutions 300 and 301 are extended 

until 31 March 2011. 
4. It was confirmed by the Passenger Steering Group (PSG) that there would not be any further 

extension to the deadline for implementing automated baggage rules to meet the provisions of 

Resolution 302. Accordingly it is vital that the industry grasp this last opportunity to implement 

an automated solution in accordance with Resolution 302 before we lose the fallback of 

Resolutions 300/301 for all time. 

The filing period for this Mail Vote ends 31 March 2010. 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 

IDFS Passenger 
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT

PASSENGER TARIFF COORDINATING CONFERENCE 

COMPOSITE RESOLUTIONS 

MAIL VOTE 630 

EXPEDITED EFFECTIVE DATE: 1 APRIL 2010 

RESO TITLE COMMENTS RD 

010t Special Revalidating Resolution New 1 

300 Baggage Allowance Weight System Revalidation 1 

301 Baggage Allowance Piece System Revalidation 1 
ADOPTED Res Doc : 1 

 Resolution : 010t 

SPECIAL 

REVALIDATING RESOLUTION 

PTC1(Mail 630)010t Amending 

PTC2(Mail 630)010t

PTC3(Mail 630)010t

PTC12(Mail 630)010t

PTC23(Mail 630)010t

PTC31(Mail 630)010t

PTC123 (Mail 630)010t

 Begins 26 March 2010 Intended Effectiveness 1 April 2010 

 Ends 31 March 2010 Expiry 31 March 2011 

 Type B 

RESOLVED that, 

the following Resolutions are revalidated 

300 

301