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

3 November 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 20005

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

Date: 3 November 2014

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

US/UST involved Yes

Intended effective date: 15 January 2016

Implementation date: 15 January 2016

Memo / Resolutions PTC COMP Memo 1769 24 October 2014

- Resolutions 002, 017ha, 017i

 

 
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 2016. 

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
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

A copy of this notice has been served this day by first class or priority mail on the 

following person:

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Antitrust Division

Department of Justice 

Washington, D.C. 20530

A copy of this notice has been sent this day by email to Esta Rosenberg

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

Transportation. 

 /s/ Douglas Lavin

Douglas Lavin

3 November 2014

Date Served
OUTLINE OF CONTENTS

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT:

COMPOSITE PASSENGER TARIFF COORDINATING CONFERENCE MEETING 

(COMP)

INTENDED EFFECTIVE DATE: 15 JANUARY 2016

Resolution Title

002 Amending Resolution Within Europe

017ha Fare Selection Criteria

017i Carrier Selection for Fare Construction Checks
24 October 2014

MEMORANDUM

PTC COMP 1769

TO: Members Participating in Tariff Coordinating Conferences

FROM: Manager, Tariffs & Reservation Standards

SUBJECT: Composite Passenger Tariff Coordinating Conference

San Diego, USA, 14 October 2014

Composite Resolutions 002, 017ha, 017i

Fare Selection Criteria Package

Intended Effective Date: 15 January 2016

RESOLUTIONS - ADOPTED

Attached are changes to the Composite Resolutions 002, 017ha and 017i adopted at the 

above meeting for an intended effective date of 15 January 2016.

The filing period for the attached Resolutions ends 28 November 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.

Consequent to the changes adopted at above meeting, amendments to Resolutions 

017ha and 017i adopted at the Composite meeting in 2013, as advised by Memorandum 

PTC COMP1752 dated 11 April 2014 for implementation from 26 February 2015, will only 

be implemented from 15 January 2016 including the changes in this Memorandum.

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

SAN DIEGO, USA, 14 OCTOBER 2014

EFFECTIVE DATE: 15 JANUARY 2016

RESO TITLE COMMENTS RD

002 Amending Resolution Within Europe New 1

017ha Fare Selection Criteria Amending 2

017i Carrier Selection for Fare Construction Checks Amending 3
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Resolution : 002

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TC2

AMENDING RESOLUTION

WITHIN EUROPE 

PTC2(169)002 New

Filing Period Begins 28 October 2014 Intended Effectiveness: 15 January 2016

Ends 28 November 2014 Expiry: Indefinite

Type B

RESOLVED that, the following TC2 Within Europe resolution is rescinded effective 

15 January 2016:

017hh Fare Selection Criteria within Europe

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FARE SELECTION CRITERIA

PTC1(91)017ha Amending

PTC2(169)017ha

PTC3(96)017ha

PTC12(200)017ha

PTC23(165)017ha

PTC31(130)017ha

PTC123(179)017ha

Filing Period Begins 28 October 2014 Intended Effectiveness: 15 January 2016

Ends 28 November 2014 Expiry: Indefinite

Type B

RESOLVED that Resolution 017ha is amended as follows 

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 

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

4) The pricing solution to be offered shall be the lowest of the resultant fares and additional 

fees towards end result

........

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EXAMPLES OF FARE COMPONENTS CROSSING AREAS:

.....

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

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

.....

GENERAL

.....

4) Surface Sectors

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

i) Area Crossing: 

Example 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:

Example 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: 

Example 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

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

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

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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 ZZ OSA-HKG (as result of 2)a)ii) 

and BB HKG-SIN (as result of 2)b)i) 

 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

Example 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 DD BUE-RIO (as result of both (2)a)iii) and 2)b)i)) 

5) Side-Trip

Example 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 XX 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

6) for the purpose of this Resolution

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

Example Journey: YUL ZZ NYC UU MEX

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

Fare Component: YUL-MEX

The fares to be selected for comparison will be those of carrier UU NYC-MEX (as a result of 

both (2) a) iii and 2) b) i))

first international sector is NYC-MEX 

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

 travel

Example Journey: SVG BB STO BB CPH surface ATH CC BEY

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

Fare component SVG-BEY

first international sector is SVG-STO

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

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

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

.......

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.Barthelemy

Cayman Islands St.Kitts and Nevis 

Cuba St. Maarten 

Curacao Saint Lucia 

Dominica St. Martin

Dominican Republic St.Vincent and the Grenadines 

Grenada Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

Guyana Trinidad and Tobago 

French Guiana Turks and Caicos Islands 

Suriname 

 ......

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CARRIER SELECTION FOR FARE CONSTRUCTION CHECKS

PTC1(91)017i Amending

PTC2(169)017i

PTC3(96)017i

PTC12(200)017i

PTC23(165)017i

PTC31(130)017i

PTC123(179)017i

Filing Period Begins 28 October 2014 Intended Effectiveness: 15 January 2016

Ends 28 November 2014 Expiry: Indefinite

Type B

RESOLVED that Resolution 017i is amended as follows 

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2) Circle Trip Minimum Check (CTM) 

........

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 (lowest of LL/MM) plus half RT NBO-DEL (MM) plus half RT 

DEL-STO (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/MM Carrier crossing between 

areas/longest TPM 

STO CAI (outbound) LL/KK Carrier crossing between 

subareas/longest TPM 

STO CAI (inbound) OO/MM 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 

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Composite Passenger Tariff Coordinating Conference

San Diego, USA, 14 October 2014

Summary of Agreements

The Composite meeting met in San Diego, USA, 14 October 2014. The changes are briefly 

described below.

For Intended Effect 15 January 2016:

 

• amended Resolution 017ha Fare Selection Criteria to include carrier fees in the 

process for transparency, including editorial changes.

• rescinded Resolution 017hh Fare Selection Criteria for Europe and incorporated the 

area into Resolution017ha for global application

• made editorial correction to 017i Carrier Selection for Fare Construction Checks

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