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

4 August 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: 4 August 2014

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

US/UST involved Yes

Intended effective date: 1 October 2014

Implementation date: To be confirmed

Memo / Resolutions PTC COMP Memo 1758 6 June 2014 - Resolution 024e

 

 
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 

1 October 2014. 

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:

Chief, Transportation, Energy & Agriculture Section

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

4 August 2014

Date Served
OUTLINE OF CONTENTS

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT:

COMPOSITE PASSENGER TARIFF COORDINATING CONFERENCE MEETING 

(COMP)

INTENDED EFFECTIVE DATE: 1 OCTOBER 2014

Resolution Title

024e Rules for Payment of Local Currency Fares
6 June 2014

MEMORANDUM

PTC COMP 1758

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 024e

Intended Effective Date: 1 October 2014

Implementation Date: to be confirmed

RESOLUTIONS - ADOPTED

Attached is Composite Resolutions 024e which was adopted at the above meeting. The 

intended effective date is for 1 October 2014, however the implementation date will be 

advised in consultation with Resolution Advisory Working Group.

The filing period for the attached Resolutions ends 7 July 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.

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: 1 OCTOBER 2014

IMPLEMENTATION DATE TO BE CONFIRMED

RESO TITLE COMMENTS RD

024e Rules for Payment of Local Currency Fares Amending 1
ADOPTED Res Doc : 4

Resolution : 024e

Page: 1 of 2

RULES FOR PAYMENT OF LOCAL CUURENCY FARES

PTC1(90)024e Amending

PTC2(168)024e

PTC3(95)024e

PTC12(199)024e

PTC23(164)024e

PTC31(129)024e

PTC123(178)024e

Filing Period Begins 6 June 2014 Intended Effectiveness: 1 October 2014

Ends 7 July 2014 Expiry: Indefinite

Type A

RESOLVED that Resolution 024e is amended as follows 

SECTION A: GENERAL

1) nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting TC Members from engaging in 

normal banking and exchange transactions independent of the sale of 

transportation; provided that such transactions shall not be used as a means of 

charging less than the applicable local currency fares

SECTION B: PAYMENT IN THE COUNTRY OF COMMENCEMENT OF 

TRANSPORTATION

21) payment shall be made as follows

a) in the currency of the country of commencement of transportation; or

b) in any currency not marked # in Resolution 024d, except in the country where

such currency is the accepted currency, provided that the equivalent of in the 

currency of the country of commencement of transportation local currency fare

is collected at the bankers selling rate of exchange in effect on the date of 

issuance of the transportation traffic document 

SECTION C: PAYMENT OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY OF COMMENCEMENT OF 

TRANSPORTATION

1) payment shall be made as follows

a) the amount to be paid shall be determined by converting the total amount to 

be collected, expressed in the currency of the country of commencement of 

transportation, into the currency of the country of payment at the applicable 

bankers selling rate of exchange in effect on the date of the transaction

b) payment shall be made either in the currency of the country of payment, or in 

any currency not marked # in Resolution 024d, provided that the equivalent of 

the local currency amount of the country of payment established in 

accordance with Subparagraph a) is collected at the bankers selling rate of 

exchange in effect on the date of the transaction
ADOPTED Res Doc : 1

Resolution : 024e

Page: 2 of 2

SECTION B D: DETERMINATION OF RATES OF EXCHANGE FOR PAYMENTS 

ACCORDING TO SECTIONS A B AND C

1) IATA shall provide the ‘IATA Consolidated Exchange Rates’ which shall be

established daily using a recognized source

1) 2)for certain countries, specific sources for rates of exchange have been 

established; these are listed in Attachment 'A'. The rates of exchange obtained

from the sources listed in Attachment ‘A’ will be included in the ‘IATA

Consolidated Exchange Rates’. In the event that no source is specified in 

Attachment 'A' or such source does not provide a rate of exchange, then the 

bankers rate shall be used. In the event that no bankers rate is available, the 

rates of exchange shown in the latest issue of the 'IATA Clearing House Monthly 

Five Day Rate' shall be used

2) if an increase in tariff levels is notified under the provisions of Resolution 024 

and such notification also contains an amended rate of exchange, such new rate 

of exchange will be used until the effectiveness of the next issue of the 'IATA 

Clearing House Monthly Five Day Rate'

SECTION C E: SOURCES

1) the Secretary is authorised to update Attachment 'A' by additions and/or changes 

upon notification by any TC Member. Such changes shall be circulated to all TC 

Members

Note: Resolution 024e ATTACHMENT A:

Sources that have been confirmed with airlines to be deleted will be notified by IATA
Composite Passenger Tariff Coordinating Conference

Dublin, 30-31 October 2013

Summary of Agreements

The intended effective date to be determined, Composite meeting adopted the following 

changes.

• Introduce single source for the rates of exchange, to be provided by IATA, in 

Resolution 024e

• Simplified the currency conversion process by amending Resolution 024e