### 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 ASSOC IATION

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 201 4

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 b e confirmed

Memo / Resolution s PTC COMP Memo 1758 6 June 20 1 4

- Resolution 0 24e

### NOTICE OF TIER 1 AGREEMENTS FILING

Pursuant to statements submitted by Member airlin es 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 exempte d 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 pre

implementation Department review. The intended effective date of the agreements is

1 Octob er 20 14

.

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 conferenc e 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. O ther 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 pag es 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. 20 530

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 Serve d

### 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 Fares6 June 201 4

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 Resolutio n s 024e

Intend ed Effective Date : 1 October 2014

Implementation Date: to be confirmed

R ESOLUTIONS

- A DOPTED

Attac h ed is Composite Resolution s 0 24e which w as adopted at the above meeting . The

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

advised in consultation with Resolution Advisory Working Group

.

The filing period for the attached Resolutions ends 7 Ju ly 2014

. Members are reminded of their obligations under Resolutions 001 and 006 to advise this

office by the en d 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

Gov ernment 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 G eneva 15 Airport

Switzerland

Tel: +41 22 770 2842

Fax +41 22 770 2896

AS www.iata.org E

- Mail: tariffs @ i ata .orgRESOLUTION S AMENDED AT

COMPOSITE MEETING OF

PASSENGER TARIFF COO RDINATING CONFERENCE

DUBLIN

, 30

- 31 OCTOBER 2013

EFFECTIVE DAT E: 1 OCTOBER 2014

IMPLEMENTATION DATE TO BE CONFIRMED

RESO TITLE COMMENTS RD

024e Rules for Payment of Local Currency Fares Amending 1ADOPTED 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) 0 24e

PTC23(164) 0 24e

PTC31(129) 024e

PTC123(178) 024e

Filing Period Begins 6 June 2014 Inten ded Effect iveness: 1 October 2014

Ends 7 Ju ly 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 transact ions 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

2 1 ) payment shall be made as follows

a) in the currency of the country of commencement of tra nsportation; 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 p aid 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

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

exchange in effect on the date of the transactionADOPTED Res Doc : 1

Resolution : 024e

Page: 2 of 2

SECTION B D : DETERMINATION OF RATES OF EXCHANGE FOR PAYMENTS

ACC ORDING TO SECTION S 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 ex change, 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 un der 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 IATAComposite Passenger Tariff Coordinating Conference

Dublin

, 30

- 31 October 2013

Summary of Agreements

The intende d 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