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

30 July 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: 30 July 2010 

Filing fee / IATA Acct: USD 122 / 0000-06 

US/UST involved: no

End of Government Filing Period: 6 August 2010

Meeting site, date: Mail Vote 642 

Intended effective date: 1 December 2010 

Agreement: Mail Vote 642 – Resolutions: 

024a - Establishing Passenger Fares and Related Charges 

024e - Rules for Payment of Local Currency Fares 

 Intended Effective Date: 1 December 2010 

 (Memo 1578) 

r1 024a

r2 024e
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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 

30 July 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 

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

30 July 2010 

MEMORANDUM 

PTC COMP 1578 

TO: Members Participating in Tariff Coordinating Conferences 

FROM: Global Head, Passenger 

SUBJECT: PTC COMP Mail Vote 642

 Resolution 024a Establishing Passenger Fares and Related Charges 

 Resolution 024e Rules for Payment of Local Currency Fares 

Intended Effective Date: 1 December 2010 

MAIL VOTE - ADOPTED

As no negative votes were cast during the voting period which expired 1400 hours Geneva time 

30 July 2010, Mail Vote 642 as circulated by MV642-1 dated 23 July 2010, is declared adopted. 

The filing period for this Mail Vote ends 6 August 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

 
ADOPTED Res Doc: 1 

 Resolution: 024a 

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 

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

ESTABLISHING PASSENGER FARES AND RELATED CHARGES

PTC COMP(Mail 642)024a Amending 

 Intended Effectiveness: 1 December 2010 

 Expiry: Indefinite 

Type A, 

 except Attachments ‘A’ and ‘B’ 

 which are Type B 

RESOLVED that, Resolution 024a, Attachment B is amended as follows 

ATTACHMENT 'B' 

Countries for which passenger fares and excess baggage charges are established in euro 

Albania 

Armenia 

Austria 

Azerbaijan 

Belarus 

Belgium 

Bosnia and Herzegovina 

Bulgaria 

Cape Verde 

Croatia 

Cyprus 

Estonia

Finland 

France except French 

Polynesia (including Wallis and Futuna), 

New Caledonia (including Loyalty Islands) 

Georgia 

Germany 

Greece 

Ireland 

Italy 

Kyrgyzstan 

Latvia 

Luxembourg 

Macedonia (FYROM) 

Malta 

Moldova 

Monaco 

Montenegro 

Netherlands 

Portugal 

Romania 

Russia 

Serbia 

Slovakia 

Slovenia 

Spain 

Tajikistan 

Turkey 

Turkmenistan 

Uzbekistan 
ADOPTED Res Doc: 2 

 Resolution: 024e 

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 

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

RULES FOR PAYMENT OF LOCAL CURRENCY FARES 

PTC COMP(Mail 642)024e Amending 

 Intended Effectiveness: 1 December 2010 

 Expiry: Indefinite 

Type A, 

 except Attachments ‘A’ and ‘B’ 

 which are Type B 

RESOLVED that, Resolution 024e, Attachment A is amended as follows 

ATTACHMENT 'A' 

Sources for Rates of Exchange for Estonia: 

For the period 1st December 2010 and until 31st December 2010, the rate of exchange of the EUR 

with respect to the EEK will be fixed at 15.6466. 

For all other currencies the bankers selling rate of the EUR will be the one published by the 

Financial Times each Tuesday. This rate will be applicable from Wednesday of each week up to 

and including Tuesday of the following week. 
ADOPTED 

 

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 

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

IATA Note: 

1. The conversion rate is set at EUR 1 = EEK 15.6466. 

2. Fares from Estonia will be converted to EUR at the above rate for intended effect 

1 December 2010.