### BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

Agreements Adopted by the Traffic Conferences of the International Air Transport Association OST-2011-XXXX

APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF AGREEMENTS BY THE INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION

25 February 2011 Communications with respect to this document should be sent to

Douglas E. Lavin Regional Vice President – North America International Air Transport Association 1776 K.St. N.W. #12 th 

### Floor Washington DC 20006

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Summary DOCKET: OST-2011-XXXX US DOT ORDER: pending

Date: 25 February 2011

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

US/UST involved: No

End of Government Filing Period: 15 December 2010

Meeting site, date: Geneva, 22 October 2010

Intended effective date: 1 April 2011

SUBJECT: Composite Passenger Tariff Coordinating Conference Geneva, 22 October 2010 Composite Resolution 024c Intended Effective Date: 1 April 2011

R1 024c

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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 constitu ted to be their attorney-in-fact for filing with the Department of Transportation copi es 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 Co nference documentation summarized above.
This agreement arises from the continui ng process of Tariff Coordinating Conferences and was developed in the context of prior D epartment 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. A pproval 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 Departm ent 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 partici pation. 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 E. Lavin

25 February 2011 Date ServedInternational 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 2 November 2010

MEMORANDUM

PTC COMP 1597

TO: Members Participating in Ta riff Coordinating Conferences

FROM: Manager Interline Tariffs

SUBJECT: Composite Passenger Tariff Coordinating Conference Geneva, 22 October 2010 Composite Resolution 024c Intended Effective Date: 1 April 2011

R ESOLUTION
- A DOPTED
Attached is Composite Resolution 024c, which was adopted at the above meeting for an intended effective date of 1 April 2011.
The filing period for the attached Resolutions ends 15 November 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 Passenger Interline StandardsRESOLUTION ADOPTED AT

COMPOSITE MEETING OF PASSENGER TARIFF COORDINATING CONFERENCE

GENEVA, 22 OCTOBER 2010

INTENDED EFFECTIVE DATE: 1 APRIL 2011

RESO TITLE COMMENTS RD

024c Conversion of Local Currency Amounts for Combination/Construction Purposed Amending 1ADOPTED Res Doc: 1 Resolution: 024c

PTC COMP 1597 GVA, Oct10 CONSTRUCTION RULES FOR JOURNEYS

PTC1(87) 024c Amending PTC2(165) 024c PTC3(92) 024c PTC12(196) 024c PTC23(161) 024c PTC31(126) 024c PTC123(175) 024c

Filing Period Begins 15 November 2010 Intended Effectiveness: 1 April 2011 Ends 15 December 2010 Expiry: Indefinite

Type A

RESOLVED that, Resolution 024c Paragraph 1) is amended as follows

1) where a journey requires the combination of local currency fares on the same ticket, or the construction of fares by use of add-ons, conversion of the local currency fares/add-ons into the currency of the country of commencement of transportation shall be undertaken as follows
a) all local currency amounts shall be divided by the rate of exchange to the US Dollar in Attachment 'A' for the currency in which the amount is denominated, the resultant amount being expressed to two decimal places ignoring any further decimal places
b) all resultant amounts shall be added together and multiplied by the rate of exchange to the US Dollar in Attachment 'A' for the currency of the country of commencement of transportation, t he resultant amount being rounded in accordance with Resolution 024d

Exception: When an international ticket is comprised of all domestic fare components, but within different countries, the provisions outlined above shall apply. In the absence of a country of commencement as defined by Resolution 012., the fare will be established in the currency of the country where travel originates.PTC COMP 1597 GVA, Oct10 SUMMARY OF AGREEMENT

Resolution 024c

Intended Effective Date: 1 April 2011

The Composite meeting met in Geneva 22 October 2010. The agreement contains amendments to Composite Resolution 024c with an intended effective date of 1 April 2011. The change is briefly described below.

• Clarified in Resolution 024c for processing of conversion for wholly domestic sectors of different countries on an internation ticket