### 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

30 November 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: 30 November 2011

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

US/UST involved: No

End of Government Filing Period: 16 December 2011

Meeting site, date: SIN, 14 Oct 2011

Intended effective date: 1 April 2012

Agreement: Composite Passenger Tariff Coordinating Conference Singapore, 14 October 2011 Composite Resolutions 012, 017c Intended Effective Date: 1 April 2012 (Memo PTC COMP 1654)

R1 012

R2 017c

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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 applicat ion for approval of an IATA agreement.
This agreement and related factual a nd 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 C onference 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 dynam ic process of IATA Member airline adjustment to governmental and economic factors.
On previous occasions, the Department ha s 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 Department of the for egoing 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 wo uld 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 materi ally less anticompetitive effects.

This agreement concerns fares or rates between non-U.S. points and thus has at most indirect application in foreign air transportati on. 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 notic e 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

30 November 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 23 November 2011

MEMORANDUM

PTC COMP 1654

TO: Members Participating in Tariff Coordinating Conferences

FROM: Manager, Interline Tariffs

SUBJECT: Composite Passenger Tariff Coordinating Conference Singapore, 14 October 2011 Composite Resolutions 012, 017c Intended Effective Date: 1 April 2012

R ESOLUTIONS
- A DOPTED
Attached are Composite Resolutions 012 and 017c, which were adopted at the above meeting for an intended effective date of 1 April 2012.

The filing period for the attached Resolutions ends 16 December 2011

. 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 StandardRESOLUTIONS AMENDED AT

COMPOSITE MEETING OF PASSENGER TARIFF COORDINATING CONFERENCE

SINGAPORE, 14 OCTOBER 2011

EFFECTIVE DATE: 01 APRIL 2012

RESO TITLE COMMENTS RD

012 Glossary of Terms Amending 1

017c Construction Rules fo r Fare Components Amending 2ADOPTED Res Doc: 1 Resolution: 012

PTC COMP 1654 SIN, Oct11 GLOSSARY OF TERMS

PTC1(87) 012 Amending PTC2(165) 012 PTC3(92) 012 PTC12(196) 012 PTC23(161) 012 PTC31(126) 012 PTC123(175) 012

Filing Period Begins 23 November 2011 Intended Effectiveness: 1 April 2012 Ends 16 December 2011 Expiry: Indefinite

Type B

RESOLVED that, Resolution 012 is amended as follows

TERM DEFINITION

Local Combination combination of two or more fare components (normal and special fare or two or more different special fare types) to create a single pricing unit - provided the second last fare component returns to the country of origin of the first fare componentADOPTED Res Doc : 2 Resolution : 017c

PTC COMP 1654 SIN, Oct11 CONSTRUCTION RULES FOR FARE COMPONENTS

PTC1(87) 017c Amending PTC2(165) 017c PTC3(92) 017c PTC12(196) 017c PTC23(161) 017c PTC31(126) 017c PTC123(175) 017c Filing Period Begins 23 November 2011 Intended Effectiveness 1 April 2012 Ends 16 December 2011 Expiry Indefinite

Type A

RESOLVED that, Resolution 017c, Paragraph C)2)b)i) is amended as follows:

SECTION C - CIRCLE TRIP FARES

2) a) the applicable fare for a circle trip (excluding any side trip which has been charged as a separate pricing unit) s hall not be less than the direct route normal or special round trip fare, as appropriate, for the highest rated pair of points applicable to the class of service used from the point of uni t origin to any stopover point on the route of travel

b) i) the foregoing provisions shall not a pply to local combinations of normal and special fares