UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

 Served: October 24, 2012

CORRECTED COPY 1

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NOTICE OF EXEMPTION FROM THE

DEPARTMENT’S TARIFF-FILING REQUIREMENTS

DOCKET OST-97-2050

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Issued by the Department of Transportation

on the 24th day of October, 2012

NOTICE

This notice issues an updated list of tariff filing exemptions under 14 CFR 293 for 

country pair markets.

Updated Country List

We are issuing an updated list, in Attachment A hereto, of tariff filing exemptions under

14 CFR 293 for country-pair markets. The Department issued a final rule on July 21, 1999, 

exempting U.S. and foreign carriers from the statutory and regulatory duty to file international 

passenger tariffs with the Department, provided certain conditions set forth in 14 CFR 

Part 293 are met.2 On October 7, 1999, the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International 

Affairs issued an initial notice under the rule specifying tariff-filing exemptions for markets that 

fall into Category A (no fare filing, except by carriers of Category C countries), Category B 

(filing “normal” one-way economy-class fares only, except that carriers of Category C countries 

must file all fares) or Category C (filing of all fares by all carriers), taking into account specific 

factors set forth in 14 CFR 293.10(1)(2)(i) through (iv).3

 On September 12, 2005, a 

notice was issued clarifying the Department’s policy regarding tariff filings with respect 

to countries listed in Category B and updating the list of tariff filing exemptions for 

additional country-pair markets to be added to Category A and Category B, taking into 

account factors set forth in 14 CFR 293.10.4 On April 8, 2008, the Assistant Secretary issued an

updated list of additional country-pair markets to be added to the list of tariff filing exemptions in 

Category A and Category B, taking into account factors set forth in 14 CFR 293.10.5 

 1 This corrected copy reflects changes for Brazil, Japan and Turks & Calcos Island (UK) in regards to filing 5th and 

6th freedom fares. 2 See 64 Fed Reg. 40654, July 27, 1999.

3 The Assistant Secretary may also require carriers of countries in Category A or B to continue to file passenger 

tariffs for services they offer between the U.S. and any third countries if effective price leadership opportunities for 

U.S. carriers are not available between the foreign carrier’s home country and third countries. 
The changes we are making in this notice reflect a review of each bilateral market considering

these factors. The amendments, summarized in Attachment B, involve additional countries with 

which the United States has concluded air services agreements that provide double-disapproval 

treatment of prices filed by the carriers of the Parties.6 These countries will now be placed in 

Category A. 

This action is taken pursuant to authority duly delegated under the Department’s regulations,

14 CFR 385.13.

 4 See Docket OST-97-2050 Notice, issued September 12, 2005. 5 See Docket OST-97-2050 Notice, issued April 8, 2008. 6 See 14 CFR 293.10 (a)(2)(i).
We will serve this notice on all interested parties in this docket, as well as on those who were 

served with the initial notice.

Persons entitled to petition the Department for review of this notice, under 14 CFR 385.30, may 

file petitions within seven days after the date of service of this notice.

This notice will become effective and become the action of the Department of Transportation 

upon expiration of the above period, unless within such period a petition for review is filed or the 

Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs gives notice that she will review this 

notice on her own motion.

By:

 Paul L. Gretch

Director, Office of International Aviation

An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide Web at

http:/dms.dot.gov/reports/reports_aviation.asp
Tariff Exemption Status

Attachment A Page 1

Foreign Carrier(s)

Designated by Named 

Country

Must File

Tariff-filing 5th/6th Freedom

WAC Country Category Fares

701 Afghanistan B No

401 Albania A No

500 Algeria B No

502 Angola B No

202 Anguilla (UK) C Yes

206 Antigua & Barbuda B No

303 Argentina A No

405 Armenia A No

277 Aruba A No

802 Australia A No

403 Austria A No

407 Azerbaijan B No

204 Bahamas B No

605 Bahrain A No

703 Bangladesh B No

205 Barbados B No

413 Belarus A No

409 Belgium A No

106 Belize B No

519 Benin (Dahomey) A No

207 Bermuda (UK) C Yes

702 Bhutan B No

312 Bolivia B No

410 Bosnia-Herzegovina A No

510 Botswana B No

316 Brazil A No

704 Brunei A No

411 Bulgaria A No

593 Burkina Faso A No

Key:

Category A: File no fares

Category B: File one-way

economy class fares

Category C: File all fares
Tariff Exemption Status

Attachment A Page 2

Foreign Carrier(s)

Designated by Named 

Country

Must File

Tariff-filing 5th/6th Freedom

WAC Country Category Fares

706 Burma (Myanmar) B No

503 Burundi B No

709 Cambodia B No

504 Cameroon A No

900 Canada A No

482 Canary Island A No

507 Cape Verde A No

233 Cayman Islands (UK) C Yes

509 Central African Rep B No

511 Chad A No

324 Chile A No

713 China A No

327 Colombia A No

513 Comoros B No

515 Congo B No

813 Cook Islands A No

110 Costa Rica A No

533 Cote d' Ivoire B No

415 Croatia B No

461 Curacao A No

611 Cyprus A No

418 Czech Republic A No

517 Dem Rep of Congo B No

419 Denmark A No

Key:

Category A: File no fares

Category B: File one-way

economy class fares

Category C: File all fares
Tariff Exemption Status

Attachment A Page 3

Foreign Carrier(s)

Designated by Named 

Country

Must File

Tariff-filing 5th/6th Freedom

WAC Country Category Fares

525 Djibouti B No

221 Dominica B No

224 Dominican Republic A No

337 Ecuador B No

591 Egypt B No

118 El Salvador A No

521 Equatorial Guinea B No

523 Eritrea B No

422 Estonia A No

522 Ethiopia A No

821 Fiji A No

425 Finland A No

427 France A No

344 French Guyana(France) A No

526 Gabon A No

432 Georgia A No

429 Germany A No

529 Ghana A No

433 Greece A No

419 Greenland (Denmark) A No

273 Grenada B No

235 Guadeloupe (France) A No

127 Guatemala A No

531 Guinea B No

559 Guinea-Bissau B No

Key:

Category A: File no fares

Category B: File one-way 

economy class fares

Category C: File all fares
Tariff Exemption Status

Attachment A Page 4

Foreign Carrier(s)

Designated by Named 

Country

Must File

Tariff-filing 5th/6th Freedom

WAC Country Category Fares

350 Guyana B No

238 Haiti B No

131 Honduras A No

729 Hong Kong C Yes

437 Hungary A No

439 Iceland A No

733 India A No

832 Indonesia A No

632 Iran B No

634 Iraq B No

441 Ireland A No

636 Israel A No

450 Italy A No

243 Jamaica A No

736 Japan A No

639 Jordan A No

738 Kazakhstan B No

535 Kenya A No

824 Kiribati B No

778 Korea (South) A No

644 Kuwait A No

743 Kyrgyzstan B No

744 Laos A No

Key:

Category A: File no fares

Category B: File one-way 

economy class fares

Category C: File all fares
Tariff Exemption Status

Attachment A Page 5

Foreign Carrier(s)

Designated by Named 

Country

Must File

Tariff-filing 5th/6th Freedom

WAC Country Category Fares

451 Latvia A No

647 Lebanon B No

536 Lesotho B No

537 Liberia A No

538 Libya B No

453 Liechtenstein A No

452 Lithuania A No

454 Luxembourg A No

455 Macedonia A No

747 Macau A No

541 Madagascar A No

542 Malawi B No

749 Malaysia A No

750 Maldive Islands A No

743 Mali A No

844 Marshall Islands B No

456 Malta A No

252 Martinque (France) A No

545 Mauritania B No

546 Mauritius B No

547 Mayotte (France) A No

148 Mexico B No

810 Micronesia B No

457 Moldova B No

751 Mongolia B No

459 Montenegro A No

256 Montserrat, BWI (UK) C Yes

Key:

Category A: File no fares

Category B: File one-way 

economy class fares

Category C: File all fares
Tariff Exemption Status

Attachment A Page 6

Foreign Carrier(s)

Designated by Named 

Country

Must File

Tariff-filing 5th/6th Freedom

WAC Country Category Fares

548 Morocco A No

550 Mozambique B No

575 Namibia A No

845 Nauru B No

755 Nepal B No

461 Netherlands A No

846 New Caledonia (France) A No

851 New Zealand A No

153 Nicaragua A No

554 Niger B No

555 Nigeria A No

852 Niue (New Zealand) A No

465 Norway A No

658 Oman A No

764 Pakistan A No

854 Palau B No

162 Panama A No

804 Papua New Guinea B No

365 Paraguay A No

368 Peru A No

766 Philippines B No

467 Poland A No

469 Portugal A No

664 Qatar A No

563 Reunion Island (France) A No

473 Romania A No

475 Russian Federation A No

Key:

Category A: File no fares

Category B: File one-way 

economy class fares

Category C: File all fares 
Tariff Exemption Status

Attachment A Page 7

Foreign Carrier(s)

Designated by Named 

Country

Must File

Tariff-filing 5th/6th Freedom

WAC Country Category Fares

566 Rwanda A No

461 Sint Maaten A No

275 St. Kitts-Nevis A No

275 St. Lucia B No

977 Sts. Pierre/Miqueion A No

(France)

279 St. Vincent B No

892 Samoa A No

479 San Marino B No

567 Sao Tome & Principe B No

670 Saudi Arabia A No

569 Senegal A No

 480 Serbia B No

570 Seychelles B No

571 Sierra Leone B No

776 Singapore A No

483 Slovakia A No

481 Slovenia A No

874 Solomon Island B No

573 Somalia B No

562 South Africa A No

482 Spain A No

711 Sri Lanka A No

583 Sudan B No

379 Surinam B No

582 Swaziland B No

Key:

Category A: File no fares

Category B: File one-way 

economy class fares

Category C: File all fares
Tariff Exemption Status

Attachment A Page 8

Foreign Carrier(s)

Designated by Named

Country

Must File

Tariff-filing 5th/6th Freedom

WAC Country Category Fares

484 Sweden A No

486 Switzerland A No

676 Syria * B No

823 Tahiti (France) A No

783 Tajikistan B No

585 Tanzania A No

782 Thailand A No

527 The Gambia A No

586 Togo B No

881 Tonga A No

280 Trinidad & Tobago A No

588 Tunisia B No

679 Turkey A No

758 Turkmenistan B No

281 Turks & Calcos Is. (UK) C Yes

817 Tuvalu B No

781 Taiwan ** A No

488 Ukraine A No

678 United Arab Emirates A No

493 United Kingdom A No

Notes:

* Subject to the 

restrictions on sales of

transportation on Syrian Arab

Airlines (Order 86-11-30).

** The U.S. does not 

recognize Taiwan as a state

or as a country, but 

maintains unofficial relations 

with Taiwan in accordance 

with The Taiwan Relations 

Act.
Tariff Exemption Status

Attachment A Page 9

Foreign Carrier(s)

Designated by Named 

Country

Must File

Tariff-filing 5th/6th Freedom

WAC Country Category Fares

385 Uruguay A No

788 Uzbekistan A No

885 Vanuatu B No

388 Venezuela B No

791 Vietnam A No

788 Uzbekistan A No

885 Vanuatu B No

282 Virgin Islands (UK) C Yes

694 Yemen B No

597 Zambia A No

565 Zimbabwe B No

Key:

Category A: File no fares

Category B: File one-way 

economy class fares

Category C: File all fares
Attachment B 

Tariff Exemption Status

WAC Country Previous Category Present Category

405 Armenia B A

316 Brazil C A

327 Colombia B A

813 Cook Islands B A

526 Gabon B A

736 Japan B A

535 Kenya B A

744 Laos B A

455 Macedonia B A

480 Montenegro B A

670 Saudi Arabia B A

275 St. Kitts-Nevis B A

280 Trinidad & Tobago B A

597 Zambia B A