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

8 December 2010 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 20006Summary DOCKET: OST-2010-XXXX US DOT ORDER: pending

Date: 8 December 2010

Filing fee / IATA Acct: USD 61 / 0000-54

US/UST involved: No

End of Government Filing Period: 10 December 2010

Intended effective date: 15 December 2010

Agreement: Mail Vote 655 - Adoption TC23 Middle East-South East Asia Special Passenger Amending Resolution 010i Fares between Qatar and Viet Nam Intended effective Date: 15 December 2010

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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 Conference 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 E. 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

8 December 2010 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 bb www.iata.org E-Mail: tariffs@iata.org 

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MEMORANDUM

PTC23 ME-TC3 0455

TO: Members Participating in Tariff Coordinating Conferences

FROM: Manager, Interline Tariffs

SUBJECT: Mail Vote 655 - Adoption TC23 Middle East-South East Asia Special Passenger Amending Resolution 010i Fares between Qatar and Viet Nam

Intended effective Date: 15 December 2010

V OTING 

### R ESULT


### - A DOPTED


### As no negative votes were cast during the voting period which expired 1400 hours Geneva time 3 December 2010, Mail Vote 655, as circulated by MV655-1 dated 26 November 2010 is declared adopted on 3 December 2010

At the request of a TC member, this Mail Vote has been authorised in accordance with the Provisions for the Conduct of IATA Traffic Conferences.

It is proposed to introduce fares between Doha (DOH) and Hanoi (HAN) as attached. A Member will commence direct operation and these fares are required.

The filing period for this Mail Vote ends 10 December 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.

Barbra Bastart Assistant Manager, Interline Tariffs IDFS Passenger

### ADOPTED Res Doc: 1

PTC23 ME-TC3 0455 MV655 

### TC23 SPECIAL PASSENGER AMENDING RESOLUTION BETWEEN QATAR AND VIET NAM

PTC23(Mail 655) 010i New

Filing Period Begins 3 December 2010 Intended Effectiveness 15 December 2011 Ends 10 December 2010 Expiry 31 March 2011

Type B

RESOLVED that, for intended effectiveness 15 December 2010, fares are introduced as shown in the Attachment:

Fares between Doha (DOH) and Hanoi (HAN) are introduced equal to current levels between Doha (DOH) and Ho Chi Minh City (SGN).5F: TC23/123 MIDDLE EAST-SOUTH EAST ASIA 1

MV655 FARES BETWEEN DOH AND HAN DOH-HAN
Origin Origin
> Destination GI > Destination GI Fare Basis Note Fare Reso Effective Expiry Fare Basis Note Fare Reso Effective Expiry DOHA DOH QAR >>>>> HANOI HAN EH F OO 10290 055M 15DEC10 31MAR11 F RT 15810 055M 15DEC10 31MAR11 C OO 7930 045M 15DEC10 31MAR11 C RT 12180 045M 15DEC10 31MAR11 Y OO 6700 065M 15DEC10 31MAR11 Y RT 10290 065M 15DEC10 31MAR11 MEE3M RT 6920 070Q 15DEC10 31MAR11 MGV10 RT 6130 084K 15DEC10 31MAR11
HANOI HAN USD >>>>> DOHA DOH EH
F OO 4060 055M 15DEC10 31MAR11 F RT 6246 055M 15DEC10 31MAR11 C OO 3109 045M 15DEC10 31MAR11 C RT 4783 045M 15DEC10 31MAR11 Y OO 2701 065M 15DEC10 31MAR11 Y RT 4156 065M 15DEC10 31MAR11 MEE3M RT 2952 070Q 15DEC10 31MAR11 MGV10 RT 2509 084K 15DEC10 31MAR11

Date: 26-NOV-10 HAN-DOH