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

9 August 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. #12th Floor 

Washington DC 20006 
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Summary DOCKET: OST-2011-XXXX US DOT ORDER: pending

Date: 9 August 2011 

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

US/UST involved: No

End of Government Filing Period: 3 June 2011

Meeting site, date: Mail Vote 680 

Intended effective date: 1 September 2011 

Agreement: PTC COMP Mail Vote 680

 Resolution 024a 

 Establishing Passenger Fares and Related Charges – 

 Lithuania 

 Intended Effective Date: 1 September 2011 

R1 024a 
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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 E. Lavin 

9 August 2011 

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 2662 

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

27 May 2011 

MEMORANDUM 

PTC COMP 1626 

TO: Members Participating in Tariff Coordinating Conferences 

FROM: Manager, Interline Tariffs 

SUBJECT: PTC COMP Mail Vote 680

 Resolution 024a 

Establishing Passenger Fares and Related Charges - Lithuania 

 Intended Effective Date: 1 September 2011 

MAIL VOTE - ADOPTION

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

24 May 2011, Mail Vote 680 as circulated by MV680-1 dated 17 May 2011, is declared adopted. 

The filing period for this Mail Vote ends 3 June 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 

IDFS Passenger 
ADOPTED Res Doc: 1 

MV680, May 2011 

RESOLUTION 024a – ESTABLISHING PASSENGER FARES AND RELATED CHARGES 

PTC1 (Mail 680) 024a Amending 

PTC2 (Mail 680) 024a

PTC3 (Mail 680) 024a

PTC12 (Mail 680) 024a

PTC23 (Mail 680) 024a

PTC31 (Mail 680) 024a

PTC123 (Mail 680) 024a

 

Filing Period Begins 24 May 2011 Intended Effectiveness 1 September 2011 

 Ends 3 June 2011 Expiry Indefinite 

 Type A 

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 

Lithuania

Luxembourg 

Macedonia (FYROM) 

Malta 

Moldova 

Monaco 

Montenegro 

Netherlands 

Portugal 

Romania 

Russia 

Serbia 

Slovakia 

Slovenia 

Spain 

Tajikistan 

Turkey 

Turkmenistan 

Uzbekistan 
ADOPTED Res Doc: 1 

MV680, May 2011 

IATA Note: 

1. The conversion from LTL to EUR will be done using the April 2011 IATA Clearing House Five 

Day Rates conversion rate: EUR 1 = LTL 3.4528. The Euro amounts will be rounded in 

accordance with resolution 024d Attachment ‘A’. 

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

1 September 2011.