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

26 February 2010 

Communications with respect to 

this document should be sent to 

Douglas Lavin 

 Regional Vice President – North America 

International Air Transport Association 

IATA Washington, 

601 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 300 - North Building 

Washington DC 20004
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Summary DOCKET: OST-2010-XXXX US DOT ORDER: pending

Date: 26 February 2010 

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

US/UST involved: Yes

End of Government Filing Period: 26 February 2010

Meeting site, date: Mail Vote 626

Intended effective date: 15 March for implementation 1 April 2010

Agreement: PTC COMP Mail Vote 626 

 Resolution 011a 

Mileage Manual Non TC Member / Non IATA Carrier Sectors 

 

r1 011a
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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 Lavin 

26 February 2010 

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 

 16 February 2010

MEMORANDUM 

PTC COMP 1561 

TO: Members Participating in Tariff Coordinating Conferences (SP-6067) 

FROM: Global Head, Passenger 

SUBJECT: PTC COMP Mail Vote 626 

 Resolution 011a 

Mileage Manual Non TC Member / Non IATA Carrier Sectors 

 Intended Effective Date 15 March 2010 for Implementation 1 April 2010 

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

16 February 2010, Mail Vote 626 as circulated by MV626-1 dated 8 February 2010, is declared 

adopted. 

1. IATA analysed the non-TC Member / Non-IATA carrier non-stop sectors which should be included 

as Resolution 011a sectors in the 41st edition of the Mileage Manual, in order to prevent mileage 

constructions resulting in inflated mileages. 

2. As a result of this analysis, IATA proposes the attached revision to Attachment A to Resolution 

011a. Other Resolution 011a sectors currently contained in Attachment A have been maintained 

unchanged. 

3. The attached revision reflects a number of deleted sectors. These deletions may have occurred 

for the following reasons: 

Ò the sector is now operated all year by a TC Member in both directions 

Ò the sector is no longer necessary as a Resolution 011a sector because a new TC 

Member services in the area 

Ò another sector may be more effective as a Resolution 011a sector in the same area 

Ò the sector is no longer operated 

4. As background, Shortest Operated Mileages (SOM) excluding 011a sectors compared with 011a 

sector mileages have been shown in the attached revision against each new selected sector. 

The filing period for this Mail Vote ends 26 February 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 

IDFS Passenger 

ADOPTED Res Doc : 1 

RESOLUTION 011a 

 MILEAGE MANUAL NON-TC MEMBER/NON-IATA CARRIER SECTORS 

PTC COMP (Mail 626)011a Amending 

 

Filing Period Begins 17 February 2010 Intended Effectiveness 15 March 2010 

 Ends 26 February 2010 Implementation 01 April 2010

 Expiry Indefinite 

 Type B 

RESOLVED that, Composite Resolution 011a, Attachment A will be amended as follows: 

 MM41 - RESOLUTION 011A SECTORS 

 

 BETWEEN AND 

Code City Code City GCD SOM Action 

ABJ Abidjan NIM Niamey 706 3464 New 

AER Adler Sochi TBS Tbilisi Delete 

AER Adler Sochi EVN Yerevan 326 1967 New 

ALA Almaty OVB Novosibirsk Delete 

TNR Antananarivo NBO Nairobi Delete 

ANU Antigua SKB St. Kitts Delete 

ASB Ashgabad DEL Delhi Delete 

BKO Bamako OUA Ouagadougou 440 2561 New 

BGF Bangui BZV Brazzaville 640 6166 New 

BGF Bangui DLA Douala 611 5502 New 

BGI Barbados POS Port of Spain 214 1202 New 

BAQ Barranquilla MAR Maracaibo 215 891 New 

BTM Batam KUL Kuala Lumpur 212 574 New 

BZE Belize FRS Flores Delete 

FRU Bishkek OVB Novosibirsk Delete 

FRU Bishkek OMS Omsk 839 3243 New 

OXB Bissau CKY Conakry 212 New 

DKR Dakar NKC Nouakchott 254 2605 New 

DKR Dakar RAI Praia 401 3601 New 

DAR Dar Es Salaam LLW Lilongwe 617 1318 New 

DAR Dar Es Salaam YVA Moroni 425 New 

FOC Fuzhou TPE Taipei 145 804 New 

GOU Garoua NDJ Ndjamena Delete 

GCM Grand Cayman MBJ Montego Bay 231 922 New 

HGH Hangzhou KHH Kaohsiung 536 1010 New 

HKG Hong Kong MFM Macao 22 New 

KHH Kaohsiung SZX Shenzhen 411 983 New 

IEV Kiev EVN Yerevan Delete 

LFW Lome OUA Ouagadougou Delete 

FBM Lubumbashi NLA Ndola Delete 

MFM Macao SZX Shenzhen Delete 

NAS Nassau PBI West Palm Beach Delete 

NDJ Ndjamena YAO Yaounde Delete 

TXG Taichung XMN Xiamen 161 753 New 

TPE Taipei XMN Xiamen Delete