BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

Agreements Adopted by the Traffic Conferences of the International Air Transport Association OST-2012-XXXX

APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF AGREEMENTS BY THE INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION

11 April 2012 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-2012-XXXX US DOT ORDER: pending

Date: 11 April 2012

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

US/UST involved: No

End of Government Filing Period: 18 April 2012

Meeting site, date: MV704

Intended effective date: 1 May 2012

Agreement: Mail Vote 704 - Resolution 012 Glossary of Terms Intended Effective Date 1 May 2012 (Memo 1670)

R1 012

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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 Depar tment 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

11 April 2012 Date ServedInternational Air Transport Association ute 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 10 April 2012



### MEMORANDUM

PTC COMP 1670

TO: Members Participating in Tariff Coordinating Conferences

FROM: Manager, Tariffs and Reservation Standards

SUBJECT: Mail Vote 704 - Resolution 012 Glossary of Terms Intended Effective Date 1 May 2012

M AIL 

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### - A DOPTION

As no negative votes were cast during the voting period which expired 10 April 2012, 1400 hours Geneva time, Mail Vote 704 as circulated by MV704-1 dated 30 March is declared adopted.

1. The Resolution Advisory Working Group (RADWG) meeting held 9 March 2012 in Beijing reviewed the definition of Circle Trip Fares previously agreed upon at the 2010 RADWG and determined that the necessary action had not been taken to amend the definition in line with the adoption of the amendments to 012 Local Combination. The Working Group recommended that a mail vote be issued to adopt the change so that the definitions are aligned at the earliest.

2. In reviewing the definition of ‘Local Combination’ in the exercise above, the Working Group found that the term “fare type” is not clearly defined, leading to different interpretations among the pricing systems on what is meant by “fare type”:

It was proposed to amend the definition of the ‘Local Combination’ in Resolution 012 to add clarity.

The filing period for this Mail Vote ends 18 April 2012 . 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, Tariffs and Reservation Standards IDFS PassengerADOPTED Res Doc: 1 Resolution: 012

RESOLUTI ON 012 – GLOSSARY OF TERMS

PTC1 (Mail 704) 012 Amending PTC2 (Mail 704) 012 PTC3 (Mail 704) 012 PTC12 (Mail 704) 012 PTC23 (Mail 704) 012 PTC31 (Mail 704) 012 PTC123 (Mail 704) 012

Filing period Begins 11 April 201 2 Intended Effectiveness 1 May 2012 Ends 18 April 201 2 Expiry Indefinite

Type B

RESOLVED that, Resolution 012 is amended as follows:

TERM DEFINITI ON

Circle Trip

– Normal Fares travel from a point and re turn thereto by a continu ous, circuitou s air route, inclu d ing travel comprising t w o fare components but which d o not meet the conditio n s of the round trip d e finition

Circle Trip

- Special Fares travel from a point and re turn thereto by a continu ous, circuitou s air route, comprising on ly two international fare components which d o not meet the conditio n s of the round trip d e finition

Local Combination combination of two or more fare co mponents (normal and specia l fare s or two or more different specia l f ares of different f a re type s groups ) to cre a te a single pricing unit - provided the last f a re component returns t o the country of origin of the fir s t fare component

PTC COMP1665 MV702 Feb12