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: 25 February 2010 

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

US/UST involved: Yes

End of Government Filing Period: 25 February 2010

Meeting site, date: Mail Vote 620

Intended effective date: 1 April 2010

Agreement: PTC COMP Mail Vote 620

 Resolution 024d 

Currency Names, Codes, Rounding Units and 

 Acceptability of currencies 

 

r1 024d
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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 

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

9 February 2010 

MEMORANDUM 

PTC COMP 1559 

TO: Members Participating in Tariff Coordinating Conferences (SP-6061) 

FROM: Global Head, Passenger 

SUBJECT: PTC COMP Mail Vote 620

 Resolution 024d 

Currency Names, Codes, Rounding Units and Acceptability of currencies 

 Intended Effective Date: 1 April 2010 

MAIL VOTE - ADOPTION

As no negative votes were cast during the voting period which expired 1400 hours Geneva time 9 

February 2010, Mail Vote 620 as circulated by MV620-1 dated 1 February 2010, is declared adopted. 

1. At the request of Singapore Airlines, this mail vote has been authorised in accordance with the 

Provisions for the Conduct of IATA Traffic Conferences 

2. Due to market requirements Singapore Airlines (SQ) proposes to amend the rounding unit for the 

other charges to 0.1 with 2 decimal units for the Singapore Dollar (SGD) in Attachment ‘A’ of 

Resolution 024d. 

The filing period for this Mail Vote ends 25 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 

MV620, Feb2010 

CURRENCY NAMES, CODES, ROUNDING UNITS AND ACCEPTABILITY OF CURRENCIES 

PTC COMP (Mail 620)024d Amending 

 

Filing Period Begins 10 February 2010 Intended Effectiveness 1 April 2010 

 Ends 25 February 2010 Expiry Indefinite 

 Type B 

RESOLVED that, 

the rounding units for other charges for the Singapore Dollar (SGD) in Attachment A shall be 

amended as follows: 

ATTACHMENT 'A' 

 Rounding Units 

Country 

Name 

Currency Code 

Alpha Num 

Currency 

Name 

Acceptability Local Currency 

Fares and Related 

Charges 

Other 

Charges 

Decimal 

Units Notes 

Singapore SGD 702 Singapore 

Dollar 

 1 1 0.1 0 2