DOT Aviation Anti-Trust Immunity Cases
List of Active Antitrust Immunized Alliances
Last updated 3/27/2024
(listing of inactive cases)
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Case (click on link for case details) |
Primary Docket |
Related Dockets |
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1 |
DOT-OST-2002-12063 |
Expanded in DOT-OST-2008-0252 |
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American - British Airways - Iberia - Finnair - Royal Jordanian |
DOT-OST-2008-0252 |
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2 |
DOT-OST-2010-0059 |
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3 |
DOT-OST-2018-0030 |
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4 |
DOT-OST-1995-579 |
Expanded in DOT-OST-2007-28644 |
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DOT-OST-2001-10429 |
Expanded in DOT-OST-2007-28644 |
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Delta - Northwest - Air France - KLM - Alitalia - Czech Airlines |
DOT-OST-2007-28644 |
Expanded in DOT-OST-2013-0068 |
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DOT-OST-2013-0068 |
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5 | Delta - Korean Air - Air France - Alitalia – Czech Airlines | DOT-OST-2002-11842 | |
6 |
DOT-OST-2015-0070 |
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7 |
DOT-OST-2020-0105 |
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8 |
DOT-OST-1996-1116 |
Expanded in DOT-OST-1996-1411 |
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DOT-OST-1996-1411 |
Expanded in DOT-OST-1996-1434 |
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DOT-OST-1996-1434 |
Expanded in DOT-OST-2000-7828 |
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DOT-OST-2000-7828 |
Expanded in DOT-OST-2001-10575 and OST-2001-11029 |
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DOT-OST-2001-10575 |
Expanded in DOT- OST-2005-22922 |
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United - Lufthansa - Air Canada - SAS - Austrian - BMI - LOT - Swiss - TAP |
DOT-OST-2005-22922 |
Expanded in DOT-OST-2008-0234 |
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United - Lufthansa - Air Canada - SAS - Austrian - BMI - LOT- Swiss - TAP |
DOT-OST-2008-0234 |
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9 |
DOT-OST-1999-6680 |
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10 |
DOT-OST-2000-8577 |
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11 |
DOT-OST-2003-14202 |
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12 |
DOT-OST-2009-0350 |
Expanded in DOT-OST-2010-0059 |
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13 |
DOT-OST-2000-7248 |
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Case Details:
Case Name (File Date) |
(April 4, 2002) |
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Case Docket |
DOT-OST-2002-12063 |
Show Cause Order (Issue Date) |
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Final Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2002-7-39 (July 30, 2002) |
Details |
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Reporting |
Full-itinerary Origin-Destination Survey of Airline Passenger Traffic for all passenger itineraries that include a United States point. Confidential progress report due annually. |
Currently Active Docket |
Case expanded in DOT-OST-2008-0252. |
Case Name (File Date) |
American – British Airways - Iberia – Finnair – Royal Jordanian (August 15, 2008) |
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Case Docket |
DOT-OST-2008-0252 |
Show Cause Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2010-2-8 (February 13, 2010) |
Final Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2010-7-8 (July 20, 2010) European Commission Case COMP/F-1/39.596 – BA/AA/IB |
Details |
The authority was granted subject to a slot remedy. For a period of 10 years from the date of approval, applicants must transfer four slot pairs at London Heathrow to competitors: 2 for Heathrow-Boston services and 2 for services between Heathrow and any U.S. city. Administered confidentially by the trustee Competition Rx on behalf of the European Commission. Slots are allocated each IATA season via confidential auction (see, e.g., notice for Summer Season 2020). Amended with Order 2020-12-20 to add Aer Lingus to the immunized Joint Venture. This order also withdrew ATI between the parties and Royal Jordanian. Aer Lingus UK is considered an immunized affiliate as of September 2021. |
Reporting |
Full-itinerary Origin-Destination Survey of Airline Passenger Traffic for all passenger itineraries that include a United States point. Confidential progress report due annually. |
Case Name (File Date) |
(February 12, 2010) |
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Case Docket |
DOT-OST-2010-0059 |
Show Cause Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2010-10-4 (October 6, 2010) |
Final Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2010-11-10 (November 10, 2010) |
Details |
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Reporting |
Full-itinerary Origin-Destination Survey of Airline Passenger Traffic for all passenger itineraries that include a United States point. Confidential progress report due annually. |
Other |
This case was combined with the United – All Nippon Airways ATI application as a consolidated U.S. – Japan ATI case. |
Case Name (File Date) |
(February 26, 2018) |
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Case Docket |
DOT-OST-2018-0030 |
Show Cause Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2019-5-23 (June 3, 2019) |
Final Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2019-7-7 (July 19, 2019) |
Details |
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Reporting |
Full-itinerary Origin-Destination Survey of Airline Passenger Traffic for all passenger itineraries that include a United States point. Confidential progress report due annually in July. |
Other |
Self-assessment due six years and six months from approval (January 2027). |
Case Name (File Date) |
(September 9, 1992) |
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Case Docket |
DOT-OST-1995-579 |
Show Cause Order (Issue Date) |
Order 92-11-17 (November 20, 1992) |
Final Order (Issue Date) |
Order 93-1-11 (January 11, 1993) |
Details |
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Reporting |
Full-itinerary Origin-Destination Survey of Airline Passenger Traffic for all passenger itineraries that include a United States point. Confidential progress report due annually. |
Other | This alliance was expanded in Dockets: DOT-OST-2007-28644 and DOT-OST-2013-0068 |
Currently Active Docket |
DOT-OST-2013-0068 |
Case Name (File Date) |
Delta – Air France - Alitalia – Czech Airlines (August 15, 2001) |
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Case Docket |
DOT-OST-2001-10429 |
Show Cause Order (Issue Date) |
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Final Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2002-1-6 (Jan. 18, 2002) |
Details |
Carve outs for U.S. point-of-sale time sensitive passengers in the Atlanta-Paris, and Cincinnati-Paris markets (removed by Order 2008-5-32). |
Reporting |
Full-itinerary Origin-Destination Survey of Airline Passenger Traffic for all passenger itineraries that include a United States point. Confidential progress report due annually. |
Other |
This alliance was expanded in Dockets DOT-OST-2007-28644 and DOT-OST-2013-0068. The carve outs were removed by Order 2008-5-32 (May 22, 2008) in Docket DOT-OST-2007-28644. |
Currently Active Docket |
DOT-OST-2013-0068 |
Case Name (File Date) |
Delta – Korean Air – Air France - Alitalia – Czech Airlines (March 13, 2002) |
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Case Docket |
DOT-OST-2002-11842 |
Show Cause Order (Issue Date) |
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Final Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2002-6-18 (June 27, 2002) |
Details |
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Reporting |
Full-itinerary Origin-Destination Survey of Airline Passenger Traffic for all passenger itineraries that include a United States point. Confidential progress report due annually. (see Docket DOT-OST-2007-28644). |
Other |
Joint Venture exclusively between Delta and Korean Air approved by letter with conditions, DOT-OST-2002-11842-0021 (November 20, 2017). Order 2017-11-8 (November 17, 2017) denied motion of JetBlue to institute a de novo proceeding. |
Case Name (File Date) |
Delta – Northwest – Air France - KLM – Alitalia – Czech Airlines (June 28, 2007) |
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Case Docket |
DOT-OST-2007-28644 |
Show Cause Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2008-4-17 (April 9, 2008) |
Final Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2008-5-32 (May 22, 2008) |
Details |
Order 2008-5-32 integrates the two previous grants of immunitey in Dockets DOT-OST-1995-579 and DOT-OST-2001-10429. Removed carve outs from Order 2002-1-6. |
Reporting |
Full-itinerary Origin-Destination Survey of Airline Passenger Traffic for all passenger itineraries that include a United States point. Confidential progress report due annually. |
Currently Active Docket |
DOT-OST-2013-0068 |
Case Name (File Date) |
Delta – Virgin Atlantic – Air France - KLM – Alitalia (April 8, 2013) |
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Case Docket |
DOT-OST-2013-0068 |
Show Cause Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2013-8-21 (August 30, 2013) |
Final Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2013-9-14 (September 23, 2013) |
Details |
Amended by Order 2019-11-14 to remove the gaps between Delta’s two existing parallel joint ventures with Virgin Atlantic and Air France – KLM. This order also withdrew ATI between the parties and Alitalia and CSA Czech Airlines. |
Reporting |
Full-itinerary Origin-Destination Survey of Airline Passenger Traffic for all passenger itineraries that include a United States point. Confidential progress report due annually. |
Case Name (File Date) |
(September 30, 2022) |
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Case Docket |
DOT-OST-2020-0105 |
Show Cause Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2022-6-15 (June 23, 2022) |
Final Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2022-9-20 (September 30, 2022) |
Details |
Agreement covering codeshare, revenue share, joint marketing, scheduling for all flights between North America and Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay for Delta and LATAM (and subsidiaries). |
Reporting |
Full-itinerary Origin-Destination Survey of Airline Passenger traffic for all passenger itineraries that include a United States point. Confidential progress report due annually. |
Other | ATI granted for 10 years at which point the carriers may submit a self-assessment with a motion to change the expiration for DOT’s consideration if they seek to extend the immunity. |
Case Name (File Date) |
(March 31, 2015) |
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Case Docket |
DOT-OST-2015-0070 |
Show Cause Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2016-11-2 (Nov. 4, 2016) |
Final Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2016-12-13 (Dec. 14, 2016) |
Details |
Phase I: Order 2017-4-6 (April 10, 2017) Phase II: Order 2018-7-2 (July 3, 2018) |
Reporting |
Full-itinerary Origin-Destination Survey of Airline Passenger Traffic for all passenger itineraries that include a United States point. Confidential progress report due annually. |
Other |
Reapplication required no later than March 31, 2022. |
Case Name (File Date) |
(February 29, 1996) |
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Case Docket |
DOT-OST-1996-1116 |
Show Cause Order (Issue Date) |
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Final Order (Issue Date) |
Order 96-5-27 (May 20, 1996) |
Details |
Carve outs imposed for U.S. point-of-sale nonstop O&D traffic in the Chicago-Frankfurt and Washington-Frankfurt markets (since withdrawn). |
Reporting |
Full-itinerary Origin-Destination Survey of Airline Passenger Traffic for all passenger itineraries that include a United States point. Confidential progress report due annually. |
Other |
Case expanded in DOT-OST-1996-1411. |
Currently Active Docket |
DOT-OST-2008-0234 |
Case Name |
(May 28, 1996) |
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Case Docket |
DOT-OST-1996-1411 |
Show Cause Order (Issue Date) |
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Final Order (Issue Date) |
Order 96-11-1 (November 1, 1996) |
Details |
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Reporting |
Full-itinerary Origin-Destination Survey of Airline Passenger Traffic for all passenger itineraries that include a United States point. Confidential progress report due annually. |
Other |
Case expanded in DOT-OST-1996-1434. |
Currently Active Docket |
DOT-OST-2008-0234 |
Case Name (File Date) |
(June 4, 1996) |
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Case Docket |
DOT-OST-1996-1434 |
Show Cause Order (Issue Date) |
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Final Order (Issue Date) |
Order 97-9-21 (September 19, 1997) |
Details |
Initial grant of ATI was for U.S. – Canada transborder markets only. The scope was expanded to global immunity by Order 2007-2-16 (February 13, 2007). Carve outs imposed for all U.S. point-of-sale traffic in the following markets:
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Reporting |
Full-itinerary Origin-Destination Survey of Airline Passenger Traffic for all passenger itineraries that include a United States point. Confidential progress report due annually. |
Other |
Case expanded in DOT-OST-2000-7828. |
Currently Active Docket |
DOT-OST-2008-0234 |
Case Name (File Date) |
United – Austrian – Lufthansa – SAS (August 18, 2000) |
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Case Docket |
DOT-OST-2000-7828 |
Show Cause Order (Issue Date) |
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Final Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2001-1-19 (January 26, 2001) |
Details |
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Reporting |
Full-itinerary Origin-Destination Survey of Airline Passenger Traffic for all passenger itineraries that include a United States point. Confidential progress report due annually. |
Other |
Case expanded in DOT-OST-2001-10575 and DOT-OST-2001-11029. |
Currently Active Docket |
DOT-OST-2008-0234 |
Case Name (File Date) |
United – BMI – Austrian – Lufthansa – SAS (September 5, 2001) |
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Case Docket |
DOT-OST-2001-10575 |
Show Cause Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2002-4-4 (April 4, 2002) (subject to U.S. – UK Open Skies within 6 months of issue date) Order 2002-10-6 (October 3, 2002) (subject to achieving U.S. – UK Open Skies by December 31, 2002)
Order 2002-12-22 (December 31, 2002) (subject to achieving U.S. – UK Open Skies by June 30, 2003).
Order 2003-6-39 (June 30, 2003) (Subject to achieving U.S. – UK open skies agreement). |
Final Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2007-9-12 (September 12, 2007) (authority granted effective March 30, 2008 (Docket DOT-OST-2001-11029)) |
Details |
Case rulings were dependent on a U.S. – United Kingdom Open Skies Agreement, which came to fruition as a U.S. – EU Air Transportation Agreement that became effective March 30, 2008. Open Skies agreements fully liberalize aviation international markets and are requisite for antitrust immunity. |
Reporting |
Full-itinerary Origin-Destination Survey of Airline Passenger Traffic for all passenger itineraries that include a United States point. Confidential progress report due annually. |
Other |
Case expanded in DOT-OST-2005-22922. |
Currently Active Docket |
DOT-OST-2008-0234 |
Case Name (File Date) |
United – Lufthansa – Air Canada – SAS – Austrian – BMI – LOT – Swiss – TAP (November 4, 2005) |
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Case Docket |
DOT-OST-2005-22922 |
Show Cause Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2006-12-17 (December 19, 2006) |
Final Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2007-2-16 (February 13, 2007) |
Details |
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Reporting |
Full-itinerary Origin-Destination Survey of Airline Passenger Traffic for all passenger itineraries that include a United States point. Confidential progress report due annually. |
Other |
See also DOT-OST-1996-1434, Order 2007-2-16, because Air Canada is part of the immunized alliance. British carrier BMI ceased operations in 2012. |
Currently Active Docket |
DOT-OST-2008-0234 |
Case Name (File Date) |
United - Lufthansa - Air Canada - SAS - Austrian - BMI - LOT- Swiss – TAP (July 23, 2008) |
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Case Docket |
DOT-OST-2008-0234 |
Show Cause Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2009-4-5 (April 7, 2009) |
Final Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2009-7-10 (July 10, 2009) |
Details |
Excludes all local O&D (origin – destination) U.S. point-of- sale passengers in the following markets: • Cleveland-Toronto |
Reporting |
Full-itinerary Origin-Destination Survey of Airline Passenger Traffic for all passenger itineraries that include a United States point. Confidential progress report due annually. |
Other |
Brussels Airlines, a Lufthansa-controlled affiliate, added as a subsidiary by Order 2011-11-16 (Nov. 16, 2011). British carrier BMI ceased operations in 2012. Air Canada rouge, Eurowings, and Eurowings Discover are considered immunized affiliates as of September 2013, October 2015, and June 2021, respectively. |
Case Name (File Date) |
(December 17, 1999) |
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Case Docket |
DOT-OST-1999-6680 |
Show Cause Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2001-3-4 (March 2, 2001) |
Final Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2001-4-2 (April 3, 2001) |
Details |
Excludes all local U.S. POS, time-sensitive travelers (unrestricted coach, business, or first-class fares):
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Reporting |
Full-itinerary Origin-Destination Survey of Airline Passenger Traffic for all passenger itineraries that include a United States point. |
Case Name (File Date) |
(December 22, 2000) |
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Case Docket |
DOT-OST-2000-8577 |
Show Cause Order (Issue Date) |
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Final Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2001-5-1 (May 3, 2001) |
Details |
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Reporting |
Full-itinerary Origin-Destination Survey of Airline Passenger Traffic for all passenger itineraries that include a United States point. |
Other |
The case was originally filed by Continental Airlines. United, upon merging with Continental, retained the antitrust immunity with approval from DOT in a route transfer proceeding. |
Case Name (File Date) |
(January 3, 2003) |
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Case Docket |
DOT-OST-2003-14202 |
Show Cause Order (Issue Date) |
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Final Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2003-5-18 (May 14, 2003) |
Details |
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Reporting |
Full-itinerary Origin-Destination Survey of Airline Passenger Traffic for all passenger itineraries that include a United States point. |
Case Name (File Date) |
(December 23, 2009) |
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Case Docket |
DOT-OST-2010-0059 |
Show Cause Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2010-10-4 (October 6, 2010) |
Final Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2010-11-10 (November 10, 2010) |
Details |
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Reporting |
Full-itinerary Origin-Destination Survey of Airline Passenger Traffic for all passenger itineraries that include a United States point. Confidential progress report due annually. |
Other |
Initial application filed in DOT-OST-2009-0350. The proceedings were consolidated into DOT-OST-2010-0059 by Order 2010-3-10 (March 11, 2010). This docket also includes the American – Japan Airlines request for antitrust immunity. |
Case Name (File Date) |
(April 13, 2000) |
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Case Docket |
DOT-OST-2000-7248 |
Show Cause Order (Issue Date) |
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Final Order (Issue Date) |
Order 2000-10-13 (October 13, 2000) |
Details |
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Reporting |
Full-itinerary Origin-Destination Survey of Airline Passenger Traffic for all passenger itineraries that include a United States point. |