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1986 - February DOT Ord. & Dec. [1] (February, 1986)

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                                                         Order 86-2-1         6y/


                         UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                       DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                          OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
                             WASHINGTON, D.C.

                 Issued by the Department of Transportation
                      on the 3rd day of February 1986




Joint Complaint of

     NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC.

     PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC.

                and

     TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC.                               Docket 43081

                Against

     THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL
     REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND DEUTSCHE
     LUFTHANSA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

Requesting relief under section 402(f) of the Federal :
Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, and section 2(b) of :
the International Air Transportation Fair Competitive :
Practices Act of 1974, as amended, from unreasonable
and discriminatory practices of the German START
Computer Reservation System


                                    ORDER

On April 26, 1985, Northwest Airlines, Inc., Pan American World Airways,
Inc. and Trans World Airlines, Inc. filed a joint complaint pursuant to
section 402(f) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, and section
2(b) of the International Air Transportation Fair Competitive Practices Act
of 1974, as amended, 1/ against the Government of the Federal Republic of
Germany and Deutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft (Lufthansa), the
German-flag carrier. The complaint alleges that START, the German computer
reservation system, which is used by a majority of German travel agencies
to select and sell the services of carriers serving Germany, is unfairly


1/ See 49 U.S.C. 1159(b), Fair Competitive Practices Act or IATFCPA.