TRAFFIC CONTROL AREA OF THE WORLD

TC Area 1
North America
South America
Bermuda
West Indies
Hawaiian Island
All of the North and South American Continents and the Islands adjacent there to Greenland, Bermuda, the West Indies and the islands of the Caribbean sea, the Hawaiian Island (Including Midway and Palmyra)
� TC1 � North Atlantic sub area, (7 Countries)
Canada, Greenland, Mexico, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, USA (including Alaska, Hawaii), Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands US
� TC 1 � Mid Atlantic Sub � area (38 Countries) - Area 1
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda. Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Cayman Island, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, EI Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (British).
� TC1 � South America sub Area (14 Countries)
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela.
� TC1 Mexico sub-area
Between: Canada, USA (excluding Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, US) and Mexico.
� TC1 Caribbean sub-area (see Note 1)
a) Between: USA (excluding Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, US) and Bermuda, Bahamas, The Caribbean Islands, Guyana, Suriname, French, Guiana
b) Between: Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda Bahamas, The Caribbean Islands (including Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands) Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana
c) 1) Within the area composed of Bermuda, Bahamas, The Caribbean Island (including Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, US)
2) Between the area referred to in (i) above and Guyana, Suriname French Guiana.
TC1 Long haul sub-area (sea Note 1)
� a) Between: Canada, Mexico, USA and Central America, south America,
� b) Between Bermuda, Bahamas, the Caribbean Islands, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and central America South America.
� c) Between Central America ad South America
 TC2 Area
Europe
Africa
Middle East
Asia (Western Side)
South Asians Sub Continent
TC Area 2
Europe (as defined below), Africa and islands adjacent thereto, Ascension Island and that part of Asia West of Ural Mountain including Iran and the Middle East as defined.
� TC2 within Europe sub-area
Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia, and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faeroe Island, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, (Republic of), Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, From (Yugoslav) Republic of ) Malta, Monaco, Moldova (Republic of),
Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, (including Azores and Madeira), Romania, Russia (in Europe), San Marino, Serbia and Montenegro (formerly Yugoslavia) Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, (including Canary Islands), Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom.
� TC2 Within Middle East sub-area
Bahrain Egypt, Iran, (Islamic republic of), Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates, (Comprised of Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah, Umm al Qaiwain), Yemen, (Republic of).
� TC2 Within Africa sub-area
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon (Republic of), Cape Verde (Republic of), Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo(Brazzaville),Congo (Kinshasa).Cote d� lvoire, Djibouti, Equatorial guinea,Eritrea,Ethiopia,Gabon,Gambia,Ghana,Guinea,Guinea-Bissau,Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayetta, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome and principle, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa. Swaziland, Tanzania, (united Republic of), Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
 TC Area 3
Asia (Eastern Side)
South East Asia
Japan & Korea
Australia New Zealand
 TC area 3
Asia and the Islands adjacent thereto expect the portion included in Area 2, the East Indies, Australia, New Zealand and the Islands of the Pacific Ocean except those included in Area 1
� TC3 South Asian subcontinent sub-area
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, (including Andaman Islands), Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
� TC3 South East Asia sub-area
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, (excluding Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR), Chinese Taipei, Guam, Hong Kong SAR (China), Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (includes Caroline Island except Palau Island Group), Mongolia, Myanmar, Northern Mariana Island, Palau, Philippines, Russia (in Asia), Singapore, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor Lester, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.
� TC3 South West Pacific sub-area
American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati (Canton and Ender bury Islands), Nauru, New Caledonia (including Loyalty Islands), New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa (Independent State of), Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna Islands.
International sale indicators
The sale and ticket issuance are both in the country of commencement of transportation. SITI will also apply to tickets:
SITI

� Sold and issued in Scandinavia for travel originating in Scandinavia
� Sold and issued in the area comprised of Canada and USA for travel originating in Canada or USA
The sale is made in the country of commencement of transportation and the ticket issuance is outside the country of commencement of transportation.
SITO will also apply to tickets:
SITO
� Sold in Scandinavia but issued outside Scandinavia for travel originating in Scandinavia
� Sold in Canada or USA but issued outside Canada or USA for travel originating in Canada or USA

The sale is made outside the country of commencement of transportation and the ticket issuance is in the country of commencement of transportation.
SOTI will also apply to tickets
SOTI
� Sold outside Scandinavia but issued in Scandinavia for travel originating in Scandinavia
� Sold outside Canada or USA but issued in Canada or USA for travel originating in Canada or USA
SOTO
The sale and ticket issuance are both outside the country of commencement of transportation.

by ASFAND TANVEER