"The airline industry’s electronic fare system grew out of paper tariff practices dating to the 1940s and was subsequently institutionalized through ATPCO."
ATPCO's history documents surviving tariff books dating back to 1943, the creation of an airline tariff department in 1945 and the establishment of Airline Tariff Publishers in 1965. The account shows how historical fare-filing conventions developed into an enduring digital infrastructure.
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