Section 1 Routes
Airlines of each Party designated under this Annex shall, in accordance with the terms
of their designation, be entitled to perform scheduled international air transport
between points on the following routes:
The intermediate and beyond points in the Route Plan shall be specified and agreed
by both Parties by a simple exchange of letters.
The points to be specified on the routes may be omitted on one or all flights at the
option of the designated airlines.
The airline(s) designated by each Party that operate(s) flights on the routes mentioned
above, will be permitted to operate with third, fourth and fifth freedom rights and
with unlimited frequencies.
Section 2 Operational Flexibility
Each designated airline may, on any or all of its flights and at its option:
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1. operate flights in either or both directions;
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2. combine different flight numbers within one aircraft operation;
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3. serve behind, intermediate and beyond points and points in the territories of the
Parties in any combination and in any order;
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4. omit stops at any point or points;
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5. transfer traffic from any aircraft to any of its other aircraft at any point on the
routes; and
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6. serve points behind any points in its territory with or without change of aircraft
or flight number and hold out and advertise such services to the public as through
services;
without geographic or directional limitation and without loss of any right to carry
traffic otherwise permissible under this Agreement, provided that the service serves
a point in the territory of the Party designating the airlines.
Section 3 Change of gauge
On any segments of the routes above, any designated airline may perform international
air transport without any limitation as to change, at any point on the route, in type
of number of aircraft operated; provided that, in the outbound direction, the transport
beyond such point is a continuation of the transport from the territory of the Party
that has designated the airlines and, in the inbound direction, the transport to the
territory of the Party that has designated the airlines is a continuation of the transport
from beyond such point.
Section 4 Intermodal services
Without prejudice to any other provision of this Agreement, the airlines and the indirect
providers of cargo transport of both Parties shall be entitled, in connection with
international air transport, to make use of any land cargo transport to any point
in the territories of the Parties or of third countries or therefrom, including transport
to or from any airport with customs services and also, where relevant, the right to
transport bonded cargo, in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations. Such
cargo, whether transported by land or by air, shall have access to airport customs
procedures and facilities. The airlines may, on their own initiative, perform their
own land transport or provide it under agreements with other land carriers, include
land transport provided by other airlines and by indirect providers of air cargo transport.
Such intermodal cargo services may be held out at a single price for combined air
and land transport, provided that the senders are not misled as to the conditions
of such transport.