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although this is unlikely to happen airlines have been granted, at the same time, a licence for the same route, a choice for
designation purposes would have to be made between
the two of them.
9.
In seeking rights to satisfy an airline licensed to operate a new route or in designating an airline for an existing route, it might be found that the other party to the air services arrangements was trying to exact a price for those rights or the designation of a new carrier respectively. If this price was, in the opinion of the Government, unacceptable in the overall interests of Hong Kong or unduly damaging to the interests of an airline already operating another route between Hong Kong and the destination country, then that price would not be paid.
10.
That briefly is the Government's general policy on designation. It applies equally to all Hong Kong airlines.
Non-scheduled services
11.
Turning to non-scheduled services, under the relevant provisions of the Air Transport (Licensing of Air Services) Regulations, it is the Director of Civil Aviation who decides whether or not to grant a permit and what conditions, appropriate to the nature and circumstances of the appliciation, to attach to a permit.
12.
The Director of Civil Aviation will normally approve an application for a permit for an ad hoc, non-scheduled service, if the applicant airline holding an air operator's certificate has reasonably demonstrated that
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