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ARTICLE 6

Principles Governing Operation of Agreed Services

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(1) There shall be fair and equal opportunity for the designated airlines of the Contracting Parties to

operate the agreed services on the specified routes.

(2) In operating the agreed services the designated

airlines of each Contracting Party shall take into

account the interests of the designated airlines of the

other Contracting Party so as not to affect unduly the

agreed services which the latter provides.

(3) The agreed services provided by the designated

airlines of the Contracting Parties shall bear a close

relationship to the requirements of the public for

transportation on the specified routes and shall have

as their primary objective the provision at a reason-

able load factor of capacity adequate to meet the

current and reasonably anticipated requirements for the

carriage of passengers and cargo, including mail, originating in or destined for the area of the Con-

tracting Party which has designated the airline. Pro- vision for the carriage of passengers and cargo, in- cluding mail, both taken on board and discharged at

points on the specified routes other than points in the

area of the Contracting Party which designated the airline shall be made in accordance with the general

principles that capacity shall be related to:

(a) traffic requirements to and from the area of the

Contracting Party which has designated the airline;

(b) traffic requirements of the region through which

the agreed service passes, taking account of other air services established by airlines of the states compris-

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