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- Each Contracting Party grants to the other Contracting Party, without any limitations on Routes, the following rights for the conduct of International Air Service by the Designated Airline(s) of the other Contracting Party:
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- a)the right to fly across the Territory of the other Contracting Party without landing;
- b)the right to make Stops for non-traffic purposes in the Territory of the other Contracting Party;
- c)the right to make stops in its Territory for the purpose of taking up and discharging passengers, cargo and mail, either separately or in combination, while operating international air traffic from or to the other Contracting Party; and
- d)the right to make stops in its Territory for the purpose of taking up and discharging passengers, cargo and mail, either separately or in combination, while operating international Routes from or to third countries, and the right to take up and discharge passengers, cargo, and mail, either separately or in combination in third countries, coming from or bound to the Territory of the other Contracting Party, through its own Territory.
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- Each Designated Airline may, when operating an Agreed Service on a Route, on any or all flights and at its option:
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- a)Operate flights in either or both directions;
- b)Combine different flight numbers within one aircraft operation;
- c)Serve behind, intermediate, and beyond points and points in the Territories of the Contracting Parties on the Routes in any combination and in any order;
- d)Omit stops at any point or points;
- e)Transfer traffic from any of its aircraft to any of its other aircraft at any point on the Routes;
- f)Serve points behind any point or 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;
- g)Make stopovers at any points whether within or outside the Territory of the other Contracting Party;
- h)Carry transit traffic through the other Contracting Party's Territory; and
- i)Combine traffic on the same aircraft regardless of where such traffic originates,
- without directional or geographic limitation and without loss of any right to carry traffic otherwise permissible under this Agreement.
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- On any segment or segments of the Routes above, any Designated Airline may perform International Air Services without any limitation as to Change of Aircraft, at any point or points, in type or number of aircraft operated.
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- Designated Airlines may operate their services, both regular and non-regular, as frequently and with such aircraft as they may deem fit, on the Routes and under the conditions specified in this Agreement.
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- Irrespective of the Routes, Airport Slots shall have to be requested and allocated prior to the actual operation of flights to and from the Slot Coordinated Airports.
- At points on the Routes, the Designated Airlines of one Contracting Party shall have the right to use all airways, airports and other facilities such as Slots, counters, etc., in the Territory of the other Contracting Party, on a non-discriminatory basis.
