- 1.The designated airline of the Republic of Maldives shall be entitled to operate air services on the routes specified hereunder:points in Maldives - intermediate points - points in the Netherlands - points beyond and vice versa.
- 2.The designated airline of the Kingdom of the Netherlands shall be entitled to operate air services on the routes specified hereunder:points in the Netherlands - intermediate points - points in Maldives - points beyond and vice versa.
- 3.Any or all of the points on the specified routes may, at the option of each designated airline, be omitted on any or all of the flights.
- 4.The designated airlines of the Contracting Parties shall be allowed to operate flights on the routes mentioned above, without restrictions as to frequency and aircraft type in any configuration.
- 5.Any intermediate points and points beyond may be served by the designated airline(s) of each Contracting Party without exercising fifth freedom traffic rights.
The eventual exercise of fifth freedom traffic rights may be agreed upon by the aeronautical authorities of the two Contracting Parties.