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 59 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-AIR SERVICES TRANSIT AGREEMENT-DEC. 7, 1944 1693 Air services transitagreement between the United States of America and other powers. Opened for signature at Chicago December 7, 1944; signedfor the United States of America December 7, 1944; accepted by the United States of America February8, 1945, with an understanding. INTERNATIONAL AIR SERVICES TRANSIT AGREEMENT The States which sign and accept this International Air Services Transit Agreement, being members of the International Civil Avia- tion Organization, declare as follows: ARTICLE I Section 1 Each contracting State grants to the other contracting States the following freedoms of the air in respect of scheduled international air services: (1) The privilege to fly across its territory without landing; (2) The privilege to land for non-traffic purposes. The privileges of this section shall not be applicable with respect to airports utilized for military purposes to the exclusion of any scheduled international air services. In areas of active hostilities or of military occupation, and in time of war along the supply routes leading to such areas, the exercise of such privileges shall be subject to the approval of the competent military authorities. Section 2 The exercise of the foregoing privileges shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Interim Agreement on International Civil Avia- tion ['] and, when it comes into force, with the provisions of the Con- vention on International Civil Aviation [2], both drawn up at Chicago on December 7, 1944. Section 3 A contracting State granting to the airlines of another contracting State the privilege to stop for non-traffic purposes may require such airlines to offer reasonable commercial service at the points at which such stops are made. Such requirement shall not involve any discrimination between air- lines operating on the same route, shall take into account the capacity of the aircraft, and shall be exercised in such a manner as not to prejudice the normal operations of the international air services con- cerned or the rights and obligations of a contracting State. '[Executive Agreement Series 469.] '[International Civil Aviation Conference, Chicago, Illinois, fovember 1 to December 7, 1944, Final Act and Related Documents, pp. 59-86 December 7, 1914 [E. A. S. 487] Privileges granted. Limitations on ap- plicability. Ante, p. 1616. Commercial service.

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