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 1515 60 STAT.] UNITED KINGDOM-AIR SERVICES-FEB. 11, 1946 Now therefore the representatives of the two Governments in Conference resolve and agree as follows:- (1) That the two Governments desire to foster and encourage the widest possible distribution of the benefits of air travel for the general good of mankind at the cheapest rates consistent with sound economic principles; and to stimulate international air travel as a means of promoting friendly understanding and good will among peoples and ensuring as well the many indirect benefits of this new form of trans- portation to the common welfare of both countries. (2) That the two Governments reaffirm their adherence to the principles and purposes set out in the preamble to the Convention on International Civil Aviation signed at Chicago on the 7th Decem- ber, 1944. (3) That the air transport facilities available to the travelling public should bear a close relationship to the requirements of the public for such transport. (4) That there shall be a fair and equal opportunity for the car- riers of the two nations to operate on any route between their respec- tive territories (as defined in the Agreement) covered by the Agree- ment and its Annex. (5) That, in the operation by the air carriers of either Government of the trunk services described in the Annex to the Agreement, the interest of the air carriers of the other Government shall be taken into consideration so as not to affect unduly the services which the latter provides on all or part of the same routes. (6) That it is the understanding of both Governments that services provided by a designated air carrier under the Agreement and its Annex shall retain as their primary objective the provision of capacity adequate to the traffic demands between the country of which such air carrier is a national and the country of ultimate destination of the traffic. The right to embark or disembark on such services inter- national traffic destined for and coming from third countries at a point or points on the routes specified in the Annex to the Agreement shall be applied in accordance with the general principles of orderly develop- ment to which both Governments subscribe and shall be subject to the general principle that capacity should be related: (a) to traffic requirements between the country of origin and the countries of destination; (b) to the requirements of through airline operation; and (c) to the traffic requirements of the area through which the airline passes after taking account of local and regional services. (7) That, in so far as the air carrier or carriers of one Government may be temporarily prevented through difficulties arising from the War from taking immediate advantage of the opportunity referred to in paragraph (4) above, the situation shall be reviewed between the Governments with the object of facilitating the necessary develop- ment, as soon as the air carrier or carriers of the first Government is or are in a position increasingly to make their proper contribution to the service.

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