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 2778 Equal opportunity. Capacity. Right to embark, etc. Consultation. U. S. rights of trans- it and stop in Ecua- dor. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. ANNEX TO COMMERCIAL AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE GOVERN- MENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR SECTION 1 It is agreed between the contracting parties: A. That the airlines of the two contracting parties operating on the routes described in this Annex shall enjoy fair and equal oppor- tunity for the operation of the said routes. B. That the air transport capacity offered by the airlines of both countries should bear a close relationship to traffic requirements. C. That in the operation of common sections of trunk routes the airlines of the contracting parties should take into account their reciprocal interests so as not to affect unduly their respective services. D. That the services provided by a designated airline under this 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 airline is a national, and points under its jurisdiction, and the country of ultimate destination of the traffic. E. That the right to embark and to disembark at points under the jurisdiction of the other contracting party international traffic destined for or coming from third countries at a point or points hereinafter specified, shall be applied in accordance with the general principles of orderly development to which both Governments sub- scribe and shall be subject to the general principle that capacity shall be related: 1. To traffic requirements between the country of origin, and points under its jurisdiction, and the countries of destination. 2. To the requirements of through airline operation, and 3. To the traffic requirements of the area through which the airline passes after taking account of local and regional services. F. The appropriate aeronautical authorities of each of the con- tracting parties will consult from time to time, or at the request of one of the parties, to determine the extent to which the principles set forth in Section E of this Annex are being followed by the air- lines designated by the contracting parties, so as to prevent an un- fair proportion of traffic being diverted from any designated airline through violation of the principle or principles enunciated elsewhere in this agreement or its Annex. SECION 2 A. Airlines of the United States of America, designated in con- formity with the present agreement, are accorded rights of transit and of nontraffic stop in the territory of the Republic of Ecuador as well as the right to pick up and discharge international traffic in passen- gers, cargo, and mail at Quito, Guayaquil, Riobamba, Esmeraldas, Manta, Salinas, Cuenca and Loja, on the following routes via inter- mediate points in both directions:

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