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 61 STAT.] LEBANON-AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES-AUG. 11, 1946 2991 ANNEX TO AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND LEBANON SECTION 1 Airlines of the United States of America authorized under the Ut.s .rights of trans- it and stop in Leba- present Agreement are accorded rights of transit and non-traffic stop neseterritory. in Lebanese territory as well as the right to pick up and discharge international traffic in passengers, cargo and mail at Beirut on the following route: The United States of America, through Europe and Turkey to Lebanon and beyond to India; via interme- diate points, in both directions. SECTION 2 Airlines of Lebanon authorized under the present Agreement are accorded rights of transit and non-traffic stop in United States terri- tory as well as the right to pick up and discharge international traffic in passengers, cargo and mail in the United States on a route or routes as may be determined at a later date from Lebanon, via intermediate points to the United States in both directions. SECTION 3 In the establishment and operation of air services covered by this Agreement and its Annex, the following principle shall apply: (1) 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 insuring as well the many indirect benefits of this new form of transportation to the common welfare of both countries. (2) 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 international 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 genera] principles of orderly development to which both Govern- ments 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. Lebanese rights of transit and stop in iU.S. territory. Encouragement of air travel. Provision of adle quate capacity.

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