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 63 STAT.] FINLAND-AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES-MAR. 29, 1949 SECTION V There shall be a fair and equal opportunity for the airlines of the contracting parties to operate on any route between their respective territories covered by this Agreement and Annex SECTION VI In the operation by the airlines of either contracting party of the trunk services described in the present Annex, the interest of the airlines of the other contracting party shall be taken into considera- tion so as not to affect unduly the services which the latter provides on all or part of the same routes. SECTION VII It is the understanding of both contracting parties that services provided by a designated airline under the present Agreement and 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 the country of ultimate destination of the traffic. The right to embark or to 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 present Annex shall be applied in accordance with the general principles of orderly de- velopment to which both contracting parties 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 air- line passes after taking account of local and regional services. SECTION VIII It is the intention of both contracting parties that there should be regular and frequent consultation between their respective aeronauti- cal authorities and that there should thereby be close collaboration in the observance of the principles and the implementation of the pro- visions outlined in the present Agreement and Annex. SECTION IX (A) The determination of rates in accordance with the following paragraphs shall be made at reasonable levels, due regard being paid to all relevant factors, such as cost of operation, reasonable profit, and the rates charged by any other airlines, as well as the characteristics of each service. (B) The rates to be charged by the airlines of either contracting party between points in the territory of the United States and points in the territory of Finland referred to in the attached Schedule shall, consistent with the provisions of the present Agreement and its Annex, Fair and equal op- portunity for oper- ation of services. Cooperation n trunk services. Capacity. Consultation, Determination of rates. Approval.

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