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1. The Contracting Parties shall provide fair and equal opportunity for the airlines designated by both Parties to operate the agreed services on the specified routes.
2. In operating the agreed services, the designated airline of each Contracting Party shall take into account the interests of the designated airline of the other Contracting Party so as not to affect unduly the services which the latter provides on the whole or part of the same routes.
3. The agreed services provided by the designated airlines of the Contracting Parties shall bear close relationship to the requirements of the public for transportation on the specified routes and shall have as their primary objective the provision, at a reasonable load factor, of capacity adequate to meet the current and reasonably anticipated requirements for the carriage of passengers, cargo and mail between the territory of the Contracting Party designating the airline and the country of ultimate destination of the traffic.
4. Provision for the carriage of passengers, cargo and mail taken on in the territory of the other Contracting Party and put down at the points on the specified routes in the territories of third countries and vice versa shall be made in accordance with the general principles that capacity shall be related to:
(a) traffic requirements between the country of origin and the countries of destination;
(b) traffic requirements of the area through which the airline passes, after taking account of other transport services established by airlines of the States comprising the area; and
(c) the requirements of through airline operation.