The Government of the Republic of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore and the Kingdom of Thailand;
BEING members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (hereinafter referred to as ASEAN) and of the International Civil Aviation Organization (hereinafter referred to as “I.C.A.O.”).
DESIRING to accelerate and intensify the implementation of the aims and purposes of ASEAN as embodied in the ASEAN Declaration,
AND CONSIDERING that it is in the interest of States parties to the Agreement that aircraft engaged in non-scheduled commercial flights which do not harm scheduled services may be admitted freely to their territories for purposes of taking on or discharging passengers and cargo to define in such Agreement the rights and privilege of their respective commercial aircraft to take on passengers and cargo for pay or hire on other than scheduled international services.
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
(b) operated by a national of one of the member states or a firm or corporation substantially owned and having effective control by national of one of the Member States duly authorized by the competent aeronautical authority of that States; and (c) engaged in non-scheduled international flights for pay or hire in the territories within the ASEAN region. (b) taxi-class passenger flights of occasional character on request, provided that on each flight the aircraft does not carry more than eight (8) passengers and provided that the destination is chosen by the hirer or hirers and no part of the capacity of the aircraft is sold to the public; (c) flights on which the entire space is hired by a single, individual, firm corporation or institution for the carriage of his or its personnel or merchandise provided that on each flight no part of such space is resold and the total number of passengers does not exceed forty (40) passengers and total freight does not exceed to (2) tonnes provided the total frequency between to Member States does not exceed two (2) flights per week; (d) flight on which the entire space is hired for the transport of freight exclusively, provided that on each flight the total freight does not exceed four (4) tonnes. (ii) type of aircraft and registration marks; (iii) date and estimated time of arrival at the departure from the territory of the Member State; (iv) the itinerary of the aircraft; (v) the purpose of the flight, the name of the chartered, the number of passengers and the nature and amount of freight to be taken on or put down; (vi) whether the flight to be approved is in accordance with sub-items (a), (b), (c) or (d) as appropriate of Article 2 and wheter the request has the approval of the Operator’s National Civil Aviation Authority.
(a) registered in an ASEAN state and
(a) flights for the purpose of meeting emergency or humanitarian needs;
(i) name of operating company and pilot in command;
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed this Agreement.
DONE at Manila, Philippines in a single copy in the English language this thirteenth day of March 1971.
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ADAM MALIK
For the Government of Malaysia;
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TUN DR. ISMAIL
For the Government of the
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CARLOS. P. ROMULO
For the Government of the Republic of Singapore
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S. RAJARATNAM
For the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand
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THANAT KHOMAN
For the purpose of taking on or discharging third or fourth freedom traffic in respect of Article 2 of this Agreement, the following airports have been designated by the Member States as points of entry :
INDONESIA
Jakarta, Medan and Denpasar
MALAYSIA
Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Kota Kinabalu
PHILIPPINES
Manila and Mactan
SINGAPORE
Singapore International and Seletar
THAILAND
Bangkok