China
A Civil Air Transport Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden and the Government of the People´s Republic of China was signed in 1973.
The agreement was signed on 1 June 1973. A new Air Transport Agreement was initialled on 12 March 2010, it has been approved by the Swedish government but is not yet signed.
Designation principle
Each Contracting Party have the right to designate one or more airlines.
Traffic rights for airlines designated by Sweden
The designated airlines of Sweden have the right to operate in boht directions between points in Sweden via intermediate points to points in Beijing and/or Shanghai and/or 3 additional points and any points beyond.
The designated airlines of Sweden may exercise fifth freedom traffic rights on up to two intermediate and/or beyond points to be specified.
Capacity regime
The designated airlines of Scandinavia (Denmark/Norway/Sweden) may operate up to forty-two frequencies per week on teh specified routes with any type of aircraft.
All-cargo services are fully liberalized.
China has concluded a horizontal air service agreement with EU
EU’s horizontal agreement aims at bringing all Member States bilateral agreements with China to be in line with certain EU provisions. This means that some of the articles in the bilateral agreement between Sweden and China no longer applies, since they are replaced by the provisions in the horizontal agreement.
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