Kina

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 intermidate and/or beyond points to be  specified.

Capacity regime

The designated airlines ofScandinavia (Denmark/Norway/Sweden) may operate passenger services up to forty-two frequencies per week on the 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.