**1.** There shall be fair and equal opportunity for the designated airlines of each Contracting Party to operate the agreed services between and beyond their respective territories on the routes specified in the Annex to this Agreement.
**2.** In operating the agreed services, the designated airlines of each Contracting Party shall take into account the interest of the designated airlines of the other Contracting Party so as not to affect unduly the services which the latter provide on the whole or part of the same route.
**3.** The agreed services provided by the designated airlines of the Contracting Parties shall bear reasonable 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 which has designated the airline and the countries of ultimate destination of the traffic.
**4.** Provision for the carriage of passengers, cargo and mail both taken up and discharged at points on the specified routes in the territories of States other than that designating an airline shall be made in accordance with the general principle that capacity shall be related to:
traffic requirements to and from the territory of the Contracting Party which has designated the airline;
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;
the requirements of long-haul airline operation.
**5.** The designated airlines shall, not later than thirty (30) days prior to the date of operation of any agreed service, notify their proposed flight programs to the aeronautical authorities of both Contracting Parties. Said flight programs shall include i.a. the type of service, the aircraft to be used, the frequencies and the flight schedules.
This shall likewise apply to later changes.
In special cases this time limit may be reduced, subject to the consent of the said authorities.
Artikel 12
Capacity
Onderdeel van Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden ten behoeve van de Nederlandse Antillen en het Koninkrijk België inzake luchtvervoer· Arbitrage