PREAMBLE
The Government of the Republic of the Philippines (the “Philippines”) and the Government of the State of Israel, hereinafter described as, collectively, the “Parties” and, singularly, a “Party”.
Being parties to the Convention on International Civil Aviation and the International Air Services Transit Agreement both opened for signature at Chicago on the 7th day of December 1944:
Desiring to contribute to the progress of international civil aviation;
Desiring to conclude an agreement for the purpose of establishing and operating air services between their respective territories.
Agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:
a) the term “Agreement” means this Agreement, any annex to it, and any amendments thereto;
b) the term “aeronautical authority” means, in the case of the Philippines, the Civil Aeronautics Board and in the case of the State of Israel the Ministry of Transport by the Civil Aviation Authority; or in both cases any other authority or person empowered to perform functions under this Agreement;
c) the term “Annex” means the Annex to this Agreement or as amended in accordance with the provisions of Article XX of this Agreement. The Annex forms an integral part of this Agreement and all references to the Agreement shall include the Annex except where explicitly agreed otherwise;
d) the terms “air services”, “international air services”, “airline” and “stop for non-traffic purposes” have the meanings respectively assigned to them in Article 96 of the Convention;
e) the term “agreed services” means scheduled air services on the routes specified in the Annex to this Agreement for the transport of passengers, cargo and mail, separately or in combination;
f) the term “capacity” means the amount(s) of services provided under the Agreement, usually measured in the number of flights (frequencies) or seats or tons of cargo offered in a market (city pair, or country to country) or on a route during a specific period, such as daily, weekly, seasonally or annually;
g) the term “Convention” means the Convention on International Civil Aviation opened for signature at Chicago on the 7th day of December 1944 and includes any Annex adopted under Article 90 of that Convention and any amendment of the Annexes or Convention under Articles 90 and 94 thereof, insofar as such Annexes and amendments have become effective for both Parties;
h) the term “designated airline” means an airline which one Party shall have designated, by written notification to the other Party, in accordance with Article III of the present Agreement, for the operation of air services on the routes specified in the Annex hereto;
i) the term “price” means any fare, rate or charge for the carriage of passengers, baggage and/or cargo, excluding mail, in air transportation, including any other mode of transportation in connection therewith, charged by airlines, including their agents, and the conditions governing the availability of such fare, rate or charge;
j) the term “specified route” means the routes specified in the Annex to this Agreement;
k) the term “territory” has the meaning assigned to it in Article 2 of the Convention and international law;
l) the term “user charges” means a charge made to airlines by the competent authorities, or permitted by them to be made, for the provision of airport property or facilities or of air navigation facilities, or aviation security facilities or services, including related services and facilities, for aircraft, their crews, passengers and cargo.
ARTICLE II
GRANT OF RIGHTS
1) Each Party grants to the other Party the rights specified in the present Agreement for the purpose of establishing and operating air services specified in the Annex to this Agreement.
2) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the airline(s) designated by each Party shall enjoy the following privileges:
a) to fly without landing across the territory of the other Party;
b) to make stops in the said territory for non-traffic purposes;
c) to make stops in the said territory at the point(s) on the route(s) specified in the Annex for the purpose of putting down and taking on board international traffic in passengers, cargo and mail, separately or in combination; and
d) other rights specified in this Agreement.
3) The airlines of each Party, other than those designated under Article III (Designation and Authorization) of this Agreement shall also enjoy the rights specified in paragraphs 2 a) and b) of this Article.
4) Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to confer on an airline of one Party the privilege of taking up in the territory of the other Party, passengers, cargo or mail carried for remuneration or hire and destined for another point in the territory of that other Party.
ARTICLE III
DESIGNATION AND AUTHORIZATION
1) Each Party shall have the right to designate in writing to the other Party, an airline or airlines to operate the agreed services and to withdraw or alter such designation. These notifications shall be made through diplomatic channels.
2) On receipt of such a designation, and of application from a designated airline, in the form and manner prescribed for the grant of an operating authorization, a Party shall grant the appropriate operating authorization with minimum procedural delay, provided that:
a) substantial ownership and effective control of the designated airline is vested in the Party designating the airline, nationals of such Party, or both; and
b) the Party designating the airline exercises and maintains effective regulatory control over such airline; and
c) the designated airline is in compliance with the provisions set forth in Article VIII (Safety) and Article IX (Aviation Security) of this Agreement; and
d) the designated airline is qualified to meet other conditions normally prescribed under the laws and regulations normally applied to the operation of international air transport services by the Party receiving the designation.
ARTICLE IV
WITHHOLDING, REVOCATION AND LIMITATION OF AUTHORIZATION
1) The aeronautical authorities of each Party shall have the right to withhold the authorizations referred to in Article III (Designation and Authorization) of this Agreement with respect to an airline designated by the other Party, and to revoke, suspend or impose conditions on such authorizations, temporarily or permanently, in the event:
a) the designated airline is not substantially owned by or under the effective control of the Party designating the airline, its nationals or both; or
b) effective regulatory control of the designated airline is not exercised and maintained by the Party designating the airline; or
c) of failure of the Party designating the airline to comply with the provisions set forth in Article VIII (Safety) and Article IX (Aviation Security) of this Agreement; or
d) of failure of such designated airline to meet other conditions normally prescribed under the laws and regulations normally applied to the operation of international air transport services by the Party receiving the designation.
2) Unless immediate revocation, suspension or imposition of the conditions mentioned in paragraph 1 of the present Article is essential to prevent further infringements of laws and regulations, or of the provisions of this Agreement, such right shall be exercised only after consultation with the other Party. Such consultations shall take place prior to the expiry of thirty (30) days following the request by one Party, unless both Parties otherwise agree.
ARTICLE V
APPLICATION OF LAWS
1) The laws and regulations of one Party governing entry into and departure from its territory of aircraft engaged in international air services, or the operation and navigation of such aircraft while within its territory, shall be applied to aircraft of the airline(s) of the other Party.
2) The laws and regulations of one Party relating to the entry into, stay in and departure from its territory of passengers, crew and cargo, including mail, such as those regarding immigration, customs, currency and health and quarantine shall apply to passengers, crew, cargo and mail carried by the aircraft of the airline(s) of the other Party while they are within the said territory.
3) Neither Party shall give preference to its own or any other airline over an airline of the other Party engaged in similar international air transportation in the application of its immigration, customs, quarantine and similar regulations.
4) Passengers, baggage, cargo and mail in direct transit shall be subject to no more than a simplified control. Baggage and cargo in direct transit shall be exempt from customs duties and other similar taxes.
ARTICLE VI
RECOGNITION OF CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES
1) Certificates of airworthiness, certificates of competency and licenses issued or rendered valid by one Party and still in force shall be recognized as valid by the other Party for the purpose of operating the agreed services, provided that the requirements under which such certificates and licenses were issued or rendered valid are equal to or above the minimum standards which may be established pursuant to the Convention.
2) If the privileges or conditions of the licenses or certificates referred to in paragraph 1 above, issued by the aeronautical authorities of one Party to any person or designated airline or in respect of an aircraft used in the operation of the agreed services, should permit a difference from the minimum standards established under the Convention, and which difference has been filed with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the other Party may request consultations between the aeronautical authorities with a view to clarifying the practice in question.
3) Each Party reserves the right to refuse to recognize, for the purpose of flight above its own territory, certificates of competency and licenses granted to its own nationals by another state.
ARTICLE VII
EXEMPTION FROM CUSTOMS DUTIES AND OTHER CHARGES
1) Each Party shall, on the basis of reciprocity, exempt a designated airline of the other Party to the fullest extent possible, under its national law, from import restrictions, customs duties, excise taxes, inspection fees and other national duties and charges, not based on the cost of services provided on arrival, on aircraft, fuel, lubricating oils, consumable technical supplies, spare parts including engines, regular aircraft equipment, aircraft stores and other items such as printed ticket stock, air waybills, any printed material which bears the insignia of the company printed thereon and usual publicity material distributed free of charge by that designated airline intended for use or used solely in connection with the operation or servicing of aircraft of the designated airline of such other Party operating the agreed services.
2) The exemptions granted by this article shall apply to the items referred to in paragraph 1:
a) introduced into the territory of the one Party by or on behalf of the designated airline of the other Party;
b) retained on board aircraft of the designated airline of one Party upon arrival in or leaving the territory of the other Party; or
c) taken on board aircraft of the designated airline of one Party in the territory of the other Party and intended for use in operating the agreed services;
Whether or not such items are used or consumed wholly within the territory of the Party granting the exemption, provided that the ownership of such items is not transferred in the territory of the said Party.
3) The regular airborne equipment, as well as the materials and supplies normally retained on board the aircraft of a designated airline of either Party, may be unloaded in the territory of the other Party only with the approval of the customs authorities of that territory. In such case, they may be placed under the supervision of the said authorities up to such time, as they are re-exported or otherwise disposed of in accordance with customs regulations.
4) The exemptions granted by this article shall also be available where the airline of one Party has contracted with another airline, which similarly enjoys such exemptions from the other Party, for loan or transfer in the territory of the other Party of the items specified in this Article.
ARTICLE VIII
SAFETY
1) Each Party may request consultations at any time concerning the safety standards maintained by the other Party in areas relating to aeronautical facilities, flight crew, aircraft and the operation of aircraft. Such consultations shall take place within thirty (30) days of that request.
2) If, following such consultations, one Party finds that the other Party does not effectively maintain and administer safety standards in the areas referred to in paragraph 1 that meet the standards established at that time pursuant to the Convention, the other Party shall be informed of such findings and of the steps considered necessary to conform with the ICAO standards. The other Party shall then take appropriate corrective action within an agreed time period.
3) Pursuant to Article 16 of the Convention, it is further agreed that, any aircraft operated by, or on behalf of an airline of one Party, on services to or from the territory of another Party, may, while within the territory of the other Party, be the subject of a search by the authorized representatives of the other Party, provided this does not cause unreasonable delay in the operation of the aircraft. Notwithstanding the obligations mentioned in Article 33 of the Convention, the purpose of this search is to verify the validity of the relevant aircraft documentation, the licensing of its crew, and that the aircraft equipment and the condition of the aircraft conform to the standards established at that time pursuant to the Convention.
4) When urgent action is essential to ensure the safety of an airline operation, each Party reserves the right to immediately suspend or vary the operating authorization granted to the designated airline(s) of the other Party.
5) Any action by one Party done in accordance with paragraph 4 above shall be discontinued once the basis for the taking of that action ceases to exist.
6) With reference to paragraph 2, if it is determined that one Party remains in non-compliance with ICAO standards when the agreed time period has elapsed, the Secretary General of ICAO should be advised thereof. The latter should also be advised of the subsequent satisfactory resolution of the situation.
ARTICLE IX
AVIATION SECURITY
1) Consistent with their rights and obligations under international law, the Parties reaffirm that their obligation to each other to protect the security of civil aviation against acts of unlawful interference forms an integral part of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of their rights and obligations under international law, the Parties shall in particular act in conformity with the provisions of the Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft, signed at Tokyo on 14 September 1963, the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, signed at the Hague on 16 December 1970, the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, signed at Montreal on 23 September 1971, its Supplementary Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, signed at Montreal on 24 February 1988, as well as with any other convention and protocol relating to the security of civil aviation which both Parties adhere to.
2) The Parties shall provide upon request all necessary assistance to each other to prevent acts of unlawful seizure of civil aircraft and other unlawful acts against the safety of such aircraft, their passengers and crew, airports and air navigation facilities, and any other threat to the security of civil aviation.
3) The Parties shall, in their mutual relations, act in conformity with the aviation security provisions established by the ICAO and designated as Annexes to the Convention; they shall require that operators of aircraft of their registry or operators of aircraft who are established in their territory and the operators of airports in their territory act in conformity with such aviation security provisions. Each Party shall advise the other Party of any difference between its national regulations and practices and the aviation security standards of the Annexes. Either Party may request immediate consultations with the other Party at any time to discuss any such differences.
4) Each Party agrees that such operators of aircraft may be required to observe the aviation security provisions referred to in paragraph 3 above required by the other Party for entry into, departure from, or while within, the territory of that other Party. Each Party shall ensure that adequate measures are effectively applied within its territory to protect the aircraft and to inspect passengers, crew, carry-on items, baggage, cargo and aircraft stores prior to and during boarding or loading. Each Party shall also give sympathetic consideration to any request from the other Party for reasonable special security measures. For this purpose, the Aeronautical Authorities of the Parties are entitled to conclude implementing aviation security arrangements.
5) When an incident or threat of an incident of unlawful seizure of civil aircraft or other unlawful acts against the safety of such aircraft, their passengers and crew, airports or air navigation facilities occurs, the Parties shall assist each other by facilitating communications and other appropriate measures intended to terminate as rapidly and safely as possible such incident or threat thereof.
6) Each Party shall have the right, within sixty (60) days following notice, for its aeronautical authorities to conduct an assessment in the territory of the other Party of the security measures being carried out, or planned to be carried out, by aircraft operators in respect of flights arriving from, or departing to the territory of such Party. The administrative arrangements for the conduct of such assessments shall be agreed between the aeronautical authorities and implemented without delay so as to ensure that assessments will be conducted expeditiously. All assessments shall be covered by a specific agreement on the protection of information between the aeronautical authorities of both Parties.
7) When a Party has reasonable grounds to believe that the other Party has departed from the provisions of this Article, the first Party may request consultations. Such consultations shall start within fifteen (15) days of receipt of such a request from either Party. Failure to reach a satisfactory agreement within fifteen (15) days from the start of consultations shall constitute grounds for withholding, revoking, suspending or imposing conditions on the authorizations of the airline(s) designated by the other Party. When justified by an emergency, or to prevent further non-compliance with the provisions of this Article, the first Party may take interim action at any time.
ARTICLE X
USER CHARGES
1) Neither Party shall impose or permit to be imposed on the designated airline(s) of the other Party user charges higher than those imposed on its own airlines operating similar international services.
2) Each Party shall encourage consultations on user charges between its competent charging authority and airlines using the service and facilities provided, where practicable through those airlines’ representative organizations. Reasonable notice of any proposals for changes in user charges should be given to such users to enable them to express their views before changes are made. Each Party shall further encourage its competent charging authority and such users to exchange appropriate information concerning user charges.
ARTICLE XI
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES
1) Each Party shall accord the airlines of the other Party the right to sell and market international air services in its territory directly or through agents or other intermediaries of the airline’s choice, including the right to establish offices, both on-line and off-line.
2) The airlines of each Party shall have the right to sell transportation in the currency of that territory or, subject to a Party’s national laws and regulations, in freely convertible currencies of other countries, and any person shall be free to purchase such transportation in currencies accepted by that airline.
3) The designated airline(s) of a Party shall be allowed to bring into and to maintain in the territory of the other Party their representatives and commercial, operational and technical staff, as required, in connection with the operation of the agreed services.
4) These staff requirements may, at the option of the designated airline(s) of a Party, be satisfied by its own personnel or by using the services of any other organization, company or airline operating in the territory of the other Party and authorized to perform such services for other airlines.
5) The representatives and staff shall be subject to the laws and regulations in force of the other Party, and consistent with such laws and regulations:
a) each Party shall, on the basis of reciprocity and with the minimum of delay, grant the necessary employment authorizations, visitor visas or other similar documents to the representatives and staff referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article; and
b) both Parties shall facilitate and expedite the requirement of employment authorizations for personnel performing certain temporary duties not exceeding ninety (90) days.
ARTICLE XII
REMITTANCE OF EARNINGS
Each Party shall permit airline(s) of the other Party to convert and transmit abroad, on demand, all local revenues from the sale of air transport services in excess of sums locally disbursed, with conversion and remittance permitted promptly without restrictions, discriminations or taxation in respect thereof at the rate of exchange applicable as of the date of the request for conversion and remittance.
ARTICLE XIII
PRINCIPLES GOVERNING OPERATION OF THE AGREED SERVICES
1) In order to develop the air transport services along the routes or sections thereof in the schedule made part of the Annex and for the purpose of achieving and maintaining equilibrium between the capacity of the specified air services and requirements of the public air transportation, the following principles shall apply:
a) The total capacity to be provided on the agreed services by the designated airlines of the Parties shall be agreed between or approved by the competent authorities of the Parties before the commencement of the operations, and thereafter according to anticipated traffic requirements;
b) The designated airline(s) of each Party shall enjoy fair and equal opportunity for the operation of air services for the carriage of traffic between the territories of the two Parties.
2) Neither Party shall unilaterally limit the volume of traffic, frequency, or regularity of service, or the aircraft type or types operated by the designated airline(s) of the other Party, except as may be required for customs, technical, operational, or environmental reasons under uniform conditions consistent with Article 15 of the Convention.
3) The Parties shall inform each other, upon request, about their competition laws, policies and practices or changes thereto, and any particular objectives thereof, which could affect the operation of air transport services under this Agreement and shall identify the authorities responsible for their implementation.
4) The Parties shall notify each other whenever they consider that there may be incompatibility between the application of their competition laws, policies and practices and the matters related to the operation of this Agreement.
5) Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement shall (i) require or favor the adoption of agreements between undertakings, decisions by associations of undertakings or concerted practices that prevent or distort competition; (ii) reinforce the effects of any such agreement, decision or concerted practice; or (iii) delegate to private economic operators the responsibility for taking measures that prevent, distort or restrict competition.
ARTICLE XIV
PRICING
1) Prices charged for air services operated under this Agreement may be freely established by the designated airline(s).
2) Each Party may require approval, notification to or filing with the authorities by the designated airline(s) of prices for transportation originating from its territory.
3) Each Party shall have the right to intervene so as to:
a) prevent unreasonably discriminatory prices or practices;
b) protect consumers from prices that are unduly high or restrictive due to the abuse of a dominant position; and
c) protect airlines from prices that are artificially low.
4) In cases where prior approval is required, the aeronautical authorities of the Party concerned shall act on applications for approval of such prices within a maximum period of not more than 30 days.
ARTICLE XV
STATISTICS
The aeronautical authorities of each Party shall provide or cause its designated airline(s) to provide the aeronautical authorities of the other Party, upon request, periodic or other statements of statistics as may be reasonably required.
ARTICLE XVI
APPROVAL OF SCHEDULES
1) The designated airline(s) of each Party shall submit its envisaged flight schedules for approval to the aeronautical authorities of the other Party at least thirty (30) days prior to the operation of the agreed services. The same procedure shall apply to any modification thereof.
2) For supplementary flights which the designated airline(s) of one Party wishes to operate on the agreed services outside the approved timetable, that airline must request prior permission from the aeronautical authorities of the other Party. Such requests should be submitted at least four (4) working days prior to the operation of such flights.
ARTICLE XVII
CODE SHARING / COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENTS
1) In operating or holding out the authorized services on the agreed routes, any designated airline of one Party may enter into cooperative marketing arrangements such as blocked-space or code-share arrangements, with:
a) an airline or airlines of either Party;
b) an airline or airlines of a third Party. Should such a third Party not authorise or allow comparable arrangements between the airlines of the other Contracting Party and other airlines on services to, from and via such third country, the aeronautical authorities of the concerned Contracting Party have the right not to accept such arrangements.
2) The above provision is subject to the conditions that all airlines in such arrangements:
a) hold the appropriate authority.
b) meet the requirements normally applied to such arrangements.
c) in respect of each ticket sold, the purchaser is informed at the point of sale which airline will operate each sector of the service.
3) With regard to code sharing operations on domestic segments, the airlines of each country may enter into code sharing arrangements on the connecting domestic routes in the territory of the other country with airlines of the other country, which have the appropriate authority over the segments concerned, subject to the approval of the relevant aeronautical authorities.
ARTICLE XVIII
CONSULTATIONS
1) In the spirit of close cooperation, the Parties shall consult each other from time to time with a view to ensuring the implementation of, and satisfactory compliance with, the provisions of this Agreement and its Annex.
2) Either Party may request through diplomatic channels such consultations, which shall begin within a period of sixty (60) days from the date the other Party receives a written request, unless the Parties agree to an extension of this period.
ARTICLE XIX
SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES
1) If any dispute arises between the Parties relating to the interpretation or application of this Agreement, the Parties shall in the first place endeavor to settle their dispute by negotiations between Aeronautical Authorities of the States of both Parties.
2) If the said Aeronautical Authorities fail to reach a settlement by negotiation, the dispute shall be settled through diplomatic channels.
3) If the Contracting Parties fail to reach a settlement pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) above, either Party may refer the dispute to an arbitral tribunal of three arbitrators, one to be named by each Party and the third arbitrator who shall act as the Chairman of the tribunal, to be agreed upon by the two Parties, provided that such arbitrator shall not be a national of either Party and shall be a national of a State having diplomatic relations with each of the Parties at the time of appointment.
Each Party shall nominate its arbitrator within a period of sixty (60) days from the date of receipt, through diplomatic channels, of a notice of arbitration. The Chairman shall be appointed within a further period of sixty (60) days following the appointment of the two arbitrators by the Parties.
If a Party fails to nominate its arbitrator within the specified period or in case the Parties fail to agree on the Chairman within the mentioned period, each Party may request the President of the Council of ICAO to appoint the Chairman or the arbitrator representing the Party in default, as the case may require.
4) In case of absence or incompetence of the President of ICAO, The Vice-President or a senior member of the ICAO Council, not being a national of either of the Parties, and shall be a national of a state having diplomatic relations with each of the Contracting Parties at the time of the appointment as the case may be, shall replace the President of ICAO in its arbitral duties, as mentioned in paragraph (3) of this Article.
5) The arbitral tribunal shall determine its procedures and the place of arbitration subject to provisions agreed upon between the Contracting Parties.
6) Decisions of the arbitral tribunal shall be made by a majority of the arbitrators and shall be reasoned. The decisions of the arbitral tribunal shall be final and binding upon the Parties to the dispute.
7) If either Party or the designated airline of either Party fails to comply with the decision given under paragraph (6) of this Article, the other Party may limit, suspend or revoke any rights or privileges which have been granted by virtue of this Agreement to the Party in default.
8) Each Party shall bear the expenses of its own arbitrator. The expenses of the chairman, including his/her fees and any expenses incurred by ICAO in connection with the appointment of the chairman and/or the arbitrator of the Party in default as referred to in paragraph (3) of this Article shall be shared equally by the Parties.
9) Pending the submission to arbitration and thereafter until the arbitral tribunal publishes its award, the Parties shall, except in the event of termination, continue to perform all their obligations under this Agreement without prejudice to a final adjustment in accordance with the said award.
ARTICLE XX
AMENDMENTS
1) If either of the Parties considers it desirable to modify the terms of the present Agreement, including its Annex, it may request through diplomatic channels consultation with the other Party. Such consultation shall begin within a period of sixty (60) days from the date of the request. Any modifications so agreed shall come into force when they have been confirmed by an exchange of diplomatic notes, indicating that all necessary internal procedures have been completed by both Parties.
2) In the event of the conclusion of a multilateral convention or agreement concerning air transport to which both Parties adhere, the present Agreement shall be modified to conform with the provisions of such convention or agreement.
ARTICLE XXI
REGISTRATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION
This Agreement, including any modifications thereto done in accordance with Article XX above, shall be registered with the ICAO by the Party in whose territory this Agreement or an amendment thereto was signed, or as agreed by the Parties.
ARTICLE XXII
TERMINATION
Either Party may at any time give notice in writing through diplomatic channels to the other Party of its decision to terminate the present Agreement; such notice shall be simultaneously communicated to the ICAO. In such case, this Agreement shall terminate twelve (12) months after the date of receipt of the notice by the other Party, unless the notice to terminate is withdrawn by agreement before the expiry of this period. In the absence of acknowledgement of receipt by the other Party, notice shall be deemed to have been received fourteen (14) days after the receipt of the notice by the ICAO.
ARTICLE XXIII
ENTRY INTO FORCE
This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of the receipt of the second diplomatic note indicating that all necessary internal procedures have been completed by both Parties.
Upon its entry into force, this Agreement shall replace the Air Transport Agreement between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Government of the State of Israel Signed at Israel on 7. 8.1951.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed this Agreement and affixed thereto their seals.
Done at Manila this 26th day of March 5774 (which corresponds to the 26th day of the month of May of the year two thousand and fourteen (2014) in the Gregorian calendar) in authentic copies in duplicate in the English and Hebrew languages, all texts being equally authentic. In case of any divergence of interpretation between the English and Hebrew texts, the English text shall prevail.
ANNEX
ROUTE SCHEDULE
Routes to be operated by the designated airline(s) of the Philippines:
| Points of Origin |
Intermediate Points |
Points of Destination |
Points Beyond |
| Any point or Points in the Philippines |
Any Point |
Any point or Points in Israel |
Any Point |
Routes to be operated by the designated airline(s) of Israel:
| Points of Origin |
Intermediate Points |
Points of Destination |
Points Beyond |
| Any point or Points in Israel |
Any Point |
Any point or Points in the Philippines |
Any Point |
NOTES:
- The designated airline(s) of both Parties may, on any or all flights and at their option:
- operate flights in either or both directions;
- serve intermediate and beyond points and points in the territories of the Parties on the routes in any combination and in any order, without sabotage rights;
- omit stops at any point or points; without loss of any right to carry traffic otherwise permissible under this Agreement, provided that the transportation is part of a service that originates from a point in the territory of the Party designating the airline.
- The right of the designated airline(s) of one Party to operate flights for the carriage of passengers, baggage, cargo and mail between the points in the territory of the other Party and points in the territory of third countries (5th freedom traffic rights) shall be subject to a separate agreement between the Aeronautical Authorities of the Parties.