TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 15-116

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CIVIL AVIATION

Transport Services

Agreement Between the

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

and OMAN

Signed at Muscat December 19, 2013

with

Annexes
 NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

 Pursuant to Public Law 89—497, approved July 8, 1966

(80 Stat. 271; 1 U.S.C. 113)—

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or authentication thereof.”
 OMAN

 Civil Aviation: Transport Services

 Agreement signed at Muscat

 December 19, 2013;

 Entered into force January 16, 2015.

 With annexes.

 
AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT 

BETWEEN 

THE GOVERNMENT OF 

THE SULTANATE OF OMAN 

AND 

THE GOVERNMENT OF 

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT 

BETWEEN 

THE GOVERNMENT OF 

THE SULTANATE OF OMAN 

AND 

THE GOVERNMENT OF 

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

The Government of the Sultanate of Oman and the Government of the United States of 

America (hereinafter, "the Contracting Parties"); 

Desiring to promote an international aviation system based on competition among 

airlines in the marketplace with minimum government interference and regulation; 

Desiring to facilitate the expansion of international air transport opportunities; 

Desiring to make it possible for airlines to offer the traveling and shipping public a 

variety of service options at the lowest prices that are not discriminatory and do not 

represent abuse of a dominant position, and wishing to encourage individual airlines to 

develop and implement innovative and competitive prices; 

Desiring to ensure the highest degree of safety and security in international air transport 

and reaffirming their grave concern about acts or threats against the security of aircraft, 

which jeopardize the safety of persons or property, adversely affect the operation of air 

transportation, and undermine public confidence in the safety of civil aviation; and 

Being Contracting Parties to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, done at 

Chicago on December 7, 1944; 

Have agreed as follows: 
Article 1 

Definitions 

For the purposes of this Agreement, unless otherwise stated, the term: 

1. "Aeronautical authorities" means, in the case of the Government the Sultanate 

of Oman, the Public Authority for Civil Aviation, and any person or agency authorized 

to perform any functions on civil aviation exercised by the said Authority, or similar 

functions, and in the case of the Government the United States, the Department of 

Transportation, or its successor; 

2. "Agreement" means this Agreement, its Annexes, and any amendments thereto; 

3. "Air transportation" means the public carriage by aircraft of passengers, 

baggage, cargo, and mail, separately or in combination, for remuneration or hire; 

4. "Convention" means the Convention on International Civil Aviation, done at 

Chicago on December 7, 1944, and includes: 

a. any amendment that has entered into force under Article 94(a) of the 

Convention and has been ratified by both Contracting Parties, and 

b. any Annex or any amendment thereto adopted under Article 90 of the 

Convention, insofar as such Annex or amendment is at any given time effective 

for both Contracting Parties; 

5. "Designated airline" means an airline designated and authorized in accordance 

with Article 3 of this Agreement; 

6. "Full cost" means the cost of providing service plus a reasonable charge for 

administrative overhead; 

7. "International air transportation" means air transportation that passes through 

the airspace over the territory of more than one State; 

8. "Price" means any fare, rate or charge for the carriage of passengers (and their 

baggage) and/or cargo (excluding mail) in air transportation charged by airlines, 

including their agents, and the conditions governing the availability of such fare, rate or 

charge; 

9. "Stop for non-traffic purposes" means a landing for any purpose other than 

taking on or discharging passengers, baggage, cargo and/or mail in air transportation; 

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10. "Territory" means the land areas under the sovereignty, jurisdiction, protection, 

or trusteeship of a Contracting Party, and the territorial waters adjacent thereto; and 

II. "User charge" means a charge imposed on airlines for the provision of airport, 

air navigation, or aviation security facilities or services including related services and 

facilities. 

Article 2 

Grant of Rights 

I. Each Contracting Party grants to the other Contracting Party the following 

rights for the conduct of international air transportation by the airlines of the other 

Contracting Party: 

a. the right to fly across its territory without landing; 

b. the right to make stops in its territory for non-traffic purposes; and 

c. the rights otherwise specified in this Agreement. 

2. Nothing in this Article shall be deemed to confer on the airline or airlines of one 

Contracting Party the rights to take on board, in the territory of the other Contracting 

Party, passengers, their baggage, cargo, or mail carried for compensation and destined 

for another point in the territory of that other Contracting Party. 

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Article 3 

Designation and Authorization 

I. Each Contracting Party shall have the right to designate as many airlines as it 

wishes to conduct international air transportation in accordance with this Agreement 

and to withdraw or alter such designations. Such designations shall be transmitted to 

the other Contracting Party in writing through diplomatic channels, and shall identify 

whether the airline is authorized to conduct the type of air transportation specified in 

Annex I or in Annex II or both. 

2. On receipt of such a designation, and of applications from the designated 

airline, in the form and manner prescribed for operating authorizations and technical 

permissions, the other Contracting Party shall grant appropriate authorizations and 

permissions with minimum procedural delay, provided: 

a. substantial ownership and effective control of that airline are vested in the 

Contracting Party designating the airline, nationals of that Contracting Party, or both; 

b. the designated airline is qualified to meet the conditions prescribed under the 

laws and regulations normally applied to the operation of international air 

transportation by the Contracting Party considering the application or applications; and 

c. the Contracting Party designating the airline is maintaining and 

administering the standards set forth in Article 6 (Safety) and Article 7 (Aviation 

Security). 

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Article 4 

Revocation of Authorization 

1. Either Contracting Party may revoke, suspend or limit the operating 

authorizations or technical permissions of an airline designated by the other Contracting 

Party where: 

a. substantial ownership and effective control of that airline are not vested in 

the other Contracting Party, the Contracting Party's nationals, or both; 

b. that airline has failed to comply with the laws and regulations referred to in 

Article 5 (Application of Laws) ofthis Agreement; or 

c. the other Contracting Party is not maintaining and administering the 

standards as set forth in Article 6 (Safety). 

2. Unless immediate action is essential to prevent further noncompliance with 

subparagraphs 1 b or 1c of this Article, the rights established by this Article shall be 

exercised only after consultation with the other Contracting Party. 

3. This Article does not limit the rights of either Contracting Party to withhold, 

revoke, limit or impose conditions on the operating authorization or technical 

permission of an airline or airlines of the other Contracting Party in accordance with the 

provisions of Article 7 (Aviation Security). 

Article 5 

Application of Laws 

1. While entering, within, or leaving the territory of one Contracting Party, its laws 

and regulations relating to the operation and navigation of aircraft shall be complied 

with by the other Contracting Party's airlines. 

2. While entering, within, or leaving the territory of one Contracting Party, its laws 

and regulations relating to the admission to or departure from its territory of passengers, 

crew or cargo on aircraft (including regulations relating to entry, clearance, aviation 

security, immigration, passports, customs and quarantine or, in the case of mail, postal 

regulations) shall be complied with by, or on behalf of, such passengers, crew or cargo 

of the other Contracting Party's airlines. 

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Article 6 

Safety 

1. Each Contracting Party shall recognize as valid, for the purpose of operating the 

air transportation provided for in this Agreement, certificates of airworthiness, 

certificates of competency, and licenses issued or validated by the other Contracting 

Party and still in force, provided that the requirements for such certificates or licenses at 

least equal the minimum standards that may be established pursuant to the Convention. 

Each Contracting Party may, however, refuse to recognize as valid for the purpose of 

flight above its own territory, certificates of competency and licenses granted to or 

validated for its own nationals by the other Contracting Party. 

2. Either Contracting Party may request consultations concerning the safety 

standards maintained by the other Contracting Party relating to aeronautical facilities, 

aircrews, aircraft, and operation of the designated airlines. If, following such 

consultations, one Contracting Party finds that the other Contracting Party does not 

effectively maintain and administer safety standards and requirements in these areas 

that at least equal the minimum standards that may be established pursuant to the 

Convention, the other Contracting Party shall be notified of such findings and the steps 

considered necessary to conform with these minimum standards, and the other 

Contracting Party shall take appropriate corrective action. Each Contracting Party 

reserves the right to withhold, revoke, or limit the operating authorization or technical 

permission of an airline or airlines designated by the other Contracting Party in the 

event the other Contracting Party does not take such appropriate corrective action 

within a reasonable time. 

Article 7 

Aviation Security 

1. In accordance with their rights and obligations under international law, the 

Contracting 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 Contracting Parties shall act in conformity with all international 

agreements on aviation security ratified by both Contracting Parties and shall in 

particular act in conformity with the provisions of the Convention on Offenses and 

Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft, signed at Tokyo on September 14, 

1963, the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, signed at 

The Hague on December 16, 1970, the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful 

Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, signed at Montreal on September 23, 1971, 

and the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving 

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International Civil Aviation, supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of 

Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, done at Montreal on February 24, 

1988. 

2. The Contracting 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, of their passengers and crew, and of airports and air 

navigation facilities, and to address any other threat to the security of civil air 

navigation. 

3. The Contracting Parties shall, in their mutual relations, act in conformity with 

the aviation security standards and appropriate recommended practices established by 

the International Civil Aviation Organization and designated as Annexes to the 

Convention; they shall require that operators of aircraft of their registry, operators of 

aircraft who have their principal place of business or permanent residence in their 

territory, and the operators of airports in their territory act in conformity with such 

aviation security provisions. 

4. Each Contracting Party agrees to observe the security provisions required by the 

other Contracting Party for entry into, for departure from, and while within the territory 

of that other Contracting Party and to take adequate measures to protect aircraft and to 

inspect passengers, crew, and their baggage and carry-on items, as well as cargo and 

aircraft stores, prior to and during boarding or loading. Each Contracting Party shall 

also give positive consideration to any request from the other Contracting Party for 

special security measures to meet a particular threat. 

5. When an incident or threat of an incident of unlawful seizure of aircraft or other 

unlawful acts against the safety of passengers, crew, aircraft, airports or air navigation 

facilities occurs, the Contracting Parties shall assist each other by facilitating 

communications and other appropriate measures intended to terminate rapidly and 

safely such incident or threat. 

6. When a Contracting Party has reasonable grounds to believe that the other 

Contracting Party has departed from the aviation security provisions of this Article, the 

aeronautical authorities of that Contracting Party may request immediate consultations 

with the aeronautical authorities of the other Contracting Party. Failure to reach a 

satisfactory agreement within 15 days from the date of such request shall constitute 

grounds to withhold, revoke, limit, or impose conditions on the operating authorization 

and technical permissions of an airline or airlines of that Contracting Party. When 

required by an emergency, a Contracting Party may take interim action prior to the 

expiry of 15 days. 

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Article 8 

Commercial Opportunities 

1. The airlines of each Contracting Party shall have the right to establish offices in 

the territory of the other Contracting Party for the promotion and sale of air 

transportation. 

2. The designated airlines of each Contracting Party shall be entitled, in 

accordance with the laws and regulations of the other Contracting Party relating to 

entry, residence, and employment, to bring in and maintain in the territory of the other 

Contracting Party managerial, sales, technical, operational, and other specialist staff 

required for the provision of air transportation. 

3. Each designated airline shall have the right to perform its own ground-handling 

in the territory of the other Contracting Party ("self-handling") or, at its option, select 

among competing agents for such services in whole or in part. The rights shall be 

subject only to physical constraints resulting from considerations of airport safety. 

Where such considerations preclude self-handling, ground services shall be available on 

an equal basis to all airlines; charges shall be based on the costs of services provided; 

and such services shall be comparable to the kind and quality of services as if selfhandling were possible. 

4. Any airline of each Contracting Party may engage in the sale of air 

transportation in the territory of the other Contracting Party directly and, at the 

airline's discretion, through its agents, except as may be specifically provided by the 

charter regulations of the country in which the charter originates that relate to the 

protection of passenger funds, and passenger cancellation and refund rights. Each 

airline shall have the right to sell such transportation, and any person shall be free to 

purchase such transportation, in the currency of that territory or in freely convertible 

currencies. 

5. Each airline shall have the right to convert and remit to its country, on demand, 

local revenues in excess of sums locally disbursed. Conversion and remittance shall be 

permitted promptly without restrictions or taxation in respect thereof at the rate of 

exchange applicable to current transactions and remittance on the date the carrier makes 

the initial application for remittance. 

6. The airlines of each Contracting Party shall be permitted to pay for local 

expenses, including purchases of fuel, in the territory of the other Contracting Party in 

local currency. At their discretion, the airlines of each Contracting Party may pay for 

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such expenses in the territory of the other Contracting Party in freely convertible 

currencies according to local currency regulation. 

7. In operating or holding out the authorized services on the agreed routes, any 

designated airline of one Contracting Party may enter into cooperative marketing 

arrangements such as blocked-space, code-sharing or leasing arrangements, with 

a) an airline or airlines of either Contracting Party; and 

b) an airline or airlines of a third country, provided that such third country 

authorizes or allows comparable arrangements between the airlines of the other 

Contracting Party and other airlines on services to, from and via such third country; 

provided that all airlines in such arrangements (i) hold the appropriate authority and (ii) 

meet the requirements normally applied to such arrangements. 

8. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, airlines and indirect 

providers of cargo transportation of both Contracting Parties shall be permitted, without 

restriction, to employ in connection with international air transportation any surface 

transportation for cargo to or from any points in the territories of the Contracting 

Parties or in third countries, including transport to and from all airports with customs 

facilities, and including, where applicable, the right to transport cargo in bond under 

applicable laws and regulations. Such cargo, whether moving by surface or by air, shall 

have access to airport customs processing and facilities. Airlines may elect to perform 

their own surface transportation or to provide it through arrangements with other 

surface carriers, including surface transportation operated by other airlines and indirect 

providers of cargo air transportation. Such intermodal cargo services may be offered at 

a single, through price for the air and surface transportation combined, provided that 

shippers are not misled as to the facts concerning such transportation. 

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Article 9 

Customs Duties and Charges 

1. On arriving in the territory of one Contracting Party, aircraft operated in 

international air transportation by the designated airlines of the other Contracting Party, 

their regular equipment, ground equipment, fuel, lubricants, consumable technical 

supplies, spare parts (including engines), aircraft stores (including but not limited to 

such items of food, beverages and liquor, tobacco and other products destined for sale 

to or use by passengers in limited quantities during flight), and other items intended for 

or used solely in connection with the operation or servicing of aircraft engaged in 

international air transportation shall be exempt, on the basis of reciprocity, from all 

import restrictions, property taxes and capital levies, customs duties, excise taxes, and 

similar fees and charges that are (i) imposed by the national authorities, and (ii) not 

based on the cost of services provided, provided that such equipment and supplies 

remain on board the aircraft. 

2. There shall also be exempt, on the basis of reciprocity, from the taxes, levies, 

duties, fees and charges referred to in paragraph I of this Article, with the exception of 

charges based on the cost of the service provided: 

a. aircraft stores introduced into or supplied in the territory of a Contracting 

Party and taken on board, within reasonable limits, for use on outbound aircraft of an 

airline of the other Contracting Party engaged in international air transportation, even 

when these stores are to be used on a part of the journey perfomied over the territory of 

the Contracting Party in which they are taken on board; 

b. ground equipment and spare parts (including engines) introduced into the 

territory of a Contracting Party for the servicing, maintenance, or repair of aircraft of an 

airline of the other Contracting Party used in international air transportation; 

c. fuel, lubricants and consumable technical supplies introduced into or 

supplied in the territory of a Contracting Party for use in an aircraft of an airline of the 

other Contracting Party engaged in international air transportation, even when these 

supplies are to be used on a part of the journey performed over the territory of the 

Contracting Party in which they are taken on board; and 

d. promotional and advertising materials introduced into or supplied in the 

territory of one Contracting Party and taken on board, within reasonable limits, for use 

on outbound aircraft of an airline of the other Contracting Party engaged in 

international air transportation, even when these stores are to be used on a part of the 

journey performed over the territory of the Contracting Party in which they are taken on 

board. 

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3. Equipment and supplies referred to in paragraphs l and 2 of this Article may be 

required to be kept under the supervision or control of the appropriate authorities. 

4. The exemptions provided by this Article shall also be available where the 

designated airlines of one Contracting Party have contracted with another airline, which 

similarly enjoys such exemptions from the other Contracting Party, for the loan or 

transfer in the territory of the other Contracting Party of the items specified in 

paragraphs 1 and 2 ofthis Article. 

Article 10 

User Charges 

1. User charges that may be imposed by the competent charging authorities or 

bodies of each Contracting Party on the airlines of the other Contracting Party shall be 

just, reasonable, not unjustly discriminatory, and equitably apportioned among 

categories of users. In any event, any such user charges shall be assessed on the 

airlines of the other Contracting Party on terms not less favorable than the most 

favorable terms available to any other airline at the time the charges are assessed. 

2. User charges imposed on the airlines of the other Contracting Party may reflect, 

but shall not exceed, the full cost to the competent charging authorities or bodies of 

providing the appropriate airport, airport environmental, air navigation, and aviation 

security facilities and services at the airport or within the airport system. Such charges 

may include a reasonable return on assets, after depreciation. Facilities and services for 

which charges are made shall be provided on an efficient and economic basis. 

3. Each Contracting Party shall encourage consultations between the competent 

charging authorities or bodies in its territory and the airlines using the services and 

facilities, and shall encourage the competent charging authorities or bodies and the 

airlines to exchange such information as may be necessary to permit an accurate review 

ofthe reasonableness ofthe charges in accordance with the principles of paragraphs (1) 

and (2) of this Article. Each Contracting Party shall encourage the competent charging 

authorities to provide users with reasonable notice of any proposal for changes in user 

charges to enable users to express their views before changes are made. 

4. Neither Contracting Party shall be held, in disp_~;~te resolution procedures 

pursuant to Article 14, to be in breach of a provision of this Article, unless (i) it fails to 

undertake a review of the charge or practice that is the subject of complaint by the other 

Contracting Party within a reasonable amount of time; or (ii) following such a review it 

fails to take all steps within its power to remedy any charge or practice that is 

inconsistent with this Article. 

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Article 11 

Fair Competition 

1. Each Contracting Party shall allow a fair and equal opportunity for the 

designated airlines of both Contracting Parties to compete in providing the international 

air transportation governed by this Agreement. 

2. Each Contracting Party shall allow each designated airline to determine the 

frequency and capacity of the international air transportation it offers based upon 

commercial considerations in the marketplace. Consistent with this right, neither 

Contracting Party shall unilaterally limit the volume of traffic, frequency or regularity 

of service, or the aircraft type or types operated by the designated airlines of the other 

Contracting Party, except as may be required for customs, technical, operational, or 

environmental reasons under uniform conditions consistent with Article 15 of the 

Convention. 

3. Neither Contracting Party shall impose on the other Contracting Party's 

designated airlines a first-refusal requirement, uplift ratio, no-objection fee, or any 

other requirement with respect to capacity, frequency or traffic that would be 

inconsistent with the purposes of this Agreement. 

4. Neither Contracting Party shall require the filing of schedules, programs for 

charter flights, or operational plans by airlines of the other Contracting Party for 

approval, except as may be required on a non-discriminatory basis to enforce the 

uniform conditions foreseen by paragraph 2 of this Article or as may be specifically 

authorized in an Annex to this Agreement. If a Contracting Party requires filings for 

information purposes, it shall minimize the administrative burdens of filing 

requirements and procedures on air transportation intermediaries and on designated 

airlines of the other Contracting Party. 

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Article 12 

Pricing 

I. Each Contracting Party shall allow prices for air transportation to be established 

by each designated airline based upon commercial considerations in the marketplace. 

Intervention by the Contracting Parties shall be limited to: 

a. prevention of unreasonably discriminatory prices or practices; 

b. protection of consumers from prices that are unreasonably high or restrictive 

due to the abuse of a dominant position; and 

c. protection of airlines from prices that are artificially low due to direct or 

indirect governmental subsidy or support. 

2. Each Contracting Party may require notification to or filing with its aeronautical 

authorities of prices to be charged to or from its territory by airlines of the other 

Contracting Party. Notification or filing by the airlines of both Contracting Parties may 

be required no more than 30 days before the proposed date of effectiveness. In 

individual cases, notification or filing may be permitted on shorter notice than normally 

required. Neither Contracting Party shall require the notification or filing by airlines of 

the other Contracting Party of prices charged by charterers to the public, except as may 

be required on a non-discriminatory basis for information purposes. 

3. Neither Contracting Party shall take unilateral action to prevent the inauguration 

or continuation of a price proposed to be charged or charged by (i) an airline of either 

Contracting Party for international air transportation between the territories of the 

Contracting Parties, or (ii) an airline of one Contracting Party for international air 

transportation between the territory of the other Contracting Party and any other 

country, including in both cases transportation on an interline or intraline basis. If 

either Contracting Party believes that any such price is inconsistent with the 

considerations set forth in paragraph (I) of this Article, it shall request consultations 

and notify the other Contracting Party of the reasons for its dissatisfaction as soon as 

possible. These consultations shall be held not later than 30 days after receipt of the 

request, and the Contracting Parties shall cooperate in securing information necessary 

for reasoned resolution of the issue. If the Contracting Parties reach agreement with 

respect to a price for which a notice of dissatisfaction has been given, each Contracting 

Party shall use its best efforts to put that agreement into effect. Without such mutual 

agreement, the price shall go into effect or continue in effect. 

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Article 13 

Consultations 

Either Contracting Party may, at any time, request consultations relating to this 

Agreement. Such consultations shall begin at the earliest possible date, but not later 

than 60 days from the date the other Contracting Party receives the request unless 

otherwise agreed. 

Article 14 

Settlement of Disputes 

l. Any dispute arising under this Agreement, except those that may arise under 

Article 12 (Pricing), that is not resolved by a first round of formal consultations may be 

referred by agreement of the Contracting Parties for decision to some person or body. 

If the Contracting Parties do not so agree, the dispute shall, at the request of either 

Contracting Party, be submitted to arbitration in accordance with the procedures set 

forth below. 

2. Arbitration shall be by a tribunal ofthree arbitrators to be constituted as follows: 

a. Within 30 days after the receipt of a request for arbitration, each Contracting 

Party shall name one arbitrator. Within 60 days after these two arbitrators have been 

named, they shall by agreement appoint a third arbitrator, who shall act as President of 

the arbitral tribunal; 

b. If either Contracting Party fails to name an arbitrator, or if the third arbitrator 

is not appointed in accordance with subparagraph a of this paragraph, either 

Contracting Party may request the President of the Council of the International Civil 

Aviation Organization to appoint the necessary arbitrator or arbitrators within 30 days. 

If the President of the Council is of the same nationality as one of the Contracting 

Parties, the most senior Vice President who is not disqualified on that ground shall 

make the appointment. 

3. Except as otherwise agreed, the arbitral tribunal shall determine the limits of its 

jurisdiction in accordance with this Agreement and shall establish its own procedural 

rules. The tribunal, once formed, may recommend interim relief measures pending its 

final determination. At the direction of the tribunal or at the request of either of the 

Contracting Parties, a conference to determine the precise issues to be arbitrated and the 

specific procedures to be followed shall be held not later than 15 days after the tribunal 

is fully constituted. 

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4. Except as otherwise agreed or as directed by the tribunal, each Contracting Party 

shall submit a memorandum within 45 days ofthe time the tribunal is fully constituted. 

Replies shall be due 60 days later. The tribunal shall hold a hearing at the request of 

either Contracting Party or on its own initiative within 15 days after replies are due. 

5. The tribunal shall attempt to render a written decision within 30 days after 

completion of the hearing or, if no hearing is held, after the date both replies are 

submitted. The decision ofthe majority ofthe tribunal shall prevail. 

6. The Contracting Parties may submit requests for clarification of the decision within 

15 days after it is rendered and any clarification given shall be issued within 15 days of 

such request. 

7. Each Contracting Party shall, to the degree consistent with its national law, give full 

effect to any decision or award of the arbitral tribunal. 

8. The expenses of the arbitral tribunal, including the fees and expenses of the 

arbitrators, shall be shared equally by the Contracting Parties. Any expenses incurred 

by the President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization in 

connection with the procedures of paragraph 2.b. of this Article shall be considered to 

be part of the expenses of the arbitral tribunal. 

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Article 15 

Termination 

Either Contracting Party may, at any time, give notice in wntmg to the other 

Contracting Party of its decision to terminate this Agreement. Such notice shall be sent 

simultaneously to the International Civil Aviation Organization. This Agreement shall 

terminate at midnight (at the place of receipt of the notice to the other Contracting 

Party) immediately before the first anniversary of the date of receipt of the notice by the 

other Contracting Party, unless the notice is withdrawn by agreement of the Contracting 

Parties before the end of this period. 

Article 16 

Registration with ICAO 

This Agreement and all amendments thereto shall be registered with the International 

Civil Aviation Organization. 

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Article 17 

Entry into Force 

This Agreement shall be provisionally applied upon signature and shall enter into force 

upon an exchange of diplomatic notes confirming that each Contracting Party has 

completed all of its necessary legal procedures. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized by their respective 

Governments, have signed this Agreement. 

DONE at Muscat, this 191h day of December 2013, in duplicate, in the English and 

Arabic languages. English shall be the authentic language text. 

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF 

THE SULTANATE OF OMAN: 

H.E. Eng. Salim Bin Nasser 

Chief Executive Officer 

Public Authority for Civil 

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF 

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: 

Honorable Greta C. Holtz 

Ambassador of the United States to the 

Sultanate ofthe Oman 

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ANNEX I 

Scheduled Air Transportation 

Section 1 

Routes 

Airlines of each Contracting Party designated under this Annex shall, in accordance 

with the terms of their designation, be entitled to perform scheduled international air 

transportation between points on the following routes: 

A. Routes for the airline or airlines designated by the Government of Oman: 

1. From points behind Oman via Oman and intermediate points to a point or points 

in the United States and beyond. 

2. For all-cargo service or services, between the United States and any point or 

points. 

B. Routes for the airline or airlines designated by the Government of the United 

States: 

1. From points behind the United States via the United States and intermediate 

points to a point or points in Oman and beyond. 

2. For all-cargo service or services, between Oman and any point or points. 

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Section 2 

Operational Flexibility 

Each designated airline may, on any or all flights and at its option: 

1. operate flights in either or both directions; 

2. combine different flight numbers within one aircraft operation; 

3. serve behind, intermediate, and beyond points and points in the territories of the 

Contracting Parties on the routes in any combination and in any order; 

4. omit stops at any point or points; 

5. transfer traffic from any of its aircraft to any of its other aircraft at any point on 

the routes; and 

6. Serve points behind any point in its territory with or without change of aircraft 

or flight number and may hold out and advertise such services to the public as 

through services; without directional or geographic limitation and without loss 

of any right to carry traffic otherwise permissible under this Agreement; 

provided that, with the exception of all-cargo services, the service serves a point 

in the territory of the Contracting Party designating the airline. 

Section 3 

Change of Gauge 

On any segment or segments of the routes above, any designated airline may perform 

international air transportation without any limitation as to change, at any point on the 

route, in type or number of aircraft operated; provided that, with the exception of allcargo services, in the outbound direction, the transportation beyond such point is a 

continuation of the transportation from the territory of the Contracting Party that has 

designated the airline and, in the inbound direction, the transportation to the territory of 

the Contracting Party that has designated the airline is a continuation of the 

transportation from beyond such point. 

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ANNEX II 

Charter Air Transportation 

Section 1 

A. Airlines of each Contracting Party designated under this Annex shall, in 

accordance with the terms of their designation, have the right to carry 

international charter traffic of passengers (and their accompanying baggage) 

and/or cargo (including, but not limited to, freight forwarder, split, and 

combination (passenger/cargo) charters): 

1. Between any point or points in the territory of the Contracting Party that 

has designated the airline and any point or points in the territory of the 

other Contracting Party; and 

2. Between any point or points in the territory of the other Contracting Party 

and any point or points in a third country or countries, provided that, except 

with respect to cargo charters, such service constitutes part of a continuous 

operation, with or without a change of aircraft, that includes service to the 

homeland for the purpose of carrying local traffic between the homeland 

and the territory of the other Contracting Party. 

B. In the performance of services covered by this Annex, airlines of each 

Contracting Party designated under this Annex shall also have the right: (1) to 

make stopovers at any points whether within or outside of the territory of either 

Contracting Party; (2) to carry transit traffic through the other Contracting 

Party's territory; (3) to combine on the same aircraft traffic originating in one 

Contracting Party's territory, traffic originating in the other Contracting Party's 

territory, and traffic originating in third countries; and (4) to perform 

international air transportation without any limitation as to change, at any point 

on the route, in type or number of aircraft operated; provided that, except with 

respect to cargo charters, in the outbound direction, the transportation beyond 

such point is a continuation of the transportation from the territory of the 

Contracting Party that has designated the airline and in the inbound direction, 

the transportation to the territory of the Contracting Party that has designated 

the airline is a continuation of the transportation from beyond such point. 

C. Each Contracting Party shall extend favorable consideration to applications by 

airlines of the other Contracting Party to carry traffic not covered by this Annex 

on the basis of comity and reciprocity. 

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Section 2 

A. Any airline designated by either Contracting Party performing international 

charter air transportation originating in the territory of either Contracting Party, 

whether on a one-way or round-trip basis, shall have the option of complying 

with the charter laws, regulations, and rules either of its homeland or of the 

other Contracting Party. If a Contracting Party applies different rules, 

regulations, terms, conditions, or limitations to one or more of its airlines, or to 

airlines of different countries, each designated airline shall be subject to the 

least restrictive of such criteria. 

B. However, nothing contained in the above paragraph shall limit the rights of 

either Contracting Party to require airlines designated under this Annex by 

either Contracting Party to adhere to requirements relating to the protection of 

passenger funds and passenger cancellation and refund rights. 

Section 3 

Except with respect to the consumer protection rules referred to in the preceding 

paragraph above, neither Contracting Party shall require an airline designated under this 

Annex by the other Contracting Party, in respect of the carriage of traffic from the 

territory of that other Contracting Party or of a third country on a one-way or round-trip 

basis, to submit more than a declaration of conformity with the applicable laws, 

regulations and rules referred to under section 2 of this Annex or of a waiver of these 

laws, regulations, or rules granted by the applicable aeronautical authorities. 

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