Artikel 16 Luchtvaartverdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, ten behoeve van Sint Maarten, en de Federale Republiek Brazilië

Article 16 Operational Flexibility 1 Each airline may, in operating services authorized by this Agreement, use its own aircraft or aircraft that have been leased (“dry lease”), rented by the hour (“interchange” or “lease for hours”), or leased with crew, insurance and maintenance (“wet lease”), through a contract between airlines of either Party or third states, observing the laws and regulations of each Party and the Protocol on the Amendment to the Convention ( Article 83 bis ). The aeronautical authorities of the Parties shall conclude a specific agreement establishing the conditions of transfer of responsibility for safety, as provided by the ICAO. 2 On any sector or sectors of the routes of the Annex of the Agreement, any airline shall be entitled to perform international air transportation, including under code sharing arrangements with other airlines, without any limitation as to change at any point or points on the route, in the type, size or number of aircraft operated, provided that the transportation beyond such point is a continuation of the transportation from the territory of the Party that has designated the airline and in the inbound direction the transportation to the territory of the Party that has designated the airline is a continuation of the transportation from beyond such point.