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Volume #18 - 522.

CHAPTER VI

CIVIL AVIATION

PART 2

RELATIONS WITH INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES

SECTION A

MEXICO

522.

 DEA/72-AGM-40

Secretary of State for External Affairs
to Ambassador in Mexico

TELEGRAM 61

CONFIDENTIAL

 Ottawa, December 27th, 1951

Following for Moran from Heeney, Begins: I understand that before you left Ottawa the Chairman of the Air Transport Board asked you to take some sounding in Mexico City, Lima,22 and Rio de Janeiro about the possibility of obtaining traffic rights for a Canadian airline at those points. I see no objection to your making informal enquiries and would be glad to hear of your plans on the matter. The following information may be useful to you.

2. The Air Transport Board are thinking in terms of bilateral agreements to provide for services by a designated Canadian airline from Vancouver to Mexico City and onward to Lima and Rio de Janeiro. They would not, repeat not, seek Fifth Freedom Rights23 in the United States but would wish to obtain such for traffic between the above-mentioned points. As a temporary measure they might wish to obtain permission for a designated Canadian airline to obtain charter flights to the three cities over a period of six months in order to explore traffic possibilities. If agreements are negotiated they may decide to include rights for a Canadian airline from Montreal to Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro. A decision on this point would depend on TCA views which are not yet known and on what reciprocal demands are made.

3. We have previously had inconclusive negotiations with Brazil and Peru on civil aviation agreements. In January 1950 we approached Mexico and Peru concerning CPAL24 plans to operate charter flights from Vancouver. You will probably find sufficient details for your purpose on our Missions' files.

22 Voir les documents 550-562./Documents 550-562.
23 Les cinq libertés de l'air sont :
1) Le privilège de traverser un territoire sans atterrir
2) Le privilège d'atterrir pour des raisons non-commerciales ;
3) Le privilège de débarquer des passagers, du courrier et des marchandises embarqués sur le territoire de l'État dont l'aéronef possède la nationalité ;
4) Le privilège d'embarquer des passagers, du courrier et des marchandises à destination du territoire de l'État dont l'aéronef possède la nationalité ;
5) Le privilège d'embarquer des passagers, du courrier et des marchandises à destination du territoire de tout autre État Contractant et le privilège de débarquer des passagers, du courrier et des marchandises en provenance du territoire de tout autre État Contractant.
The Five Freedoms of the Air are:
First Freedom: The freedom to fly across a territory without landing;
Second Freedom: The freedom to land for non-traffic purposes;
Third Freedom: The freedom to put down passengers, mail and cargo taken on in the territory or the State whose nationality the aircraft possesses,
Fourth Freedom: The freedom to take on passengers, mail and cargo destined for the territory of the State whose nationality the aircraft possesses;
Fifth Freedom: The freedom to take on passengers, mail and cargo destined for the territory of another State and the privilege to put down passengers, mail and cargo conning from any such territory.
24 Canadian Pacific Air Lines.


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