(United Kingdom Note)

　Tokyo, September 16, 1988

　Excellency,
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's Note of today's date which reads as follows:
I have the honour to refer to the Agreement between Japan and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for Air Services, signed at Tokyo on December 29, 1952, and to propose on behalf of the Government of Japan that the new Schedule of the aforementioned Agreement a set out in the Attachment shall replace the existing Schedule amended on August 22, 1967, June 17, 1969, May 26, 1970 and April 15, 1977.

　If the foregoing proposal is acceptable to the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, I have further the honour to propose that this Note and Your Excellency's Note in reply indicating such acceptance shall be regarded as constituting an agreement between the two Governments, which shall enter into force on the date of Your Excellency's reply".
I have the honour to confirm that the content of the above Note are acceptable to the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and that Your Excellency' s Note together with its Attachment and this reply shall constitute an agreement between the two Governments which shall enter into force on this day's date.

　I avail myself to this opportunity to extend to Your Excellency the assurance of my highest consideration.

　(Signed) John Whitehead

　His Excellency
Mr. Sousuke Uno
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan

ATTACHMENT

SCHEDULE

SECTION I

　Routes to be operated by the designated airline or airlines of Japan: -

(1) Points in Japan - points on the mainland of China to be agreed and/or on Taiwan - Hong Kong or Manila - points in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia - Bangkok - points in Burma - Colombo - points in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan - points in the Middle East - Rome - Zurich or Geneva - Frankfurt on Main or Dusseldorf - Paris - London - Prestwick.

(2) Points in Japan - points in the United States of America (including the Aleutians, Alaska, Wake, Midway, Honolulu) - points in Canada - a point in Iceland - Copenhagen - Hamburg - a point in the Republic of Ireland - Prestwick - London - Paris - three points in Europe.

(3) Tokyo - Nagoya - Osaka - Fukuoka - Kagoshima - Naha - points on the mainland of China to be agreed and/or on Taiwan - Hong Kong - Ho Chi Minh City or Bangkok - Kuala Lumpur - Singapore - Jakarta.

(4) Tokyo - Nagoya - Osaka - Fukuoka - Naha - points on the mainland of China to be agreed and/or on Taiwan - Hong Kong -- Manila - Jakarta - Darwin - Sydney.

(5) Points in Japan - points in Asia to be agreed - Moscow - points in Europe except the USSR - London.

Note l. The agreed services provided by the designated airline(s) of Japan on these routes shall begin at a point in the territory of Japan, but other points on the routes except Route (5) may at the option of the designated airline be omitted on any or all flights. As for Route (5), other points may at the option of the designated airline be omitted on any or all flights unless otherwise agreed between the aeronautical authorities

Note 2. As for the "three points in Europe" on Route (2), the designated airline(s) of Japan may exercise fifth freedom traffic rights including stopover traffic rights between London and one out of the three points. The aeronautical authorities of Japan may select the three points and ma choose at which one of the three points the traffic rights may be exercised: these selections and this choice may be changed by agreement.

Note 3. On Route (4), no traffic to be discharge in Manila may be taken on board in Hong Kong and no traffic taken on board in Manila may be discharged in Hong Kong. This limitation shall apply equally to traffic originating in or stopping over at either point.

SECTION II

　Routes to be operated by the designated airline or airlines of the United Kingdom: -

(1) Points in the United Kingdom - points in Europe - points in the Middle East - Points in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh - (Rangoon or Mandalay - Bangkok) or (Colombo - Singapore) - Ho Chi Minh City - Manila or Hong Kong - points on the mainland of China to Fukuoka - Osaka - Tokyo.

(2) . Points in the United Kingdom - a point in the Republic of Ireland - a point in Iceland - points in Canada - points in the United State: of America (including Alaska, the Aleutians, Honolulu, Midway, Wake) - Tokyo - Osaka - Fukuoka - Seoul - points on the mainland of China to be agreed - Hong Kong.

(3) . Hong Kong - points on the mainland of China to be agreed and/or on Taiwan - Naha - Kagoshima - Fukuoka - Osaka - Nagoya - Tokyo - Seoul.

(4) . Points in the United Kingdom - points in Europe except the USSR - Moscow - points in Asia to be agreed - Tokyo.

Note 1. The agreed services provided by the designated airline(s) of the United Kingdom on these routes shall begin at a point in the territory of the United Kingdom, but other points on the routes except Route (4) may at the option of the designated airline be omitted on any or all flights. As for Route (4), other points may at the option of the designated airline be omitted on any or between the aeronautical authorities.

Note 2. On Route (2), no traffic to be discharge in Seoul may be taken on board at points in Japan and no traffic taken on board a Seoul may be discharged at points in Japan. This limitation shall apply equally to traffic originating in or stopping over at either point.