Article 8 - Air transport - Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Old - Effective upto 10-02-1994)

ARTICLE 8 Air transport 1. Income derived from the operation of aircraft in international traffic by an enterprise of one of the Contracting States shall not be taxed in the other Contracting State. 2. The provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article shall likewise apply in respect of participation in pools of any kind by enterprises engaged in air transport. 3. For the purposes of this Article: (a) interest on funds connected with the operation of aircraft in international traffic shall be regarded as income from the operation of such aircraft; and (b) the term operation of aircraft shall include transportation by air of persons, livestock, goods or mail, carried on by the owners or lessees or charterers of aircraft, including the sale of tickets for such transportation on behalf of other enterprises, the incidental lease of aircraft on a charter basis and any other activity directly connected with such transportation. 4. Gains derived by an enterprise of a Contracting State from the alienation of aircraft owned and operated by the enterprise, the income from which is taxable only in that State, shall be taxed only in that State.