Article 8 - Air Transport - Oman

ARTICLE 8 AIR TRANSPORT [ 1 ] 1. Profits derived by an enterprise of a Contracting State from the operation of aircraft in international traffic shall be taxable only in that Contracting State. 2. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall also apply to profits from the participation in a pool, a joint business or an international operating agency. 3. For the purposes of this Article, interest on funds directly connected with the operation of aircraft in international traffic shall be regarded as income or profits derived from the operation of such aircraft, and the provisions of Article 12 shall not apply in relation to such interest. 4. The term operation of aircraft means business of transportation by air of passengers, mail, livestock or goods 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 and any other activity directly connected with such transportation. 5. For the purposes of this Article and notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1(f) of Article 3, the term enterprise of a Contracting State means: (i) in case of the Sultanate of Oman, Gulf Air, Oman Aviation Services Company (SAOG) and any other enterprise carried on by a resident of the Sultanate of Oman ; (ii) in case of India, Air India, Indian Airlines and any other enterprise carried on by a resident of India. ********************* FOOTNOTES:- 1 . Limited double taxation agreement relating to international air transpire was entered into vide GSR 313(E), dated 27-3-1985