Pursuant to sections 87Q(4) and 87X(4) of the Civil Aviation Act 1990, section 41(1) of the State Sector Act 1988, and a delegation from the Secretary for Transport dated 12 February 2020, I, Thomas Hamilton Forster, Manager – Economic Regulation in the Ministry of Transport, hereby give notice that I have:

• exercised the power conferred by section 87Q of the Civil Aviation Act 1990 to vary the terms of the Scheduled International Air Service Licence issued to China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines respectively to incorporate a new provision that allows for the imposition of a temporary cap on passenger numbers carried by those airlines; and
• exercised the power conferred by section 87X of the Civil Aviation Act 1990 to vary the terms of the Open Aviation Market Licence issued to Emirates Airline, Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines Limited respectively to incorporate a new provision that allows for the imposition of a temporary cap on passenger numbers carried by those airlines.

The effective date of these variations is 1 August 2020.

Signed at Wellington this 31st day of July 2020.

TOM FORSTER, Manager – Economic Regulation, Ministry of Transport.