1.For the purpose of transfers, the Member States shall inform the other Member States and the Asylum Agency of all airports having direct regular scheduled flight connections between Member States and of all seaports with regular scheduled passenger ferry connections between Member States. The Member States may indicate the airports to which they prefer to receive transfers.Member States shall indicate at least one airport to which transfers are to be carried out, as well as the authority which is competent to receive the persons to be transferred at that airport when the receiving Member State fails to confirm the reception of the standard form or, where applicable, its availability to receive the transfer or fails to propose alternative locations or times for the transfer as provided for in Article 25(5) or in Article 26(3).