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The United Arab Emirates represented by the General Civil Aviation Authority, GCAA, has initialed an Air Service Agreement on an Open Skies policy basis by signing a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the Government of Gabon.
The agreement was signed by Capt. Khalid Humaid Al Ali, Director of Air Transport Department in the GCAA, and Oyinamono Dominique, Director-General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Gabon.
The two delegations agreed that any number of designated airlines of both parties will have the right to perform scheduled air services between the two countries.
The MoU allows full flexibility on the routes, capacity, number of frequencies and types of aircraft, in any type of service (passenger or cargo). The signed Memorandum also includes the exercise of fifth freedom traffic rights. In addition, both parties agreed to allow unrestricted, non-scheduled charter operations between the two countries.
So far, the UAE has air services agreements with over 168 countries, of which 122 are open skies or liberal agreements.
Source: WAM