The United Arab Emirates has signed an air services memorandum of understanding (MoU) and initialled an air services agreement (ASA) with the government of Liberia.
The agreement was initialled in Abu Dhabi on 28 February 2012 by H.E. Saif Al Suwaidi, director general of the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and H.E Richelieu A. Williams, director general of the Liberia Civil Aviation Authority.
Representatives from Abu Dhabi Department of Transport, Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Sharjah Department of Civil Aviation, Ras Al Khaimah Department of Civil Aviation, Etihad Airways, Emirates Airline and RAK Airways attended the negotiations.
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.
“The two delegations agreed that any number of designated airlines of both parties will have the right to perform scheduled air services,” the GCAA stated in a press release. “The UAE delegation designated Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways, Air Arabia, RAK Airways and FlyDubai as UAE national airlines under the Agreement. The Liberian delegation will designate its airlines in due course.”
Source: Air Aviation News