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INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT - AVIATION AGREEMENTS
 Etihad gets flying rights to Japan
Posted on 22/12/2008
The country's flag carrier shall start its direct flights to Japan from March 2010.
This is based on a flying rights agreement secured between the UAE and Japan last week, according to a source from the Etihad Airways Corporate Communications Department.
A press statement on Thursday said that the agreement was a result of the bilateral talks which took place in Tokyo during the past week between officials and representatives of both governments, the aviation industry and the Etihad Airways.
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 UAE signs air services MoU with Iran
Posted on 11/12/2008
The United Arab Emirates General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Civil Aviation Organisation of Islamic Republic of Iran (CAOIRI) for regulating air flights.
The MoU was signed by Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi, Director General of the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and Hussein Khanlari, Vice Minister of Roads and Transportation and President of CAOIRI.
The two bodies agreed to designate the Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways, Air
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 UAE, Qatar sign MoU to increase flights between them
Posted on 30/11/2008
The United Arab Emirates represented by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Qatar to increase the number of flights between the two countries.
According to the MoU, Fly Dubai was appointed as the UAE national carrier along with Emirates, Etihad, Air Arabia and Rak Air as the UAE's national carriers while Qatar Airways was appointed as Qatar's national carrier.
The MoU also provides for operating an unlimited number of scheduled and
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 UAE, Romania sign ASA Open Sky Agreement
Posted on 20/10/2008
The United Arab Emirates represented by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has initialed an "open" Air Services Agreement (ASA) and has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Romania in Bucharest this 15 October 2008.
The agreement was signed by Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi, Director General of the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and Catalin Radu, Director General of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Romania. Representatives from Abu Dhabi Department of
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 GCAA, ICAO sign agreements
Posted on 24/09/2008
The UAE achieved significant gains yesterday on the way to establishing national institutions and global leadership in the field of civil aviation and international prominence.
On the margins of a global conference held by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on 15 - 20 September 2008 in Montreal to address aviation economics, Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi, Director General of the General Civil Aviation Authority, signed agreements with ICAO to establish two significant national
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 Etihad enters codeshare agreement with Malaysia Airlines
Posted on 16/09/2008
Etihad Airways is to extend further its expanding global network by providing its customers with greater access to destinations in Asia, following the signing of a new codeshare agreement with Malaysia Airlines.
Under the deal, the Abu Dhabi-based airline will place its two-letter 'EY' code on Malaysia Airlines' flights between the country's capital city, Kuala Lumpur, and the popular islands of Kota Kinabalu, Penang, Kuching and Langkawi.
In turn, Malaysia Airlines will place its 'MH' code
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 UAE, Syria sign air transport agreement
Posted on 20/06/2008
Damascus - The United Arab Emirates and Syria yesterday initialled Air Services Agreement (ASA) in Damascus.
The agreement was signed by Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi, Director General of UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and Major General Hazem Al Khadraa, Director General of the Syrian Civil Aviation Authority.
Both parties agreed to designate all UAE national airlines for unrestricted passenger flights to Syrian cities, with the exception of Damascus.
The two sides also
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![]() UAE and Greece sign agreement on aviation
Posted on 24/03/2008
The UAE represented by General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) updated the Air Services Agreement and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Hellenic Republic on 19th March 2008 in Dubai to increase air flights between the two countries. The agreement was signed by Mohammed Abdullah Al Salami, deputy chairman and director general of the GCAA) in the UAE and Polytimi Tsatsarounou, director of Air Transport and International Relations Division, Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority.
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![]() UAE signs air services accord with Lithuania
Posted on 04/03/2008
The United Arab Emirates represented by General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has signed an Air Services Heads of Agreement (HoA) with Lithuania. The HoA was signed in Vilnius by Captain Aisha Al Hameli, Head of Air Transport Department at the GCAA and by Vidmantas Kairys, Director of Civil Aviation Department at the Lithuanian Ministry of Transport & Communications. The two sides agreed to name Emirates, Etihad Airways, Air Arabia and RAK Air as national carrier for the UAE. - Emirates News
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![]() UAE signs Air Services Agreement with Myanmar
Posted on 16/01/2008
The United Arab Emirates has initialled Air Services Agreement (ASA) and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Union of Myanmar in Yangon. The agreement was signed by Captain Aysha Al Hameli, air transport manager at UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and Tun Hlaing, director general of Department of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Transport in Myanmar. The two friendly countries agreed that designated airlines of both parties will have the right to perform regular air
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![]() UAE signs Air Services MoU with Turkey
Posted on 27/11/2007
The United Arab Emirates represented by General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) signed in Abu Dhabi yesterday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Turkey. Mohammed Ghanim Al Ghaith, the Director General of the UAE GCAA signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Dr. Ali Ariduru, Director General of Civil Aviation of Turkey. According to the MoU both parties agreed to increase traffic rights to the route Abu Dhabi - Turkey - Abu Dhabi, to a total of five (5) passenger frequencies per week
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![]() Mubadala announces collaboration with Northrop Grumman
Posted on 13/11/2007
Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala), a strategic investment and development vehicle established and wholly-owned by the Government of the emirate of Abu Dhabi, yesterday signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Northrop Grumman Corporation to collaborate on various high technology aerospace and aviation educational and training programs to further strengthen the emirate's economic development strategy.
The MoA was signed at the Dubai Air Show by Waleed Al Mokarrab Al Muhairi, chief
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![]() UAE and Mongolia sign air service contract
Posted on 13/11/2007
UAE and Mongolia signed yesterday at Intercontinental Hotel in Abu Dhabi a memorandum of understanding MoU on the field of air services. Under this memorandum, each side can operate unlimited number of air carriers, aircraft and flights. The MoU also gives the chance for both sides of the agreement to operate cargo services and enjoy all freedoms, including the 5th freedom. Mohammed Ghanim Al Ghaith, Director General of Civil Aviation Authority said the agreement has entered into force as of
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 UAE signs MoU on air service with Spain
Posted on 28/10/2007
As part of continuous efforts to support national aviation sector, the United Arab Emirates has initialled Air Services Agreement (ASA) and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Kingdom of Spain in Madrid on 25th October 2007.
Heading the UAE delegation to Spain, Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansoori, Minister of Development for Government Sector, in his capacity as the Chairman of General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), signed the agreement, while the Spanish government was represented by the
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 UAE signs Air Services Agreement with United Mexican States
Posted on 17/04/2007
The United Arab Emirates has initialled Air Services Agreement (ASA) and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with United Mexican States in Mexico City on 11th April 2007.
The agreement was signed by Ahmed Mohammed Al Haddabi, Deputy Director General of the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) in the UAE and LIC. Y P.A Gilberto Lopez Meyer, Director General of Civil Aviation of United Mexican States.
The agreement includes designations of four UAE national airlines, Emirates, Etihad, Air
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