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 with the Government of the Dominican Republic on 1st October 2009, during ICAO’s 2009 Air Services Negotiations Conference – ICAN 2009 taking place in Istanbul, Turkey.
This new Understanding was signed by Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi, Director General of the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and Luis Rodriguez, President of the Civil Aviation Board of the Dominican Republic. Representatives from Abu Dhabi Department of Transport, Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Sharjah Department of Civil Aviation, Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways and Air Arabia, attended the negotiations.
The two delegations agreed that any number of designated airlines of both parties will have the right to perform scheduled air services. The UAE Delegation designated Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways, RAK Airways, Air Arabia and FlyDubai as UAE national airlines under the Agreement. The Dominican Republic Delegation will designate its airlines under the agreement in due course.
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