UAE signs ‘Open Sky’ agreement with Albania

DUBAI, Feb. 16 – The United Arab Emirates represented by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has initialed ‘open sky’ Air Services Agreement (ASA) and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Albania in Dubai.
The agreement was initialed by Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi, Director General of the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and Ernest Noka, Deputy Minister of Public Works and Transport of Albania. 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, Emirate Airline and Fly Dubai 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, Air Arabia, RAK Airways, and FlyDubai as UAE national airlines under the Agreement. The Albanian Delegation designated Albanian Airlines and Belleair as its designated airlines.
The ASA allows full flexibility on the routes, capacity, number of frequencies and types of aircraft, in any type of service (passenger or cargo) on the routes between Albania and the UAE.
The agreement also includes the exercise of full fifth freedom traffic rights at any intermediate and beyond points. In addition, both Parties agreed to allow unrestricted non-scheduled operations between the two countries.