UAE aviation authority inks deal with Ukraine

The UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) signed an Air Services Agreement (ASA) with the Government of Ukraine in Abu Dhabi earlier this week. The agreement was initialed by Omar Bin Ghaleb, Deputy Director General of the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and Dmytro Babeichuk, Director for the Air Navigation and Foreign Relations Department, State Aviation Administration of Ukraine. 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, Air Arabia, RAK Airways and Flydubai 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 Ukrainian delegation confirmed its current designations for operations under the initialed ASA. As part of the agreement. airlines are afforded full flexibility on the routes, capacity, number of frequencies and types of aircraft, in any type of service (passenger or cargo), excluding the exercise of fifth freedom traffic rights which is subject to the approval of the Aeronautical Authorities.