UAE signs air services agreement with Liberia

The United Arab Emirates represented by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has signed an air services Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and initialed an Air Services Agreement (ASA) with the Government of the Republic of Liberia in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. The agreement was initialed by Saif Al Suwaidi, Director General of the United Arab Emirates General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and 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 two delegations agreed that any number of designated airlines of both parties will have the right to perform scheduled air services. The United Arab Emirates delegation designated Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways, Air Arabia, RAK Airways and FlyDubai as United Arab Emirates national airlines under the Agreement. The Liberian Delegation will designate its airlines in due course. The Memorandum of Understanding 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.