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UAE updates air service agreement with Pakistan
Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi, director-general, General Civil Aviation Authority, signed the agreement on behalf of UAE.
Abu Dhabi: The UAE has updated air service agreement with Pakistan allowing open skies approach on new points in Pakistan including Quetta, Turbat, Gwadar, Panjgur as well as increased passenger capacity to Karachi, Faisalabad, Multan and Sialkot.
The two-day negotiations between both parties resulted in signing an updated air service agreement between Pakistan and the UAE.
Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi, director-general, General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), signed the agreement on behalf of UAE while Amjad Ali Toor, additional secretary for aviation division, signed on behalf of Pakistan. The signing ceremony was also attended by UAE ambassador to Pakistan Isa Basha Al Noaimi.
Al Suwaidi stressed the importance of this updated agreement which will contribute to boost trade, tourism and investment between UAE and Pakistan.
During his visit, Al Suwaidi toured the new airport in Islamabad which will be inaugurated in the second half on 2016 with a capacity to handle 50 million passengers.
Ms Laila Ali bin Hareb Al Muhairi, assistant of director-general of strategy and international affair at GCAA, said that UAE ranks second internationally in term of open skies agreements.
“UAE is driven more than ever to continue its international collaboration in air transport and shall continue its far-reaching and sound advances toward opening and liberating skies with countries of the world,” she added.
Captain Khalid Humaid Al Ali, director of Air Transport Department, GCAA, said this agreement meets the expectations of UAE carriers and is beneficial for both States.
haseeb@khaleejtimes.com
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