DUBAI: 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 Ireland in Dublin on 8th December 2011.
The agreement was initialed by Saif Al Suwaidi, Director General of the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and John Fearon, Director General of Civil Aviation of Ireland. Representatives from Abu Dhabi Department of Transport, Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Sharjah Department of Civil Aviation, Etihad Airways and Emirates Airline 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 MoU allows full flexibility on the routes, capacity, number of frequencies and types of aircraft, in any type of service. In addition, both Parties agreed to allow unrestricted non-scheduled operations between the two countries.
Meanwhile General Civil Aviation Authority’s Airworthiness Consultative Committee (ACC) held its biannual meeting with the participation of industry stakeholders including Air Operators, Aircraft Maintenance Organisations, Design Organizations and Production Organizations.
During the meeting Ahmed Al Rawahi said: “The GCAA considers the industry as a partner in improving safety and gives lots of importance and support to safety initiative of the industry.”
