Bahrain, UK, Bosnia, Cyprus sign Air Transport deal
TDT | Manama
The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com
Mohammed bin Thamer Al Kaabi, the Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications, yesterday concluded two air transportation bilateral agreements with the United Kingdom and of Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Cyprus, in the presence of Hussain Ahmed Al Shuail, Undersecretary for Civil Aviation Affairs and Ebtesam Mohammed Al Shamlan, Assistant Undersecretary for Air Transportation and Aviation Safety and Security.
The agreements were signed at the Sakhir Air Base under the patronage of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of the Kingdom of Bahrain. Countersigning the agreements were the British Ambassador to Bahrain, Roderick Drummond, Vojin Mitrovi, Minister of Communications and Traffic of the Bosnian Council of Ministers and Yiannis Karousos, Minister of Transport, Communications and Works on the Cypriot side.
These agreements include the most recent recommendations by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) for airline safety regulations, aviation security, environmental protection, multiple designations of air carriers, as well as opportunities for national airlines to engage in activities and sell air transportation products, as well as automated booking systems.
Hussain Ahmed Al Shuail, Undersecretary for Civil Aviation Affairs, stressed the significance of these signed agreements and their positive impact on the Kingdom of Bahrain’s growing aviation sector. The agreements also provide benefits to the national carrier Gulf Air, which includes the provision of air transport rights.
“The agreements allow domestic airlines and enterprises owned by friendly countries’ air travel rights and satisfy their present and future operational goals to provide multiple travel options for citizens and residents of Bahrain. Air travel is one of the primary economic driving engines contributing to the Kingdom’s overall development,” Al Shuail said.
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