China, Canada ink new aviation agreement
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China and Canada have agreed a new bilateral air services agreement (ASA) that will enable more commercial flights between the two countries.
The new rules, which replace the previous eight-year old ASA, aim to “reduce restrictions related to the use of flights from third country airlines”, according to a statement from the Canadian prime minister’s office. It will also allow more codesharing partnerships.
Air Canada’s executive vice president & chief commercial officer, Ben Smith, welcomed the new ASA, saying it “expands opportunities for Air Canada to extend its coverage of cities in China in cooperation with our Star Alliance partners Air China and Shenzhen Airlines”.
“Air Canada applauds these changes to the bilateral and we thank the Canadian and Chinese governments for their hard work to expand the agreement. Air Canada fully supports the liberalization of air services between Canada and China, which is Canada’s second largest trading partner and a key market for our airline,” said Smith.
“These changes will also support our international expansion, which we intend to accelerate as five new Boeing 777-300 aircraft start entering service in our fleet this month and the first of 37 Dreamliners begin arriving in early 2014.”
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