UAE looks to boost eastbound traffic
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The UAE represented by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has signed a Record of Discussions (RoD) with the government of the People’s Republic of China in Yinchuan.
The new agreement was signed by the head of the UAE Delegation HE Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi, director general of the GCAA and head of the Chinese Delegation, Han Jun, director general of the International Affairs Department of the Civil Aviation Administration of China. Representatives from Abu Dhabi Department of Transport, Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Sharjah Department of Civil Aviation, Etihad Airways, Emirates Airline, Air Arabia, and flydubai among others.
HE Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi stressed the importance of this agreement, which will contribute to further boost trade, investment and tourism between UAE and China. The two delegations agreed to increase passenger and combination services frequencies for operations to Urumqi, Xining, Kashgar, Yinchuan and Zhengzhou in order to keep up with the growth of air traffic between the two countries. Also, China side agreed unlimited frequencies with third, fourth and fifth freedom traffic rights at Haikou, Sanya and Yinchuan for passenger and combination and all-cargo services for the designated airline(s).
Laila Ali Hareb Al Muhairi, executive director of strategy and international affairs, explained that an enormous potential lies in UAE-China air transport agreement. Tourists and investors are increasingly taking UAE bound flights with 361 thousand visitors from China to UAE. The statistics were for the first quarter of 2012, according to latest figures by UAE National Bureau of Statistics.
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