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United Arab Emirates and Nepal sign air services agreement

United Arab Emirates and Nepal sign air services agreement
(c) Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation: The United Arab Emirates signed a memorandum of understanding on air transport with the Republic of Nepal to increase the number of flights of national carriers in both countries. Both parties agreed to nominate Emirates Airlines, Etihad Airways, Air Arabia and RAK Airways as the national airlines of the United Arab Emirates, and to nominate Royal Nepal Airlines and YETI Airlines as the national airlines of the government of Nepal.

The two governments also agreed to increase the number of flights between the two countries to 28 flights per week for all national carriers. The MOU also amended certain provisions of the Convention on air transport signed between the two countries on the terms of appointment, taxes, air safety, transfer of income, and business activities. The agreement includes terms on exercising fifth freedom by the national carriers on three middle points or beyond points of the two countries, excluding destinations within the limits of the states of India and Thailand.

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