Friday 26 February 2016

UAE, Germany yet to renegotiate agreements blocking Berlin flights | GulfNews.com

UAE, Germany yet to renegotiate agreements blocking Berlin flights | GulfNews.com:

"Several months after German officials offered to restart negotiations over the country’s air services agreement with the UAE, both parties are yet to meet to talk over the matter, according to a spokesman from the German embassy at the UAE.

Air services agreements allow airlines to operate commercial services between two countries. Under the agreements currently in place between the UAE and Germany, UAE-based airlines such as Etihad Airways and Emirates can fly to multiple German cities but not Berlin.

Asked about updates on whether Etihad and Emirates may be allowed to fly to the capital, Tilman Enders, deputy head of Germany’s mission to the UAE, said, “That would require new negotiations, which we have actually offered way back in August, but the idea was not picked up. I think it’s too sensitive for me to tell you [who didn’t pick up the idea] because it is a very complicated issue, but you can deduct from what I said …"



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