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Azerbaijan, EU determine date for mulling aviation agreement

4 January 2018 13:32 (UTC+04:00)
Azerbaijan, EU determine date for mulling aviation agreement

By Rashid Shirinov

Director General of the European Commission’s department for mobility and transport (DG MOVE) Henrik Hololei will visit Baku on January 27-30, Head of Political, Economics and Press & Information Section of the EU Delegation to Azerbaijan Denis Daniilidis told Trend on January 3.

He said that Hololei will hold discussions on the Common Aviation Area Agreement between Azerbaijan and EU.

Earlier, Kestutis Jankauskas, head of the EU delegation to Azerbaijan said the EU hopes to initial the aviation agreement with Azerbaijan in the second half of January 2018. He noted that 99 percent of the agreement’s articles have already been agreed upon.

Creation of a Common Aviation Area is aimed at the opening and integration of aviation markets, which will lead to new opportunities for consumers and operators and, most importantly, to high standards in terms of flight safety as well as air traffic management. This is an initiative of the European Commission, according to which the division of airspace and its management will be common for most countries in Europe.

A horizontal agreement between Azerbaijan and the EC was signed in July 2009. It allows any EU airline to operate flights between Azerbaijan and any EU member state if there is a bilateral air services agreement and if free traffic rights are available.

Later, as part of the process of creating a wider Common Aviation Area with its Eastern and Southern Neighbors, the European Commission adopted in August 2011 a Communication on developing a Common Aviation Area with Azerbaijan.

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Rashid Shirinov is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow him on Twitter: @RashidShirinov

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