The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said it has initialled an air services agreement with Cambodia. It is the first time such an agreement is initialled between the two countries.

The agreement was initialled by Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi, director general of the GCAA and Chea Aoun, the director general of the Secretariat for Civil Aviation of Cambodia at the capital Phnom Penh.

The UAE delegation designated Etihad Airways, Emirates Airline, Air Arabia, RAK Airways, and FlyDubai as UAE-designated carriers to operate the services between the two countries.

The deal grants each of these carriers a daily flight with third and fourth freedom traffic rights between the two countries and the right to exercise full fifth freedom traffic rights through three intermediate points (Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore) and to three points beyond to be freely selected by the designated cariers.

The two delegations also agreed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding in UAE during the first quarter of 2011.-TradeArabia News Service