The United Arab Emirates, represented by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) initialed recently an Air Services Agreement (ASA) with the Kingdom of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, the UAE news agency "WAM" reported. It is the first time such an agreement is initialed between the two countries, said GCAA in an emailed statement. The agreement was initialed by Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi, Director General of the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and Chea Aoun, the Director General of the Secretariat for Civil Aviation of the Kingdom of Cambodia. The UAE Delegation designated Etihad Airways, Emirates Airline, Air Arabia RAK Airways, and FlyDubai as UAE designated carriers to operate the agreed services between the two countries. The agreement grants each of the designated carriers one 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 (3) intermediate points (Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore) and to three points beyond to be freely selected by the designated carriers. The two delegations agreed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding in UAE during the first quarter of 2011.
