'This is a very positive agreement that demonstrates our countries' commitment to promoting liberalisation in the aviation industry,' said CAAS Director-General and CEO Lim Kim Choon (left). -- PHOTO: CAAS
PASSENGER and freight carriers from Singapore and Kuwait may now operate any number of flights between the two countries and beyond.
This following the conclusion of an Open Skies Agreement, or OSA, between the two countries.
A Memorandum of Understanding on Air Services was signed between the two governments in Kuwait City on Tuesday.
It was witnessed by Singapore's President S R Nathan and Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
President Nathan is currently on a state visit to Kuwait.
'This is a very positive agreement that demonstrates our countries' commitment to promoting liberalisation in the aviation industry,' said Mr Lim Kim Choon, Director-General and CEO of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, who signed the MOU on Singapore's behalf.
With the Singapore-Kuwait OSA, the Republic has now inked OSAs with more than 30 countries.
Currently, Singapore Airlines Cargo operates two weekly freighter flights between Singapore and Kuwait.
