The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) in the United Arab Emirates represented has signed an open air services Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and initialled an Air Services Agreement (ASA) with the Government of Croatia.
The two parties have agreed that any number of designated airlines of each country will have the right to perform scheduled air services. The UAE delegation designated Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways, Air Arabia, RAK Airways and FlyDubai as UAE national airlines under the Agreement. The Croatia Delegation designated Croatia Airline, Dubrovnik Airline and Trade Air as its designated airlines.
The MoU allows full flexibility on the routes, capacity, number of frequencies and types of aircraft, in any type of service (passenger or cargo). The signed memorandum also includes the exercise of fifth freedom traffic rights. In addition, both Parties agreed to allow unrestricted non-scheduled operations between the two countries.