The United Arab Emirates represented by the General Civil Aviation Authority has signed an air services Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and initialed an Air Services Agreement (ASA) with the Government of Ireland in Dublin on 8th December 2011.

The Agreement was initialed by Saif Al Suwaidi, Director General of the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority and John Fearon, Director General of Civil Aviation of Ireland.

Representatives from Abu Dhabi Department of Transport, Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Sharjah Department of Civil Aviation. Etihad Airways and Emirates Airlines attended the negotiations.

The two delegations agreed that any number of designated airlines of both parties will have the right to perform scheduled air services. The UAE delegation designated Etihad Airways, Emirates Airlines, Air Arabia, RAK Airways and FlyDubai as UAE national airlines under the Agreement. The Irish Delegation designated Aer Lingus.

The MoU allows full flexibility on the routes, capacity, number of frequencies and types of aircraft, in any type of service (passenger or cargo). In addition, both Parties agreed to allow unrestricted non-scheduled operations between the two countries.

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