Bosnia and UAE ink air agreement

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Doha becomes Middle East’s busiest

In the battle to be the pre-eminent travel hub in the Middle East, the latest research from ForwardKeys has revealed that Doha seized and consolidated a lead over Dubai in the first half of 2021. In the period January 1 -June 30, the volume of air tickets issued for travel via Doha was 18% higher than it was through Dubai; and that relationship looks set to continue. Current bookings for the second half of the year through Doha are 17% higher than through Dubai. At the start of the year, air traffic through Doha was at 77% of Dubai; but it quickly reached 100% for the first time during the week commencing January 27. The major factor driving the trend was the lifting, of the blockade of flights to and from Qatar this January, which was imposed in June 2017 by Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, who accused Qatar of sponsoring terrorism - an accusation it strongly denies. Since January, five routes were restored by Qatar Airways in the region and new routes launched further afield. Olivier Ponti, Vice President of insights at ForwardKeys, said, “Without the blockade, which encouraged the establishment of new routes as a strategy to replace lost traffic, perhaps we would not have seen Doha charging past Dubai. So, it seems that the seeds of Doha’s relative success were, ironically, sown by the adverse actions of its neighbours. However, one needs to bear in mind that flights through the Middle East during first half of 2021 were still 81 per cent below pre-pandemic levels. So, as the recovery gathers pace, the picture could change significantly”. The last major factor, which has given Qatar an edge over Dubai, has been its reaction to the pandemic. During the height of the Covid-19 crisis, many routes in and out of Doha remained operational, with the result that Doha became a major hub for repatriation flights - most notably to Johannesburg and Montreal.
Source: Breaking Travel News

Bosnia and UAE ink air agreement

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The Minister of Communication and Traffic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ismir Jusko, and the head of the General Civil Aviation Authority of the United Arab Emirates, Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi, have signed an Open Skies Agreement in Dubai, further liberalising air transport between the two countries. The two sides agreed that any number of designated airlines of both parties will have the right to perform scheduled air services. The UAE designated Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways, Air Arabia, and Flydubai as UAE national airlines under the agreement. Without its own carrier, Bosnia and Herzegovina has not designated any airlines on its behalf, although it can add them to the agreement in the future.

The deal allows full flexibility on routes, capacity, number of frequencies and types of aircraft, in any type of service (both passenger and cargo). The signed agreement also includes the exercise of fifth freedom traffic rights. In addition, both parties agreed to allow unrestricted non scheduled and charter operations amongst each other. Currently, Flydubai maintains services between Dubai and Sarajevo, while Air Arabia runs seasonal flights from Sharjah to the Bosnian capital. The United Arab Emirates now has free sky arrangements in place with all countries from the former Yugoslavia.

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