Regulations and Government
Oman in Line for Open Skies Deal with EU
EU-level air transport agreements with Qatar and Tunisia are initialled but not applied owing to Gibraltar deadlock.

When the European Commission presented its aviation strategy in December 2015, it identified 11 key overseas markets with which it aimed to forge an EU-level comprehensive air transport agreement (CATA). Seven countries in the wider Middle East and North Africa region, all six members of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)—Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman—plus Turkey were on the Commission’s wish-list to set up open aviation areas. The bloc’s member states authorized (unanimity of all member states is required) talks with only a handful, namely Qatar, the UAE, Turkey, and Oman. 


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