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EU and ASEAN Sign First Bloc-to-Bloc Open Skies Agreement

Under the EU-ASEAN comprehensive air transport agreement, airlines of the EU and ASEAN can fly any number of services between both regions.

Left to Right, Loh Ngai Seng, permanent secretary for transport of Singapore; Novie Riyanto Rahardjo, secretary general of the Ministry of Transportation of Indonesia; Henrik Hololei, director general of the European Commission Directorate General for Mobility and Transport;
Jaroslav Doleček, ambassador from the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Jakarta; and Dato Lim Jock Hoi, ASEAN secretary general, celebrate the signing of the first ASEAN-EU open skies agreement. (Photo: Singapore Ministry of Transport) — Left to Right, Loh Ngai Seng, permanent secretary for transport of Singapore; Novie Riyanto Rahardjo, secretary general of the Ministry of Transportation of Indonesia; Henrik Hololei, director general of the European Commission Directorate General for Mobility and Transport; Jaroslav Doleček, ambassador from the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Jakarta; and Dato Lim Jock Hoi, ASEAN secretary general, celebrate the signing of the first ASEAN-EU open skies agreement. (Photo: Singapore Ministry of Transport)

By Cathy Buyck • Contributor - Europe

October 17, 2022

Eight years after signaling their intent to forge closer air transport relations in part to counter a loss of traffic via the mega hubs in the Persian Gulf, representatives of the European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) signed a Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement (CATA) on Monday in Bali, Indonesia. The CATA marks the world’s first open skies agreement agreed between two economic blocs and sets “a significant milestone in world aviation history,” noted ASEAN secretary-general Dato Lim Jock Hoi.

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