Lion City opens skies to Barbados, Brazil, Jamaica, Rwanda

SINGAPORE has concluded Open Skies Agreements (OSA) with Barbados, Brazil, Jamaica and Rwanda at the International Civil Aviation Organisation Air Services Negotiation Conference 2010 (ICAN 2010) held in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

ICAN 2010 offers a meeting place for air services officials from various countries to meet and conduct air services negotiations.

The OSA with Barbados and Jamaica are the first between Singapore and the Caribbean community. The Singapore-Brazil OSA comes on the back of the Singapore-Peru OSA, which was concluded in 2009 together with the establishment of Air Services Agreements with Colombia and Ecuador.

The OSA with Rwanda is Singapore's second with an African country, after the Singapore-Zambia OSA that was concluded in 2008.

Without restrictions on capacity, frequency or routing, the OSA allows carriers the full flexibility to introduce services when market opportunities arise. Carriers are also able to tap into traffic to and from third countries to improve the commercial viability of their operations.

There are currently no direct flight connections between Singapore and Latin America or the Caribbean. In Africa, Singapore Airlines operates passenger services to Egypt and South Africa, while Singapore Airlines Cargo operates cargo services to Kenya and South Africa, a government statement said.

Apart from sealing the open skies accords with the four countries at ICAN 2010, Singapore and Fiji also concluded an open skies framework for cargo services and expanded traffic rights entitlements for passenger operations between and beyond both countries.
(Source:www.schednet.com)