A minutes of agreement was signed between Civil Aviation Authorities of the Sultanate and Saudi Arabia to regulate air transport rights between the two countries. The agreement was signed at the sidelines of Executive Council and the General Assembly of the Arab Civil Aviation Authority meeting which is hosted in Jeddah during 14 to 18^th of May 2016.

The agreement was signed from the Sultanate’s side by Dr. Mohammed bin Nasser Al-Zaabi, CEO of the Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA) while it was signed from the KSA side by H.E.  the Transport Minister, Mr. Suliman bin Abdullah Al-Hamdan, Board Chairman of the KSA General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA).

The agreement stipulated increasing the number of flights between the two countries as the airline companies of each side has the right to operate 112 weekly flights between them compared to 35 flights previosly.

The agreed number of flights will be distributed by 28 weekly flights between the Sultanate and each of Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and Taif. The two delegation also agreed on operating unlimited number of flights between the Sultanate and Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah as per arrangements of open skies. It was also agreed to amend air routes table between the two countries to allow airlines of each side to operate flights to all international airports in the other country, in addition to discussing several operational and technical matters between the two countries.

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