DUBAI - EgyptAir has suspended flights to Medina as a row between the Egypt’s aviation authority and its Saudi counterpart over landing rights deepens, Al-Masry Al-Youm reported on Wednesday.
The move is response to the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation’s refusal to permit two EgyptAir flights to land at Medina Airport this week, the Arabic daily said.Saudi authorities said they will not permit EgyptAir to add any addition fights until the ECAA allows Saudi private sector airlines to land at Cairo International Airport, the newspaper reported.The ECAA does not allow any private sector or charter airlines to land at Cairo airport, according to the paper.Egypt and Saudi Arabia have an ‘Open Sky’ agreement under which airlines can increase the number of flights on routes between the two countries without prior permission, the paper added.
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