Qatar, Lanka sign MoU

To regulate air traffic:

Qatar and Sri Lanka signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on bilateral air service recently.

The air service agreement was signed by Qatar Civil Aviation Authority Chairman Abdul Aziz Al Noaimi and the Sri Lanka Ports and Aviation Ministry Secretary KVPR de Silva.

The signing ceremony was also attended by the Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker.

The two parties agreed to regulate air traffic between the two countries with regard to the latest updates of the ICAO.

Qatar Airways currently operates three daily flights to Sri Lanka which is expected to increase as per the MoU.

The agreement came as to lift the difficulties on flight operations and to facilitate the movement of passengers and cargo among two countries.

The Peninsula