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Ukraine and the United States have become full partners under the Open Skies Agreement starting today, according to Volodymyr Omelian, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure.
"As the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine has just announced, all legal formalities have been completed, and the Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the United States of America on aviation services entered into force," Omelian wrote on Facebook.
The official recalled that the Open Skies Agreement was signed July 14, 2015 in Washington, DC, and was ratified by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine November 4.
Read alsoRada greenlights Ukraine-U.S. Open Skies AgreementIt is noted that the document introduces the following changes to the air services between Ukraine and the United States: an opportunity to the airlines of both parties to carry out fifth freedom flights (the right to take onboard passengers on foreign soil who are traveling to any third country, and also take cargo and mail to be delivered to third countries; as well as the right to disembark in the territory of a signatory state passengers and unload cargo and mail coming from any other territory). The agreement also sets an arbitrary frequency and capacity of aviation services by carriers of both parties. Independent ground handling at airports is also allowed.