The Ambassador of the United States of America to Angola Tulinabo Mushingi and the Secretary of State for International Cooperation and Angolan Communities Ambassador Domingos Custodio Vieira Lopes have just signed an Open Skies Air Transport Agreement in Luanda.
The Open Skies Agreement between Angola and the United States is aimed at advancing the two countries’ bilateral aviation cooperation.
According to an official dispatch from the U.S Secretary of State, the newly inked agreement also brings the civil aviation transportation relationship between the United States and Angola to the highest modern standard.
“The Contract with the Republic of Angola expands the United States strong economic and commercial partnership, promotes people-to-people ties, and creates new opportunities for travellers, shippers, and airlines, promoting tourism and commerce,” reads part of the statement.
It was stated that by concluding this pro-consumer, pro-growth, pro-competition agreement, Angola now joins a community of partners committed to maintaining an open and modern air services agreement as well as high standards of aviation safety and security.
The Open Skies covenant between Luanda and Washington includes unrestricted capacity and frequency of services for both passenger and all-cargo carriers, open route rights, an open charter regime, self-handling provisions, and open code-sharing opportunities.
The Agreement, which has been applied since it was initialled in April 2023, will enter into force following an exchange of diplomatic notes confirming that the necessary internal procedures have been completed.
The new Agreement builds on a framework of the United States’ Open Skies agreements with more than 135 other partners that enable the American air carriers to operate and expand flight networks beyond U.S. borders and connect the United States economy to growing markets including Angola.
Officially known as the Republic of Angola, the country is located on the west-central coast of Southern Africa.
Angola happens to be the second-largest Portuguese-speaking country in both total area and population.
It is also the seventh-largest country in Africa, bordering Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.
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