Ivan Yates
Question:146 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications the number of bilateral agreements, with other states, for scheduled air services; and if he will give details of same.
Written Answers. - Air Service Agreements.
Ireland has concluded bilateral air transport agreements with the following countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States and the USSR. Bilateral air transport agreements with India and Cuba are due to be signed shortly.
The main provisions of the bilateral agreements, which provide a legal basis for the operation of air services between Ireland and the respective countries, specify the routes on which air services may be operated between the two countries, the number of air carriers which may be designated by each side, as well as any rights that may be agreed for operations to third countries. Such agreements also normally determine the manner in which capacity is to be shared between the airlines of both countries, fares are to be approved and disputes settled.
The agreements are published in the Treaty Series and are available in the Oireachtas Library, with the exception of the September 1990, Amendment to the Ireland/US Agreement, 1945, which is being printed prior to being laid before both House of the Oireachtas.