A new air service agreement
with Sri Lanka and 14 other countries will make it easier for New
Zealanders to travel and open the door for international business, says
Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee.
The agreements, approved by Cabinet, also include Finland, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Togo and Zambia.
It allows airlines to offer flights from New Zealand to those countries and then on to other destinations.
Mr
Brownlee says the agreements give Kiwis better access to the world and
signed today's deal with Sri Lanka's External Affairs Minister Gamini
Lakshman Peiris.
The Ministry of Transport
negotiated the 15 agreements over five days at the International Civil
Aviation Negotiation Conference in Durban last year.
Mr
Brownlee says the arrangement with Ethiopia, along with an amendment to
the South Africa agreement, "helps pave the way for stronger links in
Africa".
The amendment means a doubling of passenger services, as well as another seven freight services to South Africa a week.
Changes have also been made with agreements with Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Norway and Sweden.
Mr Brownlee says further announcements will include countries in South East Asia.
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