(GEN) TURKEY SIGNS NUMEROUS CIVIL AVIATION AGREEMENTS IN FIRST HALF OF 2009.ISTANBUL, Jul 2, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Turkish Transportation Ministry's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (SHGM) declared on Thursday that Turkey signed bilateral bilateral /bi·lat·er·al/ (-lat´er-al) having two sides, or pertaining to both sides. bi·lat·er·al adj. 1. Having or formed of two sides; two-sided. 2. air transportation agreements with 21 countries during the first half of 2009. SHGM officials said that Turkey, whose domestic flight network expanded thanks to the re-opening of idle airports and arrangement of cross flights, started conducting flights to new destinations abroad after signing bilateral air transportation agreements with numerous countries. During the first 6 months of 2009, Turkey made civil aviation agreements with Lebanon, China, Vietnam, Canada, Kenya, Egypt, Russia, Thailand, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Ukraine, Macedonia, Greece, Japan, Serbia, Qatar, Mali, Gambia, Somalia and Union of Comoros. Accordingly, the number of countries with which Turkey has bilateral aviation agreements rose up to 97 and the number of international flight destinations increased to 109. On the other hand, Turkey is getting prepared to host the "Air Services Negotiation Conference" of the International Civil Aviation Organization International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), specialized agency of the United Nations, organized in 1947, with headquarters at Montreal. The objective of the ICAO, which has 187 member nations, is to encourage the orderly growth of international civil aviation, (ICAO ICAO abbr. International Civil Aeronautics Organization Noun 1. ICAO - the United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation International Civil Aviation Organization ) in autumn 2009. The conference, which will be held in Istanbul between September 28 - October 2, is expected to bring together representatives of 190 ICAO-member countries. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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