The agreement signed between both countries means that all air service operations will be conducted under the fifth freedom arrangement.
The fifth freedom means that an airline has the right to carry passengers from one country to another and from that country to a third country. This means that RwandAir can now fly to Togo without any limitations.
Speaking at the signing ceremony yesterday, the State Minister for Transport in the Ministry of Infrastructure, Jean de Dieu Uwihanganye said that the agreement aims at opening the airspace for both countries.
“The most crucial component is that today Togo permitted us to use their airports and carry passengers from there to another country,” he explained.
He said that the same right was given to Togo’s airlines and through the agreement; both country’s careers can have particular partnership.
“Signing such agreement for a country like Rwanda is part of continuing to develop air transportation and extending RwandAir’s connections as it is in the Seven Year Government Programme,” he added.
The Minister of Infrastructure and Transport in Togo, Ninsao Gnofam said that the agreement allows RwandAir on cooperation with the West African Countries joint career, ASKY Airlines.
“The agreement facilitates our both countries’ careers to operate from the airports without limitations. It will help spur cooperation,” he said.
ASKY Airlines with headquarters in Togo operates from 23 directions of West African countries including Abidjan, Abuja, Accra, Bamako, Bangui, Bissau, Brazzaville, Conakry, Cotonou, Dakar–Diass, Douala, Kinshasa–N’Djili, Lagos, Libreville, N’Djamena, Niamey, Ouagadougou, Pointe–Noire and Yaoundé.
Currently, Rwanda has signed airspace agreement with 82 countries from around the World, among them 37 signed the fifth freedom.
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