UAE, Germany yet to renegotiate agreements blocking Berlin flights

Several months after German officials offered to restart negotiations over the country’s air services agreement with the UAE, both parties are yet to meet to talk over the matter, according to a spokesman from the German embassy at the UAE. Under the agreements currently in place between the UAE and Germany, UAE-based airlines such as Etihad Airways and Emirates can fly to multiple German cities but not Berlin. Asked about updates on whether Etihad and Emirates may be allowed to fly to the capital, Tilman Enders, deputy head of Germany’s mission to the UAE, said, “That would require new negotiations, which we have actually offered way back in August, but the idea was not picked up." Enders did not disclose details on where the negotiations (or lack thereof) were headed. <br/>