AVIATION - Singapore and Malaysia welcome opening up of two-way air routes

Malaysia and Singapore have both welcomed the imminent opening up of two-way air routes, seeing mutual benefits in such a development. Singapore's Transport Minister Raymond Lim met his Malaysian counterpart Chan Kong Choy for the first time on Monday in Putrajaya. Malaysia set up a committee last month to look into the feasibility of bringing forward an Open Sky Agreement with Singapore ahead of the deadline set by ASEAN, of which both are members. Under ASEAN's Open Sky Agreement, airlines of member countries can operate unlimited flights between their capital cities by 2008.

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