UAE News on new air services arrangements

With two United Arab Emirates-based international airlines, Emirates Airline (EK) and Etihad Airways (EY), both growing very rapidly and having made massive orders for Boeing (EK and EY orders and deliveries) and Airbus (orders and deliveries) aircraft, the issue of which routes these airlines will operate and whether the necessary air services arrangements have been or will be able to be secured is of major importance.

Official news of the UAE's new air services arrangements is published on the UAE Interact web site run on behalf of the UAE Ministry of Information and Culture. Unfortunately whoever is editing the site seems to have limited knowledge of these matters so the news items are scattered across three different news pages. See:
INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT - AIR TRAFFIC AGREEMENTS as well as
INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT - AVIATION AGREEMENTS and
INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT - AVIATION & AIRLINES