New Zealand’s air services agreements
New Zealand has bilateral air services agreements (ASAs) with the following countries and territories (the current agreement is the most recent year with the dates of earlier agreements also listed):
- Argentina (1985)
Argentina (1985) - Australia (1961, 2002)
- Austria (2002)
Austria (2002) - Belgium (1999)
- Brazil (1996, 2013)
Brazil (1996) - Cambodia (2015)
- Canada (1950, 1985, 2007)
1985) - China (1993)
- Denmark (2001)
- Fiji (1979, 1994)
- Finland (2014)
- France (1964, 1967)
- Germany (1987)
- Greece (2015)
- Hong Kong (1991)
- India (1997, 2006, 2016)
India (1997, 2006) - Indonesia (1988)
- Ireland (1999)
- Italy (2001)
- Jamaica (2014)
- Japan (1980)
- Korea (1993)
- Kuwait (2015)
- Laos (2016)
- Luxembourg (1992)
- Macau (1995)
- Malaysia (1965, 1968, 1989, 1998)
- Mauritius (2016)
- Mexico (1999)
- Nauru (1980)
- Niue (1990)
- Norway (2001)
- Papua New Guinea (1994)
- Philippines (2007)
Philippines (2007) - Qatar (2015)
- Russia (1993)
- Saudi Arabia (2015)
- Seychelles (2015)
- Solomon Islands (1990)
- South Africa (1997)
- Spain (2002)
- Sri Lanka (2014)
Spain (2002)- Sweden (2001)
- Switzerland (1999)
Switzerland (1999) - Thailand (1987)
- Turkey (2010)
- United Arab Emirates (1998)
- United Kingdom (1982, 2005)
- Uruguay (2015)
Vanuatu (1989) - Vanuatu (1989)
- Vietnam (2003)
Vietnam (2003)
A Multilateral Agreement on the Liberalization of International Air Transportation ( MALIAT ) came into force on 21 December 2001. Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, Singapore and the United States of America were the initial parties and the Cook Islands, Samoa and Tonga subsequently joined.
The bilateral agreements New Zealand has with Brunei, Chile, Cook Islands, Samoa, Singapore, Tonga and the United States are suspended as a result.
- Brunei (1995, 1999, 2001)
- Chile (1992, 1998, 2002)
- Cook Islands (1986, 2000, 2006)
- Mongolia (2008)
- New Zealand
- Samoa (1978, 2000, 2002)
- Singapore (1968, 1997)
- Tonga (1980, 2002, 2004)
- United States of America (1946, 1964, 1997, 2001)
Peru joined the MALIAT on 17 May 2002 and withdrew with effect from 15 January 2005.
Agreements with the following countries have been negotiated but not formally put in place. Agreements may be in administrative or provisional effect.
- Bahrain
Cambodia- Colombia
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Iceland
Greece - Israel
Iceland - Nepal
Kuwait - Netherlands
- Nigeria
- Oman
- Paklistan
Paraguay - Panama
Qatar - Portugal
Saudi Arabia - Paraguay
Serbia - Serbia
Seychelles - Togo
Uruguay- Zambia
Code-share only Memoranda of Understanding have been agreed with the Bahamas, Curacao,Curacao, the Czech Republic and Mongolia.
There is an open skies Air Transport Agreement between New Zealand and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, incorporated into the Agreement between New Zealand and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu on Economic Cooperation.
Notes:
- A 'horizontal' agreement signed in 2006 with the European Commission and New Zealand amends New Zealand's air services agreements with European Union member states.
- Countries marked in bold are where services are being provided under this ASA, or under the MALIAT (including code-share only or seasonal).
- This list is current as at 22 April 2015