PALEMBANG (Antara): Some 80 senior air transportation officials from ASEAN member countries will begin a two-day meeting on Wednesday to discuss various issues of common concern, including the ASEAN Open Sky 2008 concept.
The 15th ASEAN Air Transport Working Group Meeting (ATWG) will start Wednesday and last until Friday, M Taufik of the meeting's organizing committee said on Tuesday.
Indonesia was to hold two ATWG meetings this year. After the upcoming Palembang meeting, the second meeting will take place on Bali Island in August 2007.
The Palembang meeting would be attended by delegations from ASEAN's 10 member countries, namely Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, the Philippines and Thailand.
The meeting would also be attended by representatives of the United States and the European Union, sub-division head of the Domestic Air Transport Directorate Lilien Ambarwiyati said recently.
The representatives of 57 airline companies have confirmed their participation in the meeting, she said.
The meeting would among other things discuss issues relating to the liberalization of air transportation in the ASEAN region.
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