MEETING ON FACILITATING AIR TRANSPORT STARTS IN DUBROVNIK

( Editorial: --> 4171 ) DUBROVNIK, April 2 (Hina) - A European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) working group for facilitating air transport started a two- day meeting in Dubrovnik, on the southern Adriatic on Thursday. The event was organised by the Croatian Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Communications, which is also the sponsor of the event. The meeting is being held for the first time outside of the ECAC Paris headquarters and it is attended by 40 representatives from 17 ECAC member-countries, as well as by representatives of the Association of European Airports, World European Association of Air Carriers and the Presidency of the Schengen Agreement. Today's meeting includes discussions on all activities which make the travel procedure of people travelling by planes as easy as possible, from their arrival in to the departure from airports, said Assistant Minister of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Communications, Zvonimir Vedris, who is leading the Croatian delegation. (hina) rm 021415 MET apr 98