The aviation authorities of Russia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reached an agreement on Saturday on charter cargo-passenger flights between the two countries, a source in a Russian carrier operating flights to the UAE told TASS.

"Rosaviatsiya [Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency - TASS] has permitted Arab airlines to operate all the flights they requested, so the UAE aviation authorities confirmed their permits to the Russian airlines," he said.

Russia’s low-cost carrier Pobeda, which warned the passengers about possible changes in the schedule of flights to the UAE, told TASS that it had received permission to fly the Moscow-Dubai flight on March 28.

TASS reported earlier in the day citing sources that Russian air carriers might start cancelling charter cargo and passenger flights from Moscow and St. Petersburg to the United Arab Emirates from Sunday, March 28, as the two countries’ aviation authorities had not issued permits for cargo-passenger flights for the summer flight season (which starts on Sunday).