Canada and Qatar sign an air transport agreement
Last week Qatar and Canada inked an air transport agreement that will allow carriers from each country to serve the other. Apparently. I say apparently because there has been precious little coverage of this in the Canadian media and no official Canadian government website (at the time of writing) has any information about this.
Emirates fights for Canada – Chapter 3
When it comes to the UAE-Canada Air Transport Agreement, the UAE have been playing with fire for some time, making bellicose statements threatening to close Camp Mirage. Well, it’s happened. The kill order has come down and Canadian forces are poised to exit the UAE and set up shop elsewhere.
It’s not totally clear how...
Emirates fights for Canada – Chapter 2
Last year I blogged about Emirates' displeasure at not being given unlimited access to the Canadian market. In the time that has passed their stance has not changed. They remain adamant that they are being treated unfairly and that there are adequate reasons for Transport Canada to comply with their requests demands for greater access....
Iran to ban airlines not using the term ‘Persian Gulf’
Iran has issued a stern warning that foreign airlines will be banned from flying into its airspace, unless they use the term "Persian Gulf" (rather than Arabian Gulf) on their in-flight monitors. Whether this demand is system-wide or limited to flights that cross Iranian airspace is not abundantly clear. The Iranian transport minister, Hamid Behbahani,...
