US embassy cable - 05PRAGUE1297

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CZECH REPUBLIC: NO CODESHARING WITH THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Identifier: 05PRAGUE1297
Wikileaks: View 05PRAGUE1297 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Prague
Created: 2005-09-07 05:53:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: EAIR EZ RU
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS PRAGUE 001297 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR EB/TRA/AN 
PLEASE PASS TO STEVEN HATLEY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAIR, EZ, RU 
SUBJECT: CZECH REPUBLIC: NO CODESHARING WITH THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION 
 
REF: STATE 153814 
 
Econoff met August 20 with Dr. Josef Turecky, Director 
General of Civil Aviation at the Czech Ministry of Transport, 
to deliver reftel demarche.  Turecky said that the 1967 
Czech-Russian Air Service Agreement does not contain explicit 
reference to codesharing, and codesharing does not exist 
either in practice.  Turecky added that many European 
carriers complain that they must pay overflight payments to 
Aeroflot for flying over Sibera, which is apparently 
rationalized by the GOR as a "pollution fee."  Turecky has 
provided a copy of the Czech-Russian agreement and post will 
forward it per instructions in reftel. 
CABANISS 

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