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NOV 04, 2003 (newstodate): Air traffic between Canada and Russia has reached a stalemate after both countries have banned eachother's aircraft from entering their airspace.
According to Russian media, Canada's ban on Aeroflot aircraft in Canadian airspace has been explained by an alledged lack of conformity with new security regulations requiring locked cockpit security doors and cabin TV monitoring. This security gap has been vehemently denied by Russia.
The Canadian side, however, maintains that the Russian side is to blame for the current situation, which has greatly hampered commercial flights between the two countries.
-According to a year 2000-agreement, Air Canada was entitled to fly through Russian airspace on a new daily Airbus A340 route launched on October 18 between Toronto and New Delhi. Russia, however, denied access to the aircraft, says Jenni Chen, Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs, International Trade.
-Canada was forced to retaliate, reducing the number of Aeroflot flights between Moscow and Toronto from four to two weekly departures, and refusing Russian aircraft permission to enter Canadian airspace.
-Talks are currently being conducted to sort out the current problems, but in the meantime the airlines are fully responsible for compensating their passengers for any inconveniences met, says Jenni Chen.
According to Chen, the mutual ban on aircraft movements into eachother's airspace applies to passenger traffic only, while freighter flights have not been affected.
According to Russian media, Canada's ban on Aeroflot aircraft in Canadian airspace has been explained by an alledged lack of conformity with new security regulations requiring locked cockpit security doors and cabin TV monitoring. This security gap has been vehemently denied by Russia.
The Canadian side, however, maintains that the Russian side is to blame for the current situation, which has greatly hampered commercial flights between the two countries.
-According to a year 2000-agreement, Air Canada was entitled to fly through Russian airspace on a new daily Airbus A340 route launched on October 18 between Toronto and New Delhi. Russia, however, denied access to the aircraft, says Jenni Chen, Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs, International Trade.
-Canada was forced to retaliate, reducing the number of Aeroflot flights between Moscow and Toronto from four to two weekly departures, and refusing Russian aircraft permission to enter Canadian airspace.
-Talks are currently being conducted to sort out the current problems, but in the meantime the airlines are fully responsible for compensating their passengers for any inconveniences met, says Jenni Chen.
According to Chen, the mutual ban on aircraft movements into eachother's airspace applies to passenger traffic only, while freighter flights have not been affected.