Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
03ABUDHABI3103
2003-07-01 11:38:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
UAE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY IN NO HURRY TO ALLOW
how-tonull Diana T Fritz 03/21/2007 12:24:37 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: CONFIDENTIAL SIPDIS TELEGRAM July 01, 2003 To: No Action Addressee Action: Unknown From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 3103 - ROUTINE) TAGS: EAIR, PREL, ECON, ETRD Captions: None Subject: UAE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY IN NO HURRY TO ALLOW PASSANGER FLIGHTS TO BAGHDAD Ref: None _________________________________________________________________ C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 03103 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: ECON INFO: P/M POL AMB DCM Laser1: INFO: FCS DISSEMINATION: ECON CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: A/DCM: KVAN DE VATE DRAFTED: ECON:OJOHN CLEARED: ECON:OJOHN VZCZCADI542 RR RUEHC RUEHZM RUEHDE RUEANHA RULSDMK RUCPDOC DE RUEHAD #3103 1821138 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 011138Z JUL 03 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0674 INFO RUEHZM/GCC COLLECTIVE RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI 3248 RUEANHA/FAA WASHINGTON DC RULSDMK/DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHDC RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 003103
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR NEA/ARP, EB/CBA, NEA/PPR, EB/TRA/OTP/AVP
USDOC FOR 1000/OC/
USDOC FOR 4520/ITA/IEP/ONE
USDOC FOR 4530/ITA/MAC/ONE/DGUGLIELMI
4500/ITA/MAC/DAS/WILLIAMSON
E.O. 12958: DECL 06/30/08
TAGS: EAIR PREL ECON ETRD TC
SUBJECT: UAE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY IN NO HURRY TO ALLOW
PASSANGER FLIGHTS TO BAGHDAD
REF: SECSTATE 181618
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 003103
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR NEA/ARP, EB/CBA, NEA/PPR, EB/TRA/OTP/AVP
USDOC FOR 1000/OC/
USDOC FOR 4520/ITA/IEP/ONE
USDOC FOR 4530/ITA/MAC/ONE/DGUGLIELMI
4500/ITA/MAC/DAS/WILLIAMSON
E.O. 12958: DECL 06/30/08
TAGS: EAIR PREL ECON ETRD TC
SUBJECT: UAE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY IN NO HURRY TO ALLOW
PASSANGER FLIGHTS TO BAGHDAD
REF: SECSTATE 181618
1. (U) Classified by A/DCM Tom Williams, for reasons 1.5
(B) and (D).
2. (C) Acting DCM and Econchief met with Mohammed Al-
Ghaith, the Director General of the UAE General Civil
Aviation Authority on June 29. In the course of the
conversation, Ghaith noted that Emirates Airlines had
approached him about passenger flights to Baghdad, but he
had told them that this was premature. The airport is
still closed and the security situation is too unstable.
He noted that there are a number of steps that must be
taken to reopen the airport and to reestablish passenger
flights to Baghdad. In his view, it will be 3 to 6 months
before he would be comfortable authorizing passenger
flights to Baghdad. He also noted that Emirates Airlines
was not pushing him to speed up the process.
3. (U) In a separate meeting, the MFA asked about the steps
Gulf Air needs to take to fly passenger flights to Baghdad
as soon as the airport opens. Post passed the MFA and
Civil Aviation Authority the text of Secretary Powell's
letter to Bahraini Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Mubarak
al-Khalifa.
Wahba
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR NEA/ARP, EB/CBA, NEA/PPR, EB/TRA/OTP/AVP
USDOC FOR 1000/OC/
USDOC FOR 4520/ITA/IEP/ONE
USDOC FOR 4530/ITA/MAC/ONE/DGUGLIELMI
4500/ITA/MAC/DAS/WILLIAMSON
E.O. 12958: DECL 06/30/08
TAGS: EAIR PREL ECON ETRD TC
SUBJECT: UAE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY IN NO HURRY TO ALLOW
PASSANGER FLIGHTS TO BAGHDAD
REF: SECSTATE 181618
1. (U) Classified by A/DCM Tom Williams, for reasons 1.5
(B) and (D).
2. (C) Acting DCM and Econchief met with Mohammed Al-
Ghaith, the Director General of the UAE General Civil
Aviation Authority on June 29. In the course of the
conversation, Ghaith noted that Emirates Airlines had
approached him about passenger flights to Baghdad, but he
had told them that this was premature. The airport is
still closed and the security situation is too unstable.
He noted that there are a number of steps that must be
taken to reopen the airport and to reestablish passenger
flights to Baghdad. In his view, it will be 3 to 6 months
before he would be comfortable authorizing passenger
flights to Baghdad. He also noted that Emirates Airlines
was not pushing him to speed up the process.
3. (U) In a separate meeting, the MFA asked about the steps
Gulf Air needs to take to fly passenger flights to Baghdad
as soon as the airport opens. Post passed the MFA and
Civil Aviation Authority the text of Secretary Powell's
letter to Bahraini Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Mubarak
al-Khalifa.
Wahba