Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07ANKARA2214
2007-08-28 14:03:00
SECRET
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:
TURKEY DENIES OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCE FOR IRANIAN
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S E C R E T ANKARA 002214
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/27/2017
TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC IR SY TU
SUBJECT: TURKEY DENIES OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCE FOR IRANIAN
PARS AIR FLIGHT TO SYRIA
REF: A. STATE 118934
¶B. ANKARA 2188
Classified By: Pol-Mil Counselor Carl Siebentritt, reasons 1.4 (b) (c)
and (d)
(S) MFA Aviation Department Head Hamid Olcay informed us on
August 28 that the GOT denied overflight clearance for the
Iranian air carrier PARS Air that was seeking permission for
a PARS IL-76 aircraft to cross Turkish airspace on a cargo
flight from Tehran to Aleppo, Syria (reftels). Olcay stated
that Turkey denied overflight permission because the Iranian
request had not been filed at least five days in advance of
the proposed flight as is generally required, and did not
meet the criteria for an emergency flight for which only 48
hours notice would have been needed. Olcay told us that, as
of August 28, the MFA has received no subsequent overflight
request for this flight.
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