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08NEWDELHI3195 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 15 to December 19, 2008, including the following: -- GOI Banking on Infrastructure Projects to Revive Faltering Economy -- Telecom Regulator Seeks Clarity on 3G Policy -- Bail-out Package for A [...] | 2008-12-19 11:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
08NIAMEY1123 | NIGER: MONTREAL CONVENTION RATIFICATION STILL UP IN THE [...] DCM and Pol Specialist delivered reftel demarche - talking points and Q and As in both French and English - to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation on November 12 and subsequently to the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation on November 25. 2. At the latter ministry, Secretar [...] | 2008-12-01 05:25:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ICAO NG |
08NIAMEY960 | Transport Minister Replaced; ANDP Technocrat Brought Back [...] (SBU) On September 14, President Tandja, acting on the recommendation of PM Oumarou, dismissed Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Kindo Hamani. Reasons cited on the street for his dismissal include difficulties encountered by importers and transport firms in moving goods from the Port of [...] | 2008-09-15 14:24:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELTN EAIR PINR NG |
08NOUAKCHOTT693 | MAURITANIA AIRWAYS: IF IT CAN SUCCEED IN [...] (C) Summary: Mauritania Airways recently celebrated its first anniversary, marking the end of a difficult year for the company. Its first year of operations has been extremely difficult and the company is struggling to stay afloat. It continues to be hampered by the reputation of the now defu [...] | 2008-11-24 09:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR EINV ELTN PGOV PREL MR |
08OTTAWA260 | CANADA: INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS AND APEC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-20 22:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC TBIO KFLU EAIR EWWT WHO APECO CA |
08PANAMA462 | EXPERTS BLAME ENGINE FAILURE FOR FATAL HELICOPTER CRASH [...] (SBU) Panama's Civil Aviation Authority (AAC) announced late June 2 that a failure of the no. 1 engine caused the May 29 SAN-100 helicopter crash that killed 11 people, including several top Chilean and Panamanian police officials (reftel). AAC Director Eustacio Fabrega told Econchief June 2 t [...] | 2008-06-03 21:58:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PGOV PM CI |
08PANAMA467 | IMPORTANCE OF USG AVIATION ASSISTANCE TO PANAMA [...] (C) In the wake of the deadly crash of Panama's sole operational National Air Service (SAN) helicopter (see reftels),and following on President Torrijos' visit to Washington in early May, the time is now for consideration of greater USG aviation assistance to Panama. As a major logistics c [...] | 2008-06-05 14:22:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR SNAR PARM MASS PREL PM |
08PANAMA714 | CODEL HAGEL WHIRLWIND TOUR OF PANAMA [...] (U) CODEL Hagel met in Panama on August 28 with President Martin Torrijos to discuss the strong bilateral relationship and Panama's economic future. In a meeting with Vice-president and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis, CODEL Hagel discussed the Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) and the Panama Ca [...] | 2008-08-29 20:58:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EWWT ETRD OVIP PM EINV EAIR |
08PARAMARIBO100 | CIVAIR: VIOLATION OF FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to Reftel and Docket No. 2007EA290018, regarding a July 26, 2007, Surinam Airways-operated Boeing 747-300 violation of Federal Aviation Regulations, Post requested Vivian Hanenberg, Director of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASAS),to provide information on C [...] | 2008-03-11 16:16:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR NS |
08PARAMARIBO335 | OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT A "STRONG POSSIBILITY" [...] (U) Summary. Terence Craig, Head of the Americas Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said there is a "strong possibility" the Government of Suriname (GOS) would sign a bilateral Open Skies agreement. Craig, a long-time fan of an Open Skies agreement, may not reflect a consolidated p [...] | 2008-08-20 17:47:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA XL NS |
08PARIS1078 | AIRBUS: FEARS OF DEFENSE TRADE CONTROLS HURT U.S. EXPORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In spite of significant efforts to accelerate processing of export control licenses at the State Department, U.S. and European aerospace companies continue to be sharply critical of the USG export control system. Their perception affects a major American export industry -- U.S. a [...] | 2008-06-05 15:54:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON ETTC KOMC ETRD EAIR PREL FR |
08PARIS1118 | OECD/Export Credits: Plenary Covers Tied Aid Project, [...] (SBU) Summary: The OECD's Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees (ECG) and the Participants to the Export Credit Arrangement (Participants) held their semi-annual plenary sessions and Aircraft Sector Understanding (ASU) meetings in Paris on April 21-25, 2008. The U.S. obtained s [...] | 2008-06-13 08:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EFIN ETRD EINV EXIM EAIR ECON OECD KCOR CH IN |
08PARIS1391 | Public-Private Partnerships in Transportation - July 16-18 [...] (U) On July 6-8, Federal Transit Deputy Administrator Sherry E. Little led a delegation of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) officials, Congressional Representatives, and private sector participants to a conference in Lyon that FTA co-sponsored with the GOF on public-private partnerships (PP [...] | 2008-07-22 17:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ETRD EAIR EWWT FR |
08PARIS1771 | AIRBUSQSYRIA TALKS ON AIRCRAFT LEASE [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Recent press reporting has speculated on the possible sale or lease of Airbus aircraft to Syria's state carrier. While the GOF has downplayed the reports, speculation has centered on ways in which a deal could be structured to sidestep [...] | 2008-09-22 15:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON ETRD EAIR PREL FR |
08PARIS1884 | AIRBUS ON SYRIA DEAL AND USG EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary: Airbus confirmed its commitment to acquiring U.S. export licenses, as necessary, for any aircraft sales to Syria. Apart from the proposed sale of 50 aircraft to Syria, Airbus expressed continuing frustration over the complicated U.S. export control and licensing procedures that [...] | 2008-10-14 15:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON ETRD EAIR PREL SY FR |
08PARIS2203 | EU AVIATION AND ENVIRONMENT SUMMIT ON EMISSIONS TRADING [...] (SBU) Summary: At the November 17-19 EU Aviation Summit in Bordeaux the GOF gave no signs of backing off commitments to include aviation in ETS, but it provided no guidance on regulating international flights. Opponents of ETS including aviation called for greater reliance on ICAO for emissio [...] | 2008-12-05 07:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KGHG SENV EIND ETRD FR |
08PARIS76 | OECD/Export Credits: Debt Sustainability Agreement Adopted; [...] (SBU) Summary: The Members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees (ECG) and the Participants to the Export Credit Arrangement (Participants) held their semi-annual plenary sessions and Aircraft Sector Understan [...] | 2008-01-14 13:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EFIN ETRD EINV EXIM EAIR ECON SENV OECD KCOR |
08PARIS850 | AIRBUS -- FORGING A CORPORATION FROM A CONSORTIUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Airbus, a division of the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS),continues to face growing pains as it evolves from a business cobbled together from national champion aviation companies in France, Germany, Spain, and the UK into a fully integrated multinational. S [...] | 2008-04-30 14:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON ETRD EAIR PREL FR |
08PARIS942 | FRANCE: AVIATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT: FOLLOW-UP ON [...] (SBU): Following last fall's Grenelle environmental consultation France adopted a number of measures to fight greenhouse gases and noise from aviation. As they prepare to assume the EU presidency, in spite of some misgivings the French appear ready to follow an EU consensus toward adoption o [...] | 2008-05-16 12:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD SENV FR |
08PARIS978 | FRANCE: ICAO AVIATION SECURITY PANEL DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche May 16 to Alexandre Crozat, Head of the Office for Civil Aviation Security Measures at the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC). Crozat stressed that France would wish to hear the ICAO discussions before coming to final decisions on these issues. Non [...] | 2008-05-22 14:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL ICAO PTER FR |
08PHNOMPENH1021 | CAMBODIA STILL CONSIDERING RATIFICATION OF [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings over the past two months, Royal Government of Cambodia officials have made slow but steady progress in evaluating the Montreal Convention. Emboffs delivered reftel demarche and talking points October 27 to Mr. Soy Samkhan, Undersecretary of State, State Secretaria [...] | 2008-12-24 08:48:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ICAO CB |
08PHNOMPENH936 | CAMBODIAN AIR CARRIER BANNED FROM EU [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission's recent decision to ban Siem Reap Airways from operating within Europe highlights significant concerns about air safety conditions in Cambodia. Future USG assistance targeting the civil aviation authorities could help to improve Cambodia's ability to e [...] | 2008-11-20 10:50:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PGOV CASC CB |
08PORTAUPRINCE1104 | HAITI - CAP HAITIEN AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS DELAYED [...] (C) Modernization and expansion of Haiti's second busiest airport -- Cap Haitien International Airport -- is experiencing delays due to Venezuela,s failure to provide promised funds, and slow provision of financing and other resources by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (TPTC). The [...] | 2008-08-01 18:46:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAIR ECON HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE1105 | HAITI - CAP HAITIEN AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS DELAYED [...] (C) Modernization and expansion of Haiti's second busiest airport -- Cap Haitien International Airport -- is experiencing delays due to Venezuela,s failure to provide promised funds, and slow provision of financing and other resources by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (TPTC). The [...] | 2008-08-01 18:46:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAIR ECON HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE117 | HAITI INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS SAID TO BE MOVING [...] (SBU) The Minister of Public Works says that Haiti is moving ahead on airport modernization, electricity generation, and road construction. A project of general airport modernization will privatize the international airport in Port-au-Prince. The Minister wants to work with TSA on upgrading [...] | 2008-01-24 14:08:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EIND EAIR HA |
08PORTLOUIS366 | DOMESTIC ISSUES MAY EXPLAIN DELAY IN MONTREAL RATIFICATION [...] On October 15, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Patrice Cure, Head of the Political Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cure said that the reasons for ratifying the Montreal Convention seemed logical and convincing. He speculated that either the process of adopting the con [...] | 2008-10-20 14:20:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ICAO MP |
08PORTOFSPAIN233 | T&T RESPONSE TO ICAO AVIATION SECURITY PANEL DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-21 17:55:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ETRD PREL TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN358 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR MID- JUNE TRHOUGH [...] China and GOTT sign loan and cooperative agreements 2. T&T to sign trade agreement with EU 3. Dubai, NYC support T&T's International Financial Center 4. T&T deposits US$200m into its sovereign wealth fund 5. No flour subsidy for T&T 6. Fuel hedge key to Caribbean Air success 7. S [...] | 2008-08-06 18:31:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR EFIN EINV EAIR KIPR SENV TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN360 | GOTT UNABLE TO PURSUE BILATERAL OPEN SKIES [...] SUMMARY: Due to the decision by CARICOM leaders in July 2007 to pursue a "coordinated response" to open skies, the GOTT is unable to entertain the USG's proposal for a bilateral open skies agreement. However, a GOTT representative indicated that open skies is a priority for the Ministry of Work [...] | 2008-08-07 11:07:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN398 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR MID-JULY THROUGH [...] Inflation reaches 11.7 % - a 14-year high 2. S&P raises T&T's long-term currency credit rating to 'A' 3. Hindu Credit Union's Assets frozen; investigation ensues 4. 1,000 Dengue Cases, GOTT Insists "No Major Crisis" 5. Security breached at Trinidad's Airport 6. USTDA awards US$390,572 gra [...] | 2008-09-02 17:25:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV EAIR SOCI TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN444 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR MID-AUGUST THROUGH [...] US$2.3 billion plastics deal signed with Europeans 2. Hill International wins $285 million project 3. T&T faces labor shortages 4. GOTT increases infrastructure borrowing authority 5. NGC benefiting from high Methanol Prices 6. GOTT gives CAL tax exemption 7. Yachtie fuel crisis resolve [...] | 2008-09-30 13:30:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV EAIR SENV ENRG KIPR SOCI TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN55 | T&T CIVIL AVIATION DG OPTIMISTIC ABOUT OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT [...] SUMMARY: The Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Trinidad and Tobago expressed optimism that a bilateral Open Skies civair agreement between the U.S. and Trinidad & Tobago could be reached as early as the end of 2008. END SUMMARY 2. In a meeting with EconOff, Ramesh Lutchmedi [...] | 2008-01-29 11:33:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN564 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FROM MID-OCTOBER [...] PM announces budget shortfall, spending cuts 2. Inflation rising, CBTT raises reserve requirements 3. Tight monetary policy slows credit growth 4. Parliament passes Financial Institution Bill 5. Bread and flour prices fall 6. Food initiatives stalled, except Cuban farm 7. Importers want [...] | 2008-12-10 11:53:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD KIPR KCRM EAIR BEXP TD |
08PRAGUE194 | CZECHS WANT EMISSIONS TRADING DISCUSSED IN ICAO; [...] Econoffs discussed the European Commission proposal to add aviation to the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS) with Ministry of Environment Office of Climate Change expert Ales Hilcer and Ministry of Transportation (MoT) Airport Infrastructure Director Katerina Malechova. The Czech Republic gene [...] | 2008-03-20 16:07:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ETRD EZ |
08PRETORIA115 | NEW CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY HEAD OUTLINES SAFETY [...] (SBU) Summary. South African Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) CEO/Commissioner Colin Jordaan discussed safety oversight and compliance with international aviation safety standards during his first interviews with the South African media. Jordaan alerted all airlines during the interviews that [...] | 2008-01-18 09:01:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR ELAB SF |
08PRETORIA122 | CODEL JOHNSON VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA, JANUARY 9-12, 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Infrastructure Chairman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) led a nine-member congressional delegation of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (including one member from the Energy and Commerce Committee) on a fact-finding mission to [...] | 2008-01-18 13:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP EAIR PGOV PINR PREL SENV SF |
08PRETORIA1648 | FAA INTERNATIONAL AVIATION SAFETY ASSESSMENT CONSULTATION [...] (U) Post has scheduled formal consultation meetings with the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) in Midrand. The consultations will begin with a kick-off meeting at the SACAA headquarters on July 30. The final outcomes meeting will take place at the Department of Transport headquar [...] | 2008-07-28 11:59:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR SF |
08PRETORIA1791 | FAA INTERNATIONAL AVIATION SAFETY ASSESSMENT CONSULTATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The FAA has successfully concluded formal International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) consultation meetings with the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA),validating South Africa's safety oversight system. Key stakeholders participated in the final outcomes meetin [...] | 2008-08-13 14:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR SF |
08PRETORIA2612 | NEW MINISTER OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES BRIGITTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Minister of Public Enterprises Brigitte Mabandla brings little technical experience to her new position as government point-person for a diverse, troubled portfolio of state-owned enterprises. There is a high probability for delay in state power utility Eskom's capital expan [...] | 2008-12-01 09:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECPS ELTN ENRG PGOV SF |
08PRETORIA2754 | SAA ANNOUNCES EXPANSION PLAN DESPITE GLOBAL DOWNTURN IN [...] (SBU) Summary. South African Airways (SAA) recently announced network expansion plans amidst a global downturn in tourism. The airline is expected to complete a two-year restructuring program in March 2009, which would allow it to increase service and implement a strategy to create hubs in Jo [...] | 2008-12-24 10:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EIND EINV SF |
08PRETORIA73 | FAA INTERNATIONAL AVIATION SAFETY ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Summary. Post delivered results of the FAA International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) to South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) officials on January 7, 2008 (reftel). Economic Counselor used the opportunity to discuss continued civil aviation cooperation including logistics f [...] | 2008-01-14 11:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR SF |
08PRETORIA937 | DOT DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA, APRIL 12-16, [...] (U) Summary. Deputy Secretary of Transportation Admiral Thomas Barrett led the U.S. delegation to the first African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Transport and Trade Forum in South Africa April 12-16. The delegation met with a wide range of transport sector officials and industry represent [...] | 2008-05-05 12:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID EAIR ELTN EWWT EIND EINV SF LI KE |
08PRISTINA166 | KOSOVO: COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC FINDS ALTERNATE ROUTES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A visit to several of Kosovo,s border crossings and customs clearance terminals highlighted functional customs operations and a steady stream of commercial traffic. Customs officials on site reported a general increase in commercial traffic for 2008, with a portion of this incr [...] | 2008-03-26 12:54:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK |
08PRISTINA243 | KOSOVO: AVOIDING CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE GAPS IF [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 15, Kosovo's constitution will enter into force. In principle, authorities currently exercised by UNMIK should be transferred to relevant Kosovo Government institutions, though the discussion of UNMIK "reconfiguration" continues and the nature of the actual transition re [...] | 2008-05-14 14:16:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK |
08PRISTINA320 | KOSOVO: TREASURY DAS ASSESSES TECHNICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasury Department Deputy Assistant Secretary Larry McDonald visited Kosovo from June 1-4 to assess Treasury,s in-country resident advisor program. In meetings with government counterparts within the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF),DAS McDonald reaffirmed Treasury,s co [...] | 2008-06-24 09:45:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK |
08PRISTINA36 | KOSOVO: COM ADVISES FINANCE MINISTER SHALA ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 15 meeting with new Minister of Economy and Finance Ahmet Shala, COM emphasized the importance of demonstrating government support for the Kosovo Serb community through implementation of meaningful projects in minority areas, with real budgetary resources behind the [...] | 2008-01-23 12:27:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK |
08PRISTINA417 | KOSOVO OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) [...] (SBU) On July 31, Embassy Pristina held a meeting to establish a Kosovo Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC). Organized by the Embassy RSO and EconOff, a select group of U.S. businesses and non-profit representatives attended the meeting to gauge the level of interest in establishing such [...] | 2008-08-12 13:51:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN KV YI |
08PRISTINA431 | KOSOVO: THE WAY FORWARD ON TRANSITION TO KOSOVO'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo's privatization process, once highlighted as an UNMIK economic success story, has ground to a halt. Nearly two months after the country's new Privatization Agency of Kosovo (PAK) was to assume the work of the Kosovo Trust Agency (KTA),an UNMIK entity, UNMIK still does no [...] | 2008-08-19 10:51:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK |
08PRISTINA517 | BATTLING CORRUPTION AND IPR VIOLATIONS: KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the endemic battle to prevent corruption in Kosovo, one notable effort stands out. Kosovo,s Independent Media Commission (IMC) recently took an unusually pro-active initiative to stop cable providers from broadcasting unlicensed television content. The IMC has struggled to i [...] | 2008-09-27 09:48:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK |
08PRISTINA561 | KOSOVO: KEK PRIVATIZATION REQUIRES RELIABLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Kosovo (GOK) has publicly announced its commitment to move forward with privatization of the distribution functions of the country's public electric utility, the Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK). While the pledge to privatize is both significant and necessary, t [...] | 2008-11-06 09:13:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK |
08PRISTINA63 | KOSOVO PREPARES FOR POST-STATUS SERBIAN EMBARGO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo is preparing for the economic consequences of an independence declaration, including the likelihood that Serbia will close the border and implement an economic embargo. Government officials and local businesses are actively engaging their colleagues and international coun [...] | 2008-02-08 18:13:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK |
08PRISTINA639 | KOSOVO: PROMOTING REFORM AND RATIONALITY IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For many Kosovars, the declaration of independence in February was a sign that tough economic times were coming to and end, leading to more development, more jobs and more benefits for all. Nearly a year after independence, Kosovars are still waiting for and expecting signific [...] | 2008-12-24 14:00:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK |
08PRISTINA85 | KOSOVO: NEW SERBIAN CUSTOMS POLICY HARDENS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After violent demonstrations temporarily closed two border crossings along the Kosovo-Serbia border last week, UNMIK Customs officers have yet to return to these crossings (Gates 1 and D31) in northern Kosovo. International police have returned to duty at these gates but logistic [...] | 2008-02-26 18:45:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK |
08QUITO404 | THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM? CORREA'S NEW TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met with the third Transport Minister of President Correa's administration, Jorge Marun, on May 5, and was told that President Correa "wants an Open Skies agreement." Marun, a civil engineer by trade who is from the agricultural province of Bolivar, has the air of a [...] | 2008-05-06 21:15:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRN EAIR SENV EC |
08QUITO452 | CARRIERS STILL FIGHTING QUITO AIRPORT FEES [...] (SBU) Summary: Resolution remains elusive in the drawn-out debate over charges paid by international air carriers to the Quito airport concession operator Quiport. Quiport offered to defer all airport fee increases until the new airport opens in 2010, but the airlines disagree with a contrac [...] | 2008-05-22 21:10:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV EFIN EC |
08QUITO986 | CIVAIR ECUADOR UPDATE: TRAVEL AGENT FEES AND AIRPORT FEES [...] (SBU) Summary. Per reftel A demarche, Emboffs urged U/S of Aviation Guillermo Bernal not to set minimum travel agent fees, but Bernal favors regulation to protect small travel agents. On a separate aviation matter, foreign carriers reached agreement with the Quito airport concessionaire on a [...] | 2008-10-15 13:31:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EC |
08RABAT103 | MARRAKECH AEROEXPO - LOCKHEED MARTIN OVERSHADOWS DASSAULT [...] (U) In the first aviation trade show of its kind in North Africa, 300 exhibitors from 12 countries gathered for Morocco's inaugural Aeroexpo at the Marrakech airport, January 23-25. Planned as a biannual event, Aeroexpo Marrakech 2008 showcased Morocco's growing aeronautical industry while at [...] | 2008-02-01 12:24:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON MO |
08RABAT150 | EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS [...] (S/NF) Summary: S/CT Amb. Dell Dailey and NEA DAS Gray visited Morocco February 7-8 to discuss enhancing security cooperation and especially countering the flow of Moroccan foreign fighters into Iraq. Amb. Dailey asked the highest level of concerned GOM officials to assert pressure on Syria [...] | 2008-02-19 09:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER EAIR PINR PREL OVIP MO |
08RABAT289 | TOURISM: ENGINE TO PROGRESS [...] Summary: In 2007, Morocco posted its highest tourist numbers on record, attracting 7.4 million visitors, a 13 percent increase over 2006. Morocco is on track to achieve its goal of 10 million visitors by 2010, in line with the target of its Vision 2010 program for the sector. In addition to [...] | 2008-04-04 16:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | ELTN EINV ELAB EAIR MO |
08RABAT495 | MOROCCAN EFFORTS TO STOP THE FLOW OF FOREIGN [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Mission has followed up with appropriate Moroccan officials regarding the flow of foreign fighters (FF) to Iraq (Ref A) and determined that the Moroccan security services are actively engaged in preventing FF from leaving the country. Morocco is well aware that the USG c [...] | 2008-05-30 13:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PTER EAIR PREL MO |
08RANGOON16 | QATAR AIR "TO SUSPEND" OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Although Qatar Airways will stop direct flights between Doha and Rangoon on January 20 (Ref A),Qatar Airways Area Director Shahab Attarzadeh emphasized that the airline is not pulling out, but is only "suspending" operations. Since September, Qatar Airways has seen a 70 percen [...] | 2008-01-11 04:37:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | BM EAIR ECON PGOV PREL |
08RANGOON167 | AIR BAGAN CRASH RAISES SAFETY QUESTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Air Bagan, one of regime crony Tay Za's companies included on the targeted U.S. sanctions list, continues to grapple with technical and safety issues as its planes experience more difficulties, including a crash in Putao, Northern Kachin State, on February 19. Twenty passengers [...] | 2008-03-04 09:43:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV EAIR BM |
08RANGOON192 | AIR BAGAN SAFETY ISSUES UNCOVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-12 09:39:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV EAIR CASC ASEC BM |
08RANGOON22 | AIR BAGAN SPIRALS DEEPER INTO DEBT [...] (C) Summary. Bad management decisions and the cumulative effect of targeted U.S. sanctions have caused Air Bagan to lose close to $7 million since May 2007. Crippled by costly airplane leases and lack of passengers, Air Bagan's General Manager complained that because the company will not p [...] | 2008-01-14 10:43:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV EAIR BM |
08RANGOON307 | BURMA: MYANMAR AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL DOWN, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary. Myanmar Airways International (MAI),one of Burma's two international airlines, recently lost one of its planes due to the sudden cancellation of its wet-lease contract and was forced to halt flights to Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur beginning on April 24. Although it just signed a o [...] | 2008-05-02 10:19:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV EAIR BM |
08RANGOON4 | MYANMAR AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL TO RESUME FLIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. Myanmar Airways International (MAI),a joint venture between the Burmese Government and Region Air of Singapore, will resume flights to Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur beginning January 15, 2008. In October, MAI halted its international flights when the company could no longer afford [...] | 2008-01-07 08:39:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL EAIR BM |
08RANGOON664 | THE SKY IS FALLING ON BURMA,S AVIATION INDUSTRY [...] (C) Summary. Burma's five domestic and international airlines continue to struggle, as a 50 percent reduction in tourism levels since 2007 and skyrocketing fuel costs have made it harder for them to turn a profit. In the past three months, Burmese airlines have significantly reduced domesti [...] | 2008-08-15 05:25:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV EAIR BM |
08RANGOON693 | BURMA: BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANIES TO DIVEST FROM [...] (C) Summary. Aviation industry officials confirm that at least two Lloyds of London insurance underwriters, RFIB and Munich Re, will divest from Burma by not automatically renewing their reinsurance contracts. The divestment -- at least partially the result of pressure from Burma Campaign [...] | 2008-08-28 08:19:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV EAIR EWWT BM |
08RANGOON710 | BURMA: MAI LEASES AIR BAGAN PLANE [...] (C) Myanmar Airways International (MAI),one of Burma's two international carriers, recently signed a three-month lease with Air Bagan for a Fokker 100, which will service its flights from Rangoon to Bangkok. MAI assured us that potential safety concerns were addressed through a third party [...] | 2008-09-08 09:36:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV EAIR CASC ASEC BM |
08RANGOON717 | BURMA: GOB PROPPING UP AIR BAGAN [...] (C) Air Bagan, owned by regime crony Tay Za, continues to suffer financially due to loss of insurance, lack of customers, and international sanctions. Nevertheless, the GOB refuses to allow Air Bagan to collapse. Air Bagan recently obtained Russian reinsurance after Lloyds of London underw [...] | 2008-09-11 09:51:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV EAIR BM |
08REYKJAVIK123 | ICELANDIC AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS END THEIR BRIEF ANNOUNCED [...] (U) In early June, Icelandic air traffic controllers demanded better pay, hours and working conditions and declared if their demands were not met, they would strike for four hours daily beginning June 27. No agreement on these issues was reached and the controllers began the announced strike o [...] | 2008-06-27 16:46:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR IC |
08RIGA211 | LATVIAN RESPONSE ON AVIATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-24 14:41:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD SENV EUN LG |
08RIGA671 | Lithuanian airline files suit against AirBaltic [...] This is a joint cable from Embassies Riga and Vilnius. 2. Summary: Private Lithuanian airline, FlyLAL, and Latvia's national airline, AirBaltic, are involved in an increasingly nasty dispute centered on AirBaltic's pricing of flights out of Vilnius. FlyLAL alleges that AirBaltic is using the [...] | 2008-11-03 15:33:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN ETRD LG LH |
08RIODEJANEIRO144 | Rio de Janeiro Pol-Econ Round-Up April-May 2008 [...] The following are highlights of Political/Economic activity in Rio de Janeiro's reporting district during the months of April-May 2008. - Rio's Former Governor Indicted, Former Police Chief Arrested - Militias Torture Journalists - Brazil Plans for More Nuclear Power Plants - Rio Official [...] | 2008-06-12 15:16:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EIND EAIR ECON PGOV PHUM KCRM KOCI SOCI SNAR BR |
08RIODEJANEIRO239 | Rio de Janeiro Pol/Econ Round-Up, July/August 2008 [...] The following are highlights of Political/Economic activity in Rio de Janeiro's reporting district during the months of July-August 2008. - GOB Considers Privatizing Rio International Airport - Armed Forces Deployed to Rio for Municipal Elections - Former Rio Governors Indicted for Corrupt [...] | 2008-09-09 18:59:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET EAIR PGOV PHUM KCRM KCOR KPLS SNAR SOCI BR |
08RIODEJANEIRO89 | Minister of Industry and Commerce Discusses Possible [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 8, 2008, Brazilian Minister of Industry and Commerce Miguel Jorge and Ambassador Sobel discussed Minister Jorge's upcoming visit to Washington DC for the CEO Forum Meeting at the end of April. Ambassador Sobel stressed the importance of showing concrete results from the [...] | 2008-04-14 14:43:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN EINV EAIR CMGT CVIS PGOV PREL BR |
08ROME1231 | ALITALIA STILL FLIES UNDER THE ITALIAN FLAG BUT AT [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Berlusconi appears to have achieved his campaign promise to save Alitalia and keep it Italian. On September 29 the last of Alitalia's nine unions signed onto a deal for a consortium of Italian business to purchase the carrier. This signals an end to the almost two-year [...] | 2008-10-03 15:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON IT PGOV |
08ROME1242 | ALITALIA'S SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR GIVES ASSURANCE [...] (SBU) Toward the end of negotiations to secure a purchaser or reorganization for Alitalia, Post learned that the Export-Import Bank of the United States had guaranteed a Barclay's Bank loan to Alitalia for the purchase six Boeing 777s. In an October 7 phone call, Augusto Fantozzi, Alitalia's g [...] | 2008-10-08 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR IT PGOV |
08ROME777 | GOI MIN TRANSPORT ASKS EU TRANSPORT COMMISSIONER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Econ Couns met with Achille Vinci-Giacchi, Diplomatic Advisor to the Italian Minister of Transport, and with Massimo Gaiani, GOI's Director of the Secretariat for Coordinating European Union (EU) Affairs, to encourage the GOI to raise concerns about the EU's proposed aviation Emis [...] | 2008-06-20 07:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD SENV IT |
08ROME857 | CIVAIR: ITALY'S ENAC REPRIMANDS SOLFANELLI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-09 13:58:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR IT |
08SANAA208 | APPROACH TO AIRLINES ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS - YEMENIA [...] (U) PolOff presented reftel PowerPoint to Capt. Abdul Kalek Al-kadi, chairman of Yemenia Airways, on February 2. The captain assured PolOff of all cooperation possible in this area. 2. (S) Al-kadi prefaced the meeting by saying that the ROYG and Yemenia Airways were already taking steps to [...] | 2008-02-06 10:09:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | EAIR ECON PTER YM |
08SANJOSE195 | CODEL COSTELLO REVIEWS CIVIL AVIATION [...] SUMMARY. On March 1-4, a Congressional delegation (CODEL) led by the Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Jerry Costello (D-IL) visited Costa Rica to review the aircraft repair operations of Cooperativa Autogestionaria de Servicios Aeroindustriales R.L. (COOPESA). COOPESA has ongoing offshore repai [...] | 2008-03-12 19:27:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAIR SNAR CS |
08SANJOSE861 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MONTREAL CONVENTION AND COSTA [...] (U) Econoffs met with officials of the Direccion General Aviacion Civil (DGAC) on October 28 to urge the GOCR to ratify the Montreal Convention (reftel). DGAC officials, led by DG Jorge Fernandez Chacon, affirmed the GOCR's commitment to the principles of the Convention and their interest in [...] | 2008-10-31 22:04:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | CS EAIR ECON ICAO |
08SANSALVADOR247 | SCENESETTER: VISIT OF CODEL COSTELLO [...] Embassy San Salvador welcomes you and your delegation to El Salvador. El Salvador is one of our strongest allies in the Western Hemisphere, and is a bedrock of economic and political stability in the region. Your visits to the Aeroman aircraft maintenance facility will highlight an expanding [...] | 2008-02-28 22:18:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR MARR PREL ES |
08SANSALVADOR324 | Codel Costello Visits ES Aircraft Maintenance Facility [...] Summary. A 16 person Congressional delegation led by Jerry Costello (D-IL) visited El Salvador February 28 - March 1. The primary purpose of the visit was to see the Aeroman aircraft maintenance facility. The CODEL also met with other aviation and transportation officials in the public and p [...] | 2008-03-17 20:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP EAIR ECON SNAR |
08SANSALVADOR667 | DEMARCHE - ICAO SPLIT CURRENCY ASSESSMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-09 13:15:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ETRD ES |
08SANTIAGO935 | MONTREAL CONVENTION OF 1999: CHILE'S RATIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 17:54:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ICAO CI |
08SANTODOMINGO141 | U.S. CONSORTIUM TO BUY DOMINICAN AIRPORT [...] (C) The operations manager for Aerodom (Dominican Airports International 21st Century),which manages the airport operations concessions for six of the Dominican Republic's eight international airports, including Las Americas International Airport in Santo Domingo, confidentially informed ECON [...] | 2008-01-29 13:10:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR EINV DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1456 | SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, [...] Open Skies Agreements with Panama and Canada 2. U.S. Company Purchases Airport Operations 3. Bank Fraud Conviction Upheld 4. Venezuela: Scandal Over Houses Donated to Storm Victims 5. Unions Press for Wage Increase  [...] | 2008-09-18 12:42:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ELAB EFIN ECON PGOV VE PM CA DR |
08SAOPAULO301 | U.S. AIRLINES DIFFER AHEAD OF BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. aviation companies are of a mixed mind about expanded passenger routes between the United States and Brazil. On the one hand, rising fuel prices and a tightening market globally are weighing on the business decisions of the four U.S. carriers operating in Brazil (American [...] | 2008-06-13 15:25:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL PGOV ECON EINV BEXP BR |
08SAOPAULO471 | JETBLUE FOUNDER LAUNCHES BRAZILIAN AIRLINE AZUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: By the end of 2008, start-up airline Azul Linhas Aereas (Blue Airlines),the fourth airline started by JetBlue founder David Neeleman, will be poised to initiate its inaugural flight in Brazil. With a business plan replicating JetBlue's, Neeleman is building the new airline wi [...] | 2008-09-05 16:17:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV BEXP BR |
08SAOPAULO49 | BRAZIL: INFRASTRUCUTRE COOPERATION AND SECURITY ISSUES: [...] (SBU) Ambassador met January 28 with Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra to follow up on previous discussions of cooperation between the state government and the USG on law enforcement and public security issues. He also conveyed USG's interest in supporting Brazil's efforts to develop its physical [...] | 2008-02-01 13:54:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR EINV EFIN BEXP ASEC KJUS EAIR BR |
08SAOPAULO664 | AZUL AIRLINES "TAKES-OFF" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Consulate officers attended the inaugural demonstration flight of new low-cost Brazilian airline, Azul Airlines, on December 2. While Azul had originally wanted its hub to be from the local Santos Dumont airport in Rio de Janeiro, they will be operating from the Campinas airpo [...] | 2008-12-12 17:29:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV BEXP BR |
08SAOPAULO90 | BRAZIL CIVAIR: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH US AIRLINES [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 19 the Ambassador met with representatives from U.S. carriers American, Delta, and United Airlines to elicit their views on the Sao Paulo International Airport Guarulhos (GRU) parking fee dispute, follow up on bilateral aviation negotiations, discuss the domestic and i [...] | 2008-02-26 10:33:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL PGOV ECON EINV BEXP BR |
08SARAJEVO596 | BOSNIA - MANPADS OUTREACH [...] (S) Special Envoy for MANPADS Threat Reduction, Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., visited Sarajevo from March 19-21 to discuss with Bosnian and international law enforcement and security officials the possibility of remaining unsecured MANPADS in Bosnia. Ambassador Bloomfield stressed that if a blac [...] | 2008-04-01 16:00:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET | PREL PARM EAIR MCAP MARR BK |
08SEOUL22 | ROKG SUPPORTS PROPOSED GI MODEL GUIDELINES DOCUMENT [...] (C) On December 7, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Kim Jae-woo, Deputy Director, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). In a follow-up meeting January 4, Kim told poloff that the ROKG supports the vision and outline of the proposed Glob [...] | 2008-01-04 06:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PTER EAIR ETRD PREL PINR PINS KNNP KGIC |
08SEOUL362 | SEOUL RESPONSE: REQUEST TO HOLD U.S.-ORIGIN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 6. 2. (S/NF) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MOFAT) Divisions of Disarmament and Nonproliferation, and Security and Counter-Terrorism Cooperation took immediate action following our reftel demarche on February 23. Non-prolifer [...] | 2008-02-25 08:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET//NOFORN | EAIR ETRD ETTC KLIG PREL IR KS UK |
08SEOUL422 | SEOUL UPDATE ON 747 AIRCRAFT BOUND FOR IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 5. 2. (S/NF) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) officials in the Divisions of Disarmament and Nonproliferation, and the Middle East discussed Ref (C) responses with Embassy officers on March 3. MOFAT had received the USG replie [...] | 2008-03-04 03:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET//NOFORN | EAIR ETRD ETTC KLIG PREL IR KS UK |
08SEOUL576 | KOREAN AIR AGREES TO COMPLY WITH TDO ON 747 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 5. 2. (S/NF) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MOFAT) Disarmament and Nonproliferation Director Lee Jang-kuen called in Emboffs March 22 to discuss the results of the ROKG's interagency meeting held yesterday on Ref (E) demarche [...] | 2008-03-22 05:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET//NOFORN | EAIR ETRD ETTC PTER PREL KLIG KS UK IR GR |
08SEOUL796 | MOFAT DEPUTY MINISTER REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL LEGAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 4. 2. (S/NF) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MOFAT) Deputy Minister for Multilateral, Global and Legal Affairs OH Joon called in the Charge on April 18 to request an update on Balli Group's (BG) compliance with Commerce's Temp [...] | 2008-04-18 07:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET//NOFORN | EAIR ETRD ETTC PTER PREL KLIG KS UK IR GR |
08SHANGHAI12 | CHINA EASTERN - SINGAPORE AIRLINES DEAL: BELLWETHER FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 8, China Eastern Airlines (CEA) shareholders rebuffed a deal that would have allowed Singapore International Airlines (SIA) to buy a strategic share of the company. The move has sparked a wave of speculation regarding the meaning for CEA and the greater airline indu [...] | 2008-01-11 11:38:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ELTN ECPS ETRD EFIN CH |
08SHANGHAI121 | SENATOR MCCASKILL'S SHANGHAI VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Claire McCaskill(D-MO) visited Shanghai on March 22-25 and met with Shanghai Deputy Mayor Tang Dengjie and Shanghai Municipal Peoples Congress (SMPC) Deputy Chairman Zhou Yupeng. Deputy Mayor Tang discussed Shanghai's goals of becoming the commercial, trade, finance and [...] | 2008-03-27 02:22:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EAIR PREL OREP CH |
08SHANGHAI256 | COUNTDOWN TO CROSS-STRAIT FLIGHTS: VIEW FROM SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Shanghai is watching closely as China and Taiwan prepare to implement a recently negotiated agreement launching weekend cross-Strait charter flights and opening Taiwan to Mainland tourists. Local travel companies Shanghai Airlines and Shanghai CYTS Tours seem positive on the [...] | 2008-07-03 02:44:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PREL ECON SOCI CH TW |
08SHANGHAI296 | SHANGHAI CUSTOMS: EMPHASIS ON TRANSPARENCY AND CUSTOMER [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 22 meeting, the Shanghai Customs Director General Sun Yibiao welcomed the "close relationship" between Customs and the Consulate over the past three years and discussed areas for future cooperation. Sun emphasized the importance of input from the Consulate and the U.S [...] | 2008-08-01 05:46:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV ECON BEXP KIPR EAIR CH |
08SHANGHAI571 | SHANGHAI COFCOM DG: SHANGHAI'S ECONOMY ON SOLID GROUND, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a courtesy call with Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce (Shanghai COFCOM) Director General Sha Hailin, the Consul General discussed a wide range of economic and business-related issues, including Shanghai's response to the financial crisis, the city's long-term pl [...] | 2008-12-23 02:51:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB EAIR CH |
08SKOPJE301 | MACEDONIA: CHARTER FLIGHT BARRED FROM GREEK [...] (SBU) On April 28, an Egypt-bound Macedonian Airlines (MAT) charter flight was denied overflight rights for Greece without any explanation. This first-ever denial of overflight rights, coupled with other irritants such as the lack of a Greek government reply to Macedonia's request to purchase [...] | 2008-05-02 14:33:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO EAIR MK GR |
08SOFIA224 | BULGARIA SUPPORTS EU EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME [...] (SBU) We delivered REFTEL questions to Irina Petrova, Director of European Integration, International Regulations and Economy Regulations Directorate, of the Directorate General Civil Aviation Administration. Bulgaria does support the EC's legislative proposal to extend the EU Emissions Tra [...] | 2008-04-15 11:32:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD EUN SENV BU |
08SOFIA281 | BULGARIA CIVAIR: FAA REQUEST FOR FINAL DISCUSSIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-30 15:56:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON BU |
08SOFIA344 | BULGARIA CIVAIR: FAA UPGRADES BULGARIA TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a second round of discussions on May 21, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) upgraded Bulgaria's Directorate General Civil Aviation Administration (DGCAA) to Category 1 status, opening the possibility of eventual direct flights between the United States and Sofia by [...] | 2008-05-30 11:03:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON BU |
08STATE105626 | TSA REVIEW TEAMS VISITS [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Summary and action request: In response to the recent general increase in terrorist activity in the broader Middle East and South Asia, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) plans to temporarily increase its monitorin [...] | 2008-10-02 20:15:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAIR KTER UA KU QA |
08STATE132204 | CIVAIR INDIA: GROUND HANDLING DEMARCHE [...] This is an action message ) please see para 9. SUMMARY ------- 2. Washington agencies have learned, through Post and media reporting, that the Government of India plans to implement a new ground handling policy at major metropolitan airports in India. We understand the proposed Indian [...] | 2008-12-17 20:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR IN |
08STATE133521 | PNR AGREEMENT: DELIVERY OF PROPOSAL VIA [...] This message contains an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. Embassy is requested to deliver on a priority basis the text at paragraph 4 in the form of a diplomatic note to Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Confederation (DFA). The proposal conveyed in the note, on the tr [...] | 2008-12-22 18:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ASEC SZ |
08STATE13631 | ICAO: INCORPORATION OF TRANSPORT OFFENSES IN [...] Work is underway in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to amend the Montreal and The Hague aviation security conventions to strengthen their provisions against aviation-related terrorist acts. In November 2007, as a result of successful U.S. and Australian outreach (reftel) [...] | 2008-02-08 23:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR ICAO KNNP OTRA KTIA PARM XX |
08STATE15047 | RUSSIAN AIR NAVIGATION FEES POLICY [...] (U) This message provides interim guidance to post on handling diplomatic clearance requests for U.S. official state flights through or into Russian territorial airspace. 2. (C) Background: Effective 1 November 2007, the government of Russia (GOR) implemented a new policy with respect to [...] | 2008-02-13 21:20:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON AMGT PREL RS |
08STATE16583 | TURKEY OPPOSES ICAO PLANS TO TRANSFER SAR [...] (U) This cable responds to Ref A's request for instructions. 2. (SBU) Ref A sought Department instructions for responding to the Turkish government's request for U.S. support in opposing plans of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to transfer Search and Rescue (SAR) respo [...] | 2008-02-19 19:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ICAO AORC PREL CY TU |
08STATE18141 | SUPPORTING THE USG'S PROPOSAL FOR CIVIL AVIATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-22 20:09:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO EAIR PREL AF |
08STATE18214 | U.S-RUSSIA STATE FLIGHTS DISPUTE: RUSSIA REMAINS [...] (C) Summary: On January 25, Russian and American delegations, led by Alexander Neradko, Head of the Russian Federal Air Navigation Authority (FANA),and PM Senior Advisor Ambassador Jackson McDonald, respectively, reviewed and reaffirmed their existing positions regarding payment of air naviga [...] | 2008-02-22 22:35:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR AMGT FAA RS |
08STATE18255 | REQUEST FOR KOREA TO HOLD CIVILIAN U.S.-ORIGIN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-23 00:29:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | EAIR ETRD ETTC IR KS PARM PREL UK |
08STATE2712 | KUDOS FOR JAPANESE MISSION REPORTING [...] (U) We in Washington once again wish to take this opportunity to recognize the consistently outstanding reporting produced by Embassy Tokyo and the consulates in Japan. Your insightful and timely analyses really do influence the way that U.S. policy is made. We would like to call special att [...] | 2008-01-09 22:54:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EAGR EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL JA |
08STATE66361 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE TO CONVEY HELICOPTER FLIGHT [...] This is an Action Request - see para 3. 2. Two U.S. citizens have requested USG assistance in transmitting their private request for flight clearance to the Russian Federal Air Navigation Authority (FANA). These individuals seek to circumnavigate the globe by helicopter and so must fly t [...] | 2008-06-20 00:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON RS |
08STATE66778 | FAA RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE [...] This is an Action request -- see para 3. 2. The Federal Aviation Administration requests that Embassy Moscow transmit the attached text to the appropriate Russian authorities in response to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs diplomatic note No. 2307 in which the GOR requests USG assistance c [...] | 2008-06-20 20:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON RS |
08STATE66780 | FAA RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN DIPLOMATIC NOTE [...] This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. Post is instructed to deliver the following response to the Russian Government's request for an FAA investigation into a safety-related incident at Emelyanovo airport involving a U.S.-registered private aircraft in November 2007. 3. Begin [...] | 2008-06-20 20:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON RS |
08STATE67468 | PAYMENT OF NAVIGATION AND OTHER FEES FOR U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable responds to post's request for guidance on the offer by the Turkmenistan National Civil Aviation Service (THY) to cease charging air navigation fees for U.S. aircraft that land at Ashgabat Airport (Ref A),and communicates the May 27, 2008 determination of the Aviatio [...] | 2008-06-23 23:24:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS PREL TX US |
08STATE81957 | CIVAIR SURINAME--TIME FOR OPEN SKIES? [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 6 and 13. 2. Summary. Surinamese Transportation officials met with DOT and DOS on July 8 to discuss Suriname Airways' planned flights to the United States. During the meeting, the GOS had numerous questions about our bilateral air servi [...] | 2008-07-30 15:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA XL NS |
08STATE87342 | CIVAIR MEXICO: DESIGNATION OF U.S. CARRIER [...] This is an action message. Please see para 2. 2. Action requested: Washington agencies request that Post designate the following U.S. carrier by delivering to GOM officials the following diplomatic note. Please fax a copy of the delivered note to EEB/TRA/AN for Dan Hutchens at 202-647-914 [...] | 2008-08-14 13:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA MX |
08STATE87345 | CIVAIR BRAZIL: WITHDRAWAL/DESIGNATION AND [...] This is an action message. Please see para 2. 2. Action requested: Washington agencies request Post designate the U.S. carriers listed below and reallocate weekly frequencies available to each carrier by delivering the following diplomatic note to GOB officials. Please scan and email the [...] | 2008-08-14 13:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | BR EAIR KTIA |
08STATE87351 | CIVAIR BRAZIL: WITHDRAWAL/DESIGNATION AND [...] This is an action message. Please see para 2. 2. Action requested: Washington agencies request Post designate the U.S. carriers listed below and reallocate weekly frequencies available to each carrier by delivering the following diplomatic note to GOB officials. Please scan and email the [...] | 2008-08-14 13:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | BR EAIR KTIA |
08STATE98684 | CHINA CIVAIR: UPS REQUESTS USG ADVOCACY [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: As Post is aware, U.S. cargo carriers continue to experience difficulties getting their operating schedules approved by the General Administration of Civil Aviation in China (CAAC). Recently, the CAAC informed UPS that its 20 [...] | 2008-09-15 21:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH EAIR KTIA |
08TAIPEI1539 | MAC CHAIR LAI SHIN-YUAN PREVIEWS UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary. On October 29, AIT Director Young met with the chairwoman of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC),Lai Shin-yuan for a preview of the agenda and substance of the November 3-7 talks between the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and China's Association for Relations Across the T [...] | 2008-10-30 10:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAIR EWWT PGOV TW CH |
08TAIPEI831 | TAIWAN AND PRC RESUME CROSS-STRAIT DIALOGUE, SIGN [...] (C) Summary: On June 13, P.K. Chiang (Pin-kung),Chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF),and Chen Yunlin, Chairman of the PRC's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS),signed two agreements in Beijing, one on weekend passenger charter flights and the other [...] | 2008-06-13 11:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAIR ETRD CH TW |
08TAIPEI860 | SEF CHAIRMAN P.K. CHIANG ON CROSS-STRAIT TALKS AND [...] (C) Summary: Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman P.K. Chiang told the Director on June 17 he was pleased with the results of the June 11-14 talks in Beijing with China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS). Chiang said the two agreements on passenger charter flight [...] | 2008-06-18 10:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS ECON ETRD EINV EAIR EFIS CH |
08TALLINN148 | ESTONIA PLANS NO ENVIRONMENTAL TAXES ON [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche talking points to the Chief of the Maritime and Aviation Department of the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communication, Mr. Aivo Lind. 2. (U) On April 18, Lind told us that the GOE has not implemented, nor is it planning to implement in the nea [...] | 2008-04-25 13:06:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD SENV EUN EN |
08TASHKENT1277 | UZBEKISTAN: MAJOR DEALS FOR GM AND BOEING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Last week saw the signing of two major deals between U.S. corporations and counterparts in Uzbekistan. On October 27 General Motors (GM) informed us privately that it had agreed with the Uzbek Government on building a new engine and transmission plant near Tashkent. Almost sim [...] | 2008-11-05 09:17:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL UZ |
08TASHKENT384 | GOVERNMENT OF UZBEKISTAN PROTESTS U.S. CIVILIAN [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see Paragraph 3. 2. (U) The Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) informed Post via diplomatic note on March 27 that according to its aviation authorities, the aircrew of B-772 (sic) Continental Airlines Flight SOA-49 violated Uzbekistan's airpsace on March [...] | 2008-03-31 13:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL PBTS UZ |
08TASHKENT564 | GOVERNMENT OF UZBEKISTAN PROTESTS ANOTHER U.S. [...] (U) On May 13, the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) informed Post via diplomatic note that according to its aviation authorities, the aircrew of G-550 Pentastar Aviation Airlines Flight N940DC violated Uzbekistan's overflight procedures on April 22. The flight was en-route to Helsinki from Mumba [...] | 2008-05-19 11:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL PBTS UZ |
08TASHKENT659 | BOEING UZBEKISTAN: DAMAGE CONTROL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Boeing is in the midst of negotiations to replace 787 Dreamliners it had contracted to deliver to Uzbekistan Airways with 767s. Assuming the negotiations conclude successfully, it is expected the new contract will be signed later this summer. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Ambassador [...] | 2008-06-12 08:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL UZ |
08TEGUCIGALPA1137 | GOVERNMENT OF HONDURAS PICKS LEAST OBTRUSIVE [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Honduras announced December 17 that it had signed a contract to build a small civilian terminal at the northwest end of the runway, away from the area used by U.S. and Honduran forces. The Embassy worked behind the scenes to encourage a plan that did not interf [...] | 2008-12-18 22:09:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PREL EAIR HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA527 | IN REPONSE TO CRASH OF TACA 390, PRESIDENT ZELAYA [...] (C) Summary: Following the May 30 crash of Taca flight 390 in which 5 people were killed, President Manuel Zelaya immediately closed the Tegucigalpa airport at Toncontin and announced that commercial flights would be sent to the airstrip at Soto Cano, which houses U.S. Joint Task Force-Bravo. [...] | 2008-06-02 22:55:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL EAIR HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA541 | AT A HIGH COST OF LIVES AND MONEY, ZELAYA [...] (C) SUMMARY and ACTION REQUEST: Twelve days after the TACA 390 crash at Tegucigalpa's Toncontin International airport (Reftel A),the initial investigation points mostly to pilot error, and the fuselage should be completely removed from the highway by Wednesday. President Zelaya has found hims [...] | 2008-06-10 23:37:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EFIN ECON MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PBPTS PGOV |
08TEGUCIGALPA567 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT OF [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Deputy Secretary Negroponte June 5, Roberto Micheletti, who is a leading candidate for the Liberal Party nomination to succeed Manuel Zelaya as President next year, expressed considerable anxiety about the current state of affairs in Honduras. He was clear in e [...] | 2008-06-16 22:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECPS EPET EAIR HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA583 | POLITICS BEHIND RUSH TO COMMERCIALIZE SOTO CANO [...] (C) Summary: President Zelaya's rush decision to ban large aircraft from Tegucigalpa's Toncontin Airport and prepare the Soto Cano military airfield at Palmerola for commercial passenger flights appears to be motivated by a complex web of political considerations of which the safety and conveni [...] | 2008-06-18 23:52:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PGOV PREL MARR HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA637 | ZELAYA RELENTS ON TONCONTIN BUT PUSHES AHEAD ON [...] (C) Summary: Normal flights are expected to resume at Tegucigalpa's Toncontin Airport this week, more than five weeks after a Taca Airlines crash landing prompted President Zelaya to restrict operations there to small aircraft. Zelaya reversed himself over the weekend after the release of flig [...] | 2008-07-07 20:38:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PGOV PREL MARR HO |
08TELAVIV2840 | ISRAEL CIVAIR: GOI NOTIFIED OF CAT 2 STATUS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post notified Director-General of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Giora Romm on Thursday, December 18 of the Federal Aviation Authority's findings and the designation of Israel as Category 2, Not in Compliance with international standards for aviation safety oversight under the [...] | 2008-12-18 14:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON IS |
08THEHAGUE188 | ARUBA GENERAL AVIATION PRE-CLEARANCE AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-27 16:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAIR PINS KTIA NL AA |
08THEHAGUE331 | DUTCH MOVING AHEAD WITH CONTROVERSIAL AVIATION TAX [...] (C) SUMMARY: The new Dutch aviation tax is on track to take effect July 1, despite opposition from parts of the business community and the public. A March 19 court ruling dismissed complaints brought by the air travel industry, clearing a potential obstacle to implementation. Dutch aviation [...] | 2008-04-10 15:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD SENV EUN NL |
08THEHAGUE502 | NETHERLANDS: ADDRESSING FINANCIAL RISK AT THE ICAO [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche May 30 to Eline Attema, Senior Policy Advisor for Market Access and International Aviation, Civil Aviation Directorate, Ministry of Transport. Attema subsequently informed Econoff on June 9 that her Ministry has taken the U.S. points on board and better [...] | 2008-06-10 12:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN AORC EAIR ICAO NL |
08THEHAGUE885 | NETHERLANDS: GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY SPLIT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although clear, objective data has yet to be published, the Dutch government and industry remain divided over the new aviation "green" tax's impact on Dutch airports and passenger numbers. The tax will likely have only limited commercial implications for U.S. passengers and carrie [...] | 2008-10-21 10:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD SENV EUN NL |
08THEHAGUE998 | RC-SOUTH BILATERALS, NOVEMBER 13, THE HAGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The day prior to the Regional-Command South (RC-South) Senior Officials Meeting in The Hague on November 14, 2008, DAS Patrick Moon had bilateral meetings with delegations from Australia, Estonia, Romania, United Kingdom, Denmark, and The Netherlands. Because of logistical issues [...] | 2008-12-02 13:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAIR MOPS AF AS CA DA EN NL RO UK |
08THESSALONIKI63 | PM KARAMANLIS: STAY THE COURSE ON REFORMS, NO EARLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In his annual speech on economic policy at the Thessaloniki Trade Fair, PM Karamanlis promised to continue implementing the GoG's reform agenda, despite the global economic crisis and lack of public enthusiasm. Greece needs to reform its ineffective public sector, further reduce [...] | 2008-09-10 07:06:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAIR PREL MK RU GG GR |
08TOKYO1021 | MLIT DG SUZUKI DEFENDS NEED FOR FDI LIMITS FOR [...] (SBU) During an April 11 meeting, Transport Ministry Director General Hisayasu Suzuki told EMIN Japan must continue to look for a legislative means to protect four critical airports, i.e., Tokyo's two main hubs and Chubu and Kansai International Airports. Suzuki's name appeared frequently in [...] | 2008-04-14 08:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV PREL PGOV JA |
08TOKYO1113 | Return to Fukushima: Reform Not Resonating at Japan's [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite shrinking populations and fiscal shortfalls, local authorities in one northern Japan jurisdiction remain fixated on developing manufacturing and on maintaining socio-economic equality. During recent meetings in Fukushima Prefecture -- to the extent our interlocutors co [...] | 2008-04-22 22:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAIR PGOV PREL JA OECD |
08TOKYO1489 | PRESSURES BUILD FOR OPEN SKIES IN JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Following a May 20 Transportation Ministry presentation (ref),members of the Council for Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP) instructed the transportation minister to think more progressively and to return with a new plan this fall. The Council for Promotion of Regulatory Reform [...] | 2008-05-30 07:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PGOV JA |
08TOKYO1656 | JAPAN HOLDS MEETING TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE [...] (C) Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism (MLIT) held a meeting June 12 for G8 and ASEAN countries, as well as representatives from China, Philippines, South Korea, and Australia to discuss GOJ plans for a possible October 22 - 24 ministerial to discuss actions coun [...] | 2008-06-17 08:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EAIR EWWT PREL JA |
08TOKYO1891 | VIOLATION OF FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-09 22:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR FAA JA |
08TOKYO2056 | BOEING'S CONCERNS ABOUT ANA LARGE AIRCRAFT PURCHASE [...] (SBU) Summary: Boeing is concerned about possible EU governments' intervention on Airbus' behalf in connection with future purchases of large civil aircraft by All Nippon Airways (ANA). Representatives of ANA have told Emboffs, however, that any such purchase should be based solely on economi [...] | 2008-07-26 12:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EAIR PREL JA |
08TOKYO2108 | JAPAN'S NEW CIVIL AVIATION LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Japan's new civil aviation leadership offered no new ideas on civil aviation talks with the U.S. in their initial meeting with Emboffs. The GOJ does not plan to allocate Haneda Airport daytime slots to U.S. airlines. The GOJ, they reiterated, will not negotiate with the EU as a [...] | 2008-07-31 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV PGOV JA |
08TOKYO2272 | HANEDA AIRPORT INTERNATIONALIZATION HEATS UP [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan has concluded its first agreements, with Malaysia and Korea, for international flights into Tokyo's Haneda Airport from 2010. The agreement with Korea marks the first time the GOJ has allocated daytime slots at Haneda Airport for scheduled international flights under Japa [...] | 2008-08-18 07:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EINV PGOV JA |
08TOKYO2441 | UPDATE ON OCTOBER 22-24 MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism (MLIT) officials met with EMIN September 4 to review planning for the October 22-24 Ministerial Conference on Global Energy and Environment in Transportation (MEET) in Tokyo and push for senior USG (DOT or EPA) partici [...] | 2008-09-05 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON PREL ELTN EWWT EAIR |
08TOKYO2731 | TRANSPORTATION MINISTER RESIGNS AFTER FIVE DAYS [...] (U) Summary: Only five days after his appointment, MLIT Minister Nariaki Nakayama formally resigned September 28 after a series of controversial remarks. Prime Minister Aso appointed Kazuyoshi Kaneko, a Lower House member with experience in construction and budget issues, to replace Nakayama. [...] | 2008-09-30 09:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PGOV ELTN ETRD JA |
08TOKYO2778 | MEET MINISTERIAL POSTPONED: GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 22-24 Ministerial Conference on Global Energy and Environment in Transportation (MEET) in Tokyo will be postponed, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism (MLIT) officials told EMIN October 3. Although MLIT has not formally announced a postponem [...] | 2008-10-06 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN EWWT EAIR PREL AORC JA |
08TOKYO2887 | GOJ OFFICIALS AGREE CIVIL AIRCRAFT SALES MUST BE [...] (SBU) Senior MOFA and METI officials said the GOJ agrees ANA should decide between the Airbus A-380 and Boeing,s 747-8 on the basis of commercial considerations. METI and MOFA officials confirmed Airbus and the French government has been weighing in to support Airbus in the potential RFP. EM [...] | 2008-10-16 22:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD ECON PREL JP |
08TOKYO2933 | TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT MINISTERIAL [...] The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) will convene the rescheduled Ministerial Conference on Global Environment and Energy in Transport (MEET) January 14-16, 2009 in Tokyo. On October 21, MLIT delivered by fax copies of the following letter from MLIT Minister Kan [...] | 2008-10-21 07:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN EWWT EAIR PREL AORC JA |
08TOKYO2961 | POLAR AIR CARGO: DIPLOMATIC NOTE DELIVERED [...] (U) Per instructions in reftel, Post delivered the diplomatic note concerning Polar Air Cargo to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs October 22. Post will report the GOJ's response. SCHIEFFER [...] | 2008-10-23 08:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA JA |
08TOKYO2982 | UPCOMING CIV AIR TALKS: MORE OF THE SAME? [...] (SBU) Summary: The upcoming bilateral civil aviation talks in Tokyo October 29-30 offer an excellent opportunity to urge the GOJ to undertake needed meaningful liberalization of Japan's aviation sector. However, recent discussions with the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB),Japanese airline [...] | 2008-10-26 22:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ELTN PGOV ETRD JA |
08TOKYO3117 | LITTLE PROGRESS IN U.S.-JAPAN CIV AIR TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Japan officials held out little promise of broader liberalization of Japan's civil aviation sector during bilateral talks in Tokyo October 29-30. As in past civil aviation negotiations, the GOJ eschewed broader discussion of Japan's decade-old commitment to "ful [...] | 2008-11-10 07:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ELTN PGOV ETRD JA |
08TOKYO3344 | JAPAN'S NEW TOURISM AGENCY: ACTIONS FALLING SHORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's renewed efforts to promote tourism to boost the economy face significant challenges. MLIT's new Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) aims to increase inbound and outbound tourism, but despite revenue gains in the tourism industry in recent years, projections for the final quarte [...] | 2008-12-10 00:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PGOV ECON EAIR JA |
08TOKYO3463 | JAPAN'S STEPS TO CONCLUDE ENHANCED BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese officials assert they are making progress to finalize the text of a Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement (BASA),and MLIT officials reiterate their desire to finalize the document. The U.S. and Japan have been working for more than three years to conclude a BASA to enh [...] | 2008-12-19 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PGOV ELTN JA |
08TOKYO415 | ICAO: INCORPORATION OF TRANSPORT OFFENSES IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 09:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KTIA AORC EAIR OTRA PARM |
08TOKYO467 | MLIT POLICIES UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Summary: The recent public squabble over a draft bill that would limit the size of foreign shareholding and thus prevent foreign control of Japanese airport operators seems less about limiting foreign direct investment (FDI) and more about reducing the Transportation Ministry,s (MLIT) st [...] | 2008-02-21 22:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR PGOV EINV PREL JA |
08TOKYO572 | PM FUKUDA STOPS MOVE TO LIMIT FDI FOR AIRPORTS [...] (C) Prime Minister Fukuda has decided to strip out the proposed restrictions on foreign investment from the Transportation Ministry's (MLIT) draft Airport Development Bill, MOFA Economic Affairs Bureau DG Yoichi Otabe told EMIN February 28. Otabe took credit for bringing USG concern about th [...] | 2008-03-04 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PGOV EINV PREL JA |
08TOKYO800 | MITSUBISHI REGIONAL JET SET FOR PRODUCTION [...] (C) A March 20 Nikkei article announced Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will go forward with the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) program. Also on March 20, a 35-year veteran of the Japanese aviation industry, Masao Suzuki, told EconOff the large ANA and JAL purchases, nearly 100 aircraft c [...] | 2008-03-24 07:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAIR PGOV JA |
08TOKYO901 | TOKYO GOVERNMENT PRESENTS YOKOTA AFB DUAL USE TO [...] (C) Summary. During the past week, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) gave presentations to a number of commercial organizations including the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) and an open Town Hall meeting at the Tokyo Hyatt Hotel. During these presentations, TMG speakers [...] | 2008-04-02 09:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PREL PGOV MARR JA |
08TORONTO148 | Toronto Airport Plans 56% Passenger Increase by 2020 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) has expressed concern that staffing at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Preclearance in Toronto will endanger growth plans at Pearson International Airport. GTAA officials complain that 62 new flights were recently denied ac [...] | 2008-05-13 19:15:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CPAS EAIR PBTS PREL CA |
08TRIPOLI248 | SECURITY PROCEDURES AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE AT TRIPOLI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TRIPOLI 00000248 001.2 OF 003 [...] (S) Summary. Authority at Tripoli International Airport is clearly divided between security services and civilian authorities, General Youssef al-Jeribi, the airport's director, told a visiting Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) team and Emboffs on March 3. Together with top security and intelligence [...] | 2008-03-21 09:11:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PINS PTER PGOV EAIR PREL LY |
08TRIPOLI592 | THUG LIFE: HANNIBAL AL-QADHAFI'S ARREST PROMPTS FISSURE IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-22 16:34:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM CVIS ECON EAIR LY SZ |
08TRIPOLI851 | LIBYAN-SWISS CONTRETEMPS DRAGS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-27 13:50:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAIR ECON SZ LY |
08TRIPOLI926 | SWISS FOREIGN MINISTER MAY VISIT TRIPOLI IN "LAST GASP" \ [...] (C) Swiss Consul Francois Schmidt told P/E Chief on December \ 2 that Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey intends to \ travel to Tripoli on December 5 for talks with as-yet \ undetermined Government of Libya interlocutors in what he \ described as "a last gasp" effort to resolve the lingerin [...] | 2008-12-02 17:06:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON EAIR SZ LY |
08TRIPOLI987 | THINGS FALL APART: LIBYA TELLS SWISS COMPANIES TO CEASE [...] (C) Summary: The diplomatic row between Switzerland and Libya prompted by the mid-July arrest of Hannibal al-Qadhafi has worsened again. The GOL recently notified Swiss companies active in Libya that they must cease their operations and liquidate their locally-held assets by January 31. Employees [...] | 2008-12-30 15:34:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR ECON SZ LY |
08TRIPOLI994 | THINGS FALL APART: LIBYA TELLS SWISS COMPANIES TO CEASE [...] (C) Summary: The diplomatic row between Switzerland and Libya prompted by the mid-July arrest of Hannibal al-Qadhafi has worsened again. The GOL recently notified Swiss companies active in Libya that they must cease their operations and liquidate their locally-held assets by January 31. Employees [...] | 2008-12-31 14:26:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR ECON SZ LY |
08TUNIS1156 | DELIVERED DEMARCHE ON OSCE MANPADS SEMINAR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-17 07:49:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ASEC EAIR ETTC MARR MAS MCAP MOPS OSCE |
08TUNIS286 | TIFA COUNCIL - AUSTR DONNELLY'S MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) On the margins of the March 10-11 US-Tunisia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting, Assistant US Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East (AUSTR) Shaun Donnelly met with Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi, Minister of Development and International Coo [...] | 2008-03-19 10:40:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAIR ECIN ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV TS |
08TUNIS287 | TIFA COUNCIL - AUSTR DONNELLY'S MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) On the margins of the March 10-11 US-Tunisia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting, Assistant US Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East (AUSTR) Shaun Donnelly met with Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi, Minister of Development and International Coo [...] | 2008-03-19 10:40:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAIR ECIN ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV TS |
08TUNIS386 | MINISTER OF TOURISM READY FOR OPEN SKIES [...] (SBU) During an April 17 meeting, Minister of Tourism Khelil Lajimi offered his support, and assistance, in moving forward on the proposed Open Skies Agreement. Lajimi emphasized his desire to increase tourism from the United States and acknowledged the importance of a direct flight link to a [...] | 2008-04-18 08:54:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR ETRD TS |
08TUNIS414 | APPROACH TO AIRLINES ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS [...] (S) On April 24, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on stemming the flow of foreign fighters to MFA Director General (Assistant Secretary equivalent) for the Americas and Asia Elyas Kasri. Given the Ministry of Interior (MOI) screening system used at Tunisian airports, Kasri said the th [...] | 2008-04-25 13:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PTER EAIR ECON TS |
08TUNIS575 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADDRESSING FINANCIAL RISK AT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 09:46:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AORC EAIR ICAO TS |
08TUNIS602 | TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Central Bank Raises Reserve Requirement B. EIB Loans Tunisia 260 Million Euros C. GOT Adopts New Customs Code D. GOT Forecasts Growing Budget Deficit and Inflation E. Karthago Airl [...] | 2008-06-06 06:16:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAIR EFIN BEXP ENRG TS |
08TUNIS787 | Tunisiair Aircraft Purchase Goes to Airbus [...] (U) Tunisian National Air Carrier, Tunisair, confirmed its order and signed a purchase agreement for 16 aircraft from European aircraft manufacturer, Airbus. It also signed an industrial partnership that will create 200 jobs in the aeronautic sector in Tunisia. End Summary. ------------ [...] | 2008-07-16 17:11:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD EINV TS |
08ULAANBAATAR11 | Trains, Planes and Congressional Exchanges: Ambassador [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 4, the Ambassador paid an initial courtesy call on new Minister of Roads, Transportation and Tourism R. Rash. During the cordial hour-long meeting, Rash emphasized the importance of the rail sector to the country's economy and the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) C [...] | 2008-01-08 06:58:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN EAIR PREL ETRD SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR264 | MONGOLIA ADDS NEW AIR CORRIDORS, CASHES IN ON AMPLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's Civil Aviation Authority (MCAA) has added three new air corridors and entry/exit points to accommodate 30% annual increases in air traffic and the expected 40% spike in flyovers during the Beijing Olympics. Approximately 200 flights pass over Mongolia each day (30 ori [...] | 2008-06-04 21:49:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PGOV ECON AMGT MG |
08ULAANBAATAR81 | ROK, CHINA EYE EXPANDED AIR LINKS WITH MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 13 courtesy call on the Ambassador, the new CEO of Mongolia-based EZnis Airways revealed that the South Korean Government and China's Civil Aviation Authority have made informal inquires to the Mongolian Government regarding the possible expansion of air service [...] | 2008-02-15 00:40:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PGOV ECON MG |
08USNATO79 | SUPPORTING USG PROPOSALS FOR CIVIL AVIATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. USNATO delivered reftel points on civil aviation in Afghanistan to NATO Assistant Secretary for Operations Martin Howard on February 26. Howard gave assurances NATO shares U.S. objectives for civil aviation in Afghanistan and said he would instruct NATO representatives who wil [...] | 2008-02-27 15:14:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR NATO PREL AF |
08VIENNA1005 | AUSTRIAN AIRLINES REDUCES SERVICE TO U.S., SEARCH FOR [...] Austrian Airlines' (AUA) will stop service to Chicago, reduce frequencies of flights to New York, Washington and other long-haul and Western European destinations, and increase the fuel surcharge. The GoA collapse puts AUA's search for a strategic partner on hold. The delay in the privatizatio [...] | 2008-07-16 10:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PGOV AU |
08VIENNA1372 | BIDDERS FOR AUSTRIAN AIRLINES SHOW CARDS [...] SUMMARY: The privatization tender for Austrian Airlines (AUA),which closed September 12, now has a shortlist: Lufthansa, KLM/Air France and the Russian S7 (Air China, Aeroflot, British Airways and Turkish Airlines are out). S7 is making a major effort -- in particularly by promising to keep [...] | 2008-09-18 14:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PGOV AU |
08VIENNA1606 | AUSTRIAN AIRLINES? PRIVATIZATION IN TROUBLE [...] Summary: The GoA?s plans for selling AUA by the end of October failed because of the miserable handling of the privatization process, which was aggravated by the financial crisis and the stock market problems, which alone should have triggered calling off or postponing the sale. On October [...] | 2008-10-31 13:18:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PGOV AU |
08VIENNA1672 | Austrian Airlines To Go to Lufthansa [...] SUMMARY: Austrian Airlines will be sold to Lufthansa -- officially the only remaining bidder -- but its is unclear whether the EU will approve a GOA EUR 500 million state subsidy as part of the sale. The bid process evinced a strong preference for Lufthansa stemming from the carriers' alread [...] | 2008-11-14 15:54:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PGOV AU |
08VIENNA1773 | Austrian Airlines Teetering, GoA Extends [...] Austrian Airlines (AUA) faces a worsened cash crunch and will receive state help even before its pending sale to Lufthansa. AUA now faces charges of mismanagement and withholding material information -- on top of its disputed privatization tender. 2. On November 28, news broke that AUA's 2 [...] | 2008-12-02 15:46:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PGOV AU |
08VIENNA1869 | AUSTRIA'S NEW CABINET: MINISTER FOR [...] The following is a profile of new Minister for Transportation, Innovation and Technology Doris Bures, A member of the Social Democratic Party (SPO). Experience ---------- 2. This is the second ministerial appointment for Bures, sworn in December 2 as Austria's new transport/technology [...] | 2008-12-19 13:27:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV PREL ECON ECPS EAIR ELTN AU |
08VIENNA217 | AUSTRIAN AIRLINES RESUMES FLIGHTS TO IRAQ [...] Austrian Airlines (AUA) announced February 13 that it would resume regularly scheduled service to the northern Iraqi city of Erbil starting April 2. AUA had suspended its flights to Erbil in August 2007, following an incident in which a Swedish commercial aircraft reportedly came under rocket [...] | 2008-02-14 14:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON AU IZ |
08VIENNA395 | SAUDI INVESTOR OBTAINS 20% SHARE IN AUSTRIAN AIRLINES [...] Saudi investor Sheik Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber, who obtained Austrian citizenship in 2007, will obtain a 20% share in Austria's national carrier, Austrian Airlines (AUA). The Euro 150 million ($225 million) equity increase will help AUA purchase new aircraft and expand its Middle East network [...] | 2008-03-18 07:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR AU |
08VIENNA675 | AUSTRIAN AIRLINES CONSIDERING OPTIONS AFTER SAUDI INVESTOR [...] Saudi investor Sheik Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber has backed out of plans to acquire a 20% share in Austrian Airlines (AUA) through an investment of Euro 150 million ($225 million). Al Jaber claimed that AUA management had misled him about the financial stability of the airline, pointing to the [...] | 2008-05-16 15:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PGOV AU |
08VIENNA871 | AUSTRIAN AIRLINES LOOKING FOR STRATEGIC PARTNER [...] Austrian Airlines (AUA) is now officially considering a strategic partnership in an effort to shore up its worsening financial position. This turnaround stems from the decision by Saudi investor Sheik Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber to back out of his planned investment in AUA. Lufthansa and Aerof [...] | 2008-06-20 10:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PGOV AU |
08VILNIUS194 | LITHUANIA WITH EU ON AVIATION, CONCERNS ABOUT ETS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 11:15:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ETRD SENV LH |
08VLADIVOSTOK106 | AIRLINES IN RUSSIAN FAR EAST SKIDDING TO A STOP [...] Summary. The airline industry in the Far East continues its downward trajectory. Dalavia has become the latest in a series of bankruptcies in the industry. Vladivostok Avia remains relatively strong, but may become a tempting takeover target. Ticket prices will remain prohibitively expensiv [...] | 2008-09-26 06:59:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PGOV ECON RS |
08WARSAW74 | POLAND READIES AIR MARSHALL AGREEMENT WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) William Gaches, Assistant Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA),and Paul Rodgers, TSA Representative in Brussels, visited Warsaw December 6-7. While in Warsaw, Gaches and Rodgers met with officials from Poland's Civil Aviation Office to discuss a proposed [...] | 2008-01-17 15:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PL PTER |
08WELLINGTON103 | ONGOING SAGA OF THE SALE OF THE AUCKLAND AIRPORT [...] (U) Summary. The perseverance of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) seemed to pay off last week when local shareholders of New Zealand's largest airport approved the CPPIB's NZ$1.8bn ($1.4bn) bid for a 40 percent stake in the Auckland International Airport (AIA),which handles 70 [...] | 2008-03-19 18:33:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EFIN ETRD ECON PREL PGOV NZ |
08YAOUNDE10 | CAMEROON FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES THE ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Cameroon Finance Minister Essimi Menye told the Ambassador during her December 21 courtesy call that "the future of Cameroon is cocoa" and that long-running plans to privatize national airline CAMAIR and national telecom CAMTEL are being revisited. Economic growth will remain l [...] | 2008-01-03 16:28:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAIR ECON PREL EINV CM |
08YAOUNDE1235 | BIYA READY FOR PEACEKEEPING; PROMISES MORE [...] (C) Summary. Talk of security--Cameroon's recent ACOTA training and threats from armed groups in Bakassi--dominated the Ambassador's December 19 meeting with Cameroonian President Paul Biya. Biya said Cameroon is ready to participate in a peacekeeping mission and expressed confidence that [...] | 2008-12-22 11:13:00 | Embassy Yaounde | SECRET | CM EAIR ECON EFIN KCOR KPKO MARR PGOV PINR |
08YAOUNDE546 | CAMEROON CORRUPTION: ALBATROSS AFFAIR EMBROILS PM, [...] (C) Cameroonian media and gossip circuits have been abuzz in recent weeks with speculation that dozens of high-level officials and prominent Cameroonians, including Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni, will be arrested for their role in what looks to become the biggest corruption scandal in Cameroo [...] | 2008-06-04 15:02:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM EAIR ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV EINV |
08YAOUNDE587 | ASTOUNDING CORRUPTION AT CAMEROON'S AIRPORT AGENCY [...] (U) This message contains an action request for INL/C. 2. (C) Summary: Roger Ntongo Onguene, the General Manager of Aeroports du Cameroun (ADC),the Cameroonian government agency charged with management of the nation's airports, has embezzled millions of dollars from the ADC's coffers, [...] | 2008-06-11 09:08:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR EAIR CVIS CM |
08YEREVAN639 | ARMENIA: FUEL, FOOD SHORTAGES PREDICTED DUE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 10:14:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ENRG EAIR ELTN ECON EAGR EWWT PBTS |
08ZAGREB254 | Open Skies Agreement Reached With Croatia [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-14 14:24:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD ECON HR |
08ZAGREB346 | CROATIA ON FAA REQUEST FOR FINAL DISCUSSION [...] Econ Officer delivered reftel letter and report to Mr. Damir Vince, Director General of the Croatian Civil Aviation Authority on April 25, 2008. A copy of the report was also shared on the same date with Betty Pavelic-Sirois, Head of the North America Department at the Croatian Ministry of For [...] | 2008-04-29 13:13:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PREL HR |
08ZAGREB46 | AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 21 MEETING WITH PM SANADER [...] (C) Summary. During a January 21 meeting, the Ambassador and Prime Minister reviewed a range of bilateral and regional issues, including the PM's intention to invite President Bush to visit after the NATO Summit in Bucharest, the prospects for an invitation at Bucharest to join NATO, key items [...] | 2008-01-23 13:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MARR EAIR HR MK KV NATO |
08ZAGREB465 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JUNE 19, 2008 [...] (U) MINISTER OF DEFENSE TO MINNESOTA, WASHINGTON DC: Croatian Minister of Defense Branko Vukelic headed a delegation that consisted of State Secretary Zejlko Gorsuc, Deputy Chief of Defense LTG Slavko Baric, and Army Commander LTG Mladen Kruljac on a visit to Minnesota and Washington DC. The [...] | 2008-06-20 15:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS PHUM PREF EAIR PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB641 | GOC REQUESTS DELAY OF OR CAVEAT TO IASA CAT 2 LISTING [...] Croatian Minister of Sea, Transport, and Infrastructure Bozidar Kalmeta requested a meeting with the Ambassador on September 9 to discuss the upcoming release of the FAA International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) rating for Croatia. The Minister asked the Ambassador if the expected announ [...] | 2008-09-10 10:33:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB647 | GOC OFFERS VISIT TO U.S. TO DISCUSS PROGRESS ON CIVIL [...] Senior Croatian government officials contacted the Ambassador on 11 September to again express concern about the upcoming FAA release of Croatia's International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) Category 2 rating. They said that Transport Minister Kalmeta was ready to travel to Washington imme [...] | 2008-09-12 08:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PGOV HR |
08ZAGREB676 | CROATIA CIVAIR: FAA LETTER DELIVERED TO GOC WITH RESULTS [...] Per reftel, Pol/Econ Counselor and Econ Officer delivered the letter from the Director of FAA Flight Standards Service to State Secretary Drazen Breglec on September 24, and informed him of the imminent release of Croatia's IASA Category 2 rating. Emboffs urged him to keep the embassy appraise [...] | 2008-09-24 13:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON HR |
08ZAGREB680 | ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 25, 2008 [...] (U) CROATIA'S ACCESSION TO NATO APPROVED BY US SENATE: News of the U.S. Senate's vote late in the evening of September 25 to provide advice and consent to the NATO Accession Protocols for Croatia and Albania arrived too late to make it into most of the Croatian media. It should be a lead stor [...] | 2008-09-26 12:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EAIR HR |
08ZAGREB9 | FAA REQUEST TO ASSESS CROATIAN CIVIL AVIATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-09 14:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON HR |
09ABIDJAN205 | COTE D'IVOIRE'S CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY OFF COURSE [...] (U) Summary. At a recent briefing for the diplomatic community, Ivorian aviation officials discussed changes in security measures at Felix Houphouet Boigny International Airport in Abidjan. In the course of their briefing, the Ivorians repeatedly confused airport security measures with aviat [...] | 2009-03-27 10:58:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON IV |
09ABUDHABI1001 | UAE REQUEST FOR NTSB ASSISTANCE INTO AZZA AIR CRASH [...] (SBU) On October 25, General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Director General Saif Al Suwaidi called FAA Attache to request NTSB assistance with the investigation of the October 22 crash of a Boeing 707 cargo plan operated by Azza Air Transport. Al Suwaidi asked that the NTSB begin to assist w [...] | 2009-10-25 13:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PGOV SU AE |
09ABUDHABI1042 | UAE REQUEST FOR ICAO CANDIDACY SUPPORT [...] (SBU) On October 15, Post received a diplomatic note (informal translation in para 3) from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announcing the UAE's decision to re-candidate its representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) within the third category for the period 2010-2013. [...] | 2009-11-05 05:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PGOV AE |
09ABUDHABI583 | (S) UAE DETAINS US MILITARY CARGO, PERSONNEL ON RUSSIAN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see para 16. 2. (C/NF) Summary: On June 3, the UAE authorities detained two Russian IL-76 cargo planes operated by Volga-Dnepr Airlines (VDA),which were carrying US military cargo and two US service members from Kuwait to Afghanistan. Accor [...] | 2009-06-10 15:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | EAIR PTER PGOV PREL MOPS AF IZ KU AE |
09ABUDHABI607 | UPDATE ON UAE DETENTION OF MILITARY CARGO, PERSONNEL ON [...] (C) Summary: Following overnight indications that four U.S. military escorts (reftel) might be prosecuted along with the Russian crew and carrier, Ambassador met June 15 with UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Rumaithi and Minister of Interior Saif to seek their intervention in the releas [...] | 2009-06-15 14:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR PTER PGOV PREL MOPS AF IZ KUAE |
09ABUJA1058 | NIGERIA: DELTA NEW YORK-ABUJA ROUTE LAUNCHES WITH THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Delta flight 215 touched down at Abuja Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport June 11 at 12:13 p.m., currently the only U.S. flag carrier to fly direct from the U.S. to Nigeria's capital city Abuja. The plane was met by a full staff of ground crews and customer service staff to ai [...] | 2009-06-15 08:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI |
09ABUJA1221 | ECOWAS WELCOMES CHINESE, EUROPEAN INVESTMENT; [...] (SBU) The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) concluded its Thirty-Sixth Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government in Abuja June 22. Present were leaders or representatives of all fifteen ECOWAS member states with the exception of Guinea Conakry, as well [...] | 2009-07-02 08:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EINV EAIR XY |
09ABUJA1274 | NIGERIA: DELTA ATLANTA-LAGOS ROUTE INTRODUCES BOEING 777 [...] (SBU) Delta flight 54 landed at Lagos' Murtala Muhammed International Airport on July 2 at 3:05 pm local time with a Boeing 777-200 aircraft. On April 8, 2009 the Government of Nigeria agreed to approve Delta's new route from New York John F. Kennedy Airport to Abuja Nnamdi Azikiwe Internation [...] | 2009-07-13 15:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI |
09ABUJA168 | NIGERIA-USG LED CIVIL AVIATION PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 20, 2009 the U.S Mission led a search and rescue (SAR) briefing with Nigerian civil aviation officials in Abuja. Lt. Col. David MacKenzie, 17th Air Force, United States Air Force Africa Command, presented information on the United States search and rescue system. Th [...] | 2009-01-30 06:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV NI |
09ABUJA1735 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO START AIR MARSHAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 10:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI |
09ABUJA2027 | NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- NOVEMBER 6, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. --------------------------- NIGERIA'S ECOWAS PRIORITIES --------------------------- 2. (SBU) Nigerian Foreign Ministry (MFA) Director Felix Pwol, who o [...] | 2009-11-06 16:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EFIN EAIR EPET NI |
09ABUJA204 | NIGERIA: DELTA AIRLINES FACES UPHILL BATTLE ON ABUJA-ATLANTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and a Delta Airlines delegation headed by Senior Vice President Bob Cortelyou met on January 27, 2009 to discuss problems Delta is experiencing with the Nigerian government (GON) in receiving approval for two new routes between Nigeria and the U.S. The Ambassador [...] | 2009-02-05 06:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EINV EAID ASEC ERTD PGOV NI |
09ABUJA205 | NIGERIA: BA BOEING 777 EMERGENCY LANDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 24, 2009 British Airways (BA) flight 82 bound for London Heathrow Airport made an emergency landing at Kano airport in Northern Nigeria just an hour after takeoff from Abuja airport due to mechanical problems. The Boeing 777 landed without incident and there were no [...] | 2009-02-05 06:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD EINV EAID PGOV NI |
09ABUJA2198 | NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- DECEMBER 4, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. ------------------------- SGF PRAISES DELTA AMNESTY ------------------------- 2. (SBU) Permanent Secretary Ambassador Chike Alex Angigbo, speaking on be [...] | 2009-12-04 17:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAIR EPET NI |
09ABUJA361 | NIGERIA-USG MAKING HEADWAY BUT STILL LOOKING FOR TAILWIND [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador met with Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Director General Dr. Harold Demuren February 20 to review progress since NCAA, Nigerian, and U.S. firms met in November for a public private-partnership (PPP) aviation workshop. Demurren was very positive stating that [...] | 2009-03-02 15:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL EFIN NI |
09ABUJA456 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR REVIEWS ROBUST NEXT STEPS WITH AVIATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador met with the new Minister of Aviation Babtunde Omotoba on March 5 to advocate for new Delta Airline routes from Abuja to Atlanta and Lagos to New York and reviewed the multilateral Open Skies Agreement signed between the United States and Nigeria in 2000. Omotoba [...] | 2009-03-16 17:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL NI |
09ABUJA535 | NIGERIA: AVIATION AIRPORT SECURITY WORKSHOP WITH TSA [...] Summary. Ambassador and the new Minister of Aviation, Babatunde Omotoba, opened the third workshop of the U.S. and Nigeria's Public Private Partnership (PPP on Aviation Airport Security and Safety on March 17. The purpose of the PPP is to assist the GON in achieving U.S. Federal Aviation Admi [...] | 2009-03-30 07:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI |
09ABUJA592 | NIGERIA: Delta Abuja-New York Route, One Step Closer [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met with Minister of Aviation Babatunde Omotoba on April 3 to ensure that the Minister understood that Delta Airlines had taken steps to meet the Minister's request to upgrade their customer service and antiquated planes on the Lagos to Atlanta route as a condition fo [...] | 2009-04-06 17:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI |
09ABUJA612 | NIGERIA: GON Approves Delta's Abuja-New York Route [...] (SBU) Ambassador received a letter on April 8, 2009 from Minister of Aviation Babatunde Omotoba recounting the agreement reached by the Minister and Ambassador in their April 3, 2009 meeting on Delta Airlines Abuja-New York route with operations to begin on June 8, 2009 with a upgrade to a Boei [...] | 2009-04-10 10:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI |
09ABUJA925 | NIGERIA: MINISTER MAY DENY CONTINENTAL AIRLINE'S NEW ROUTE [...] (SBU) During the course of a May 11 meeting arranged so that a U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator could brief Minister of Aviation Babatunde Omotoba on the status of reviews into the crashes of a two Nigerian Airliners several years ago, the Deputy Chief of Mission (D [...] | 2009-05-28 14:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI |
09ABUJA926 | NIGERIA SIGNS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH GE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador joined General Electric (GE) Vice President John Rice at the State House on May 26, 2009 for a 30-minute courtesy call with President Yar'Adua and to witness the signing of a landmark Country-to-Company Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)agreement between the government [...] | 2009-05-28 14:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EPET ENRG ELTN EAIR ETRD SOCI TPHY NI |
09ACCRA1021 | GHANA'S NEW CIVIL AVIATION HEAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOG has signaled that it was raising the profile of civil aviation issues by selecting a new head of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority, Air Commodore Kwame Mamphey. Mamphey's selection also underlined the continuing influence of former President J.J. Rawlings in civair affa [...] | 2009-09-28 16:43:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON MARR GH |
09ADDISABABA1278 | ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES CEO DISCUSSES BOEING AND AIRPORT [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Airlines (EAL) CEO Girma Wake discussed his relationship with Boeing and plans for airport expansion during a May 22 meeting with the Ambassador. Wake confirmed that EAL placed a deposit on five Boeing 777 aircraft the previous day based on his comfortable, ongoing relationship [...] | 2009-06-01 10:02:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR BEXP ECON ETRD EAGR ET |
09ADDISABABA2743 | ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES CEO KEEPS SUPPORTING BOEING [...] (SBU) In a shift from his privately-made disparaging remarks about the lobbying efforts of Airbus in June (reftel),Ethiopian Airlines (EAL) CEO Girma Wake told CDA on November 2 that Ethiopian Airlines needs a "mix of planes given the size of the airline." (Note: Wake subsequently confirmed [...] | 2009-11-20 11:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD ECON ET |
09ADDISABABA2936 | DASD HUDDLESTON DISCUSSES ETHIOPIAN ECONOMY WITH [...] (SBU) Government of Ethiopia (GoE) Minister of Finance and Economic Development Sufian Ahmed reviewed local economic conditions with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Vicki Huddleston during a December 10 meeting. DASD Huddleston congratulated the GoE on stron [...] | 2009-12-15 09:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EAGR EAIR ET |
09AITTAIPEI1064 | CROSS-STRAIT PASSENGER FLIGHTS MORE THAN DOUBLE [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 31, the number of direct cross-Strait passenger flights increased from 108 to 270 per week, pursuant to an April 26 Taiwan-PRC agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, flights from Taiwan's two major airports to any of the 21 approved destinations in the PRC are d [...] | 2009-09-01 10:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR EINV PREL PGOV TW CH |
09AITTAIPEI1074 | U.S. PARTNERSHIP MUST BALANCE CROSS-STRAIT TIES, [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan needed to balance improving cross-Strait ties with strengthened bilateral relations with the United States, President Ma told the Director on September 1. The United States also wanted to make progress on bilateral trade and other issues, the Director said, and hoped to co [...] | 2009-09-02 10:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAIR SENV MARR MASS UNGA |
09AITTAIPEI188 | SEF CHAIRMAN PREVIEWS NEXT ROUND OF TALKS WITH [...] (C) Summary. Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman P.K. Chiang discussed the status of cross-Strait economic relations and previewed Ma administration objectives for the next round of talks with China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) during a February 19 meeting [...] | 2009-02-19 08:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV EAIR CH TW |
09AMMAN1675 | JORDAN AND IRAQ RENEW AIR TRANSPORT MEMORANDUM [...] (SBU) Jordan Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission (CARC) President Suleiman Obeidat confirmed to Embassy DHS Attache that CARC and the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority had renewed a Memo of Understanding (MoU) on July 23, expanding air transportation cooperation between the two countries, and com [...] | 2009-07-27 11:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON JO IZ |
09AMMAN2592 | Jordan Seeks U.S. Support for its ICAO Council Candidacy [...] (SBU) Post was notified by diplomatic note dated November 18, 2009 of the Government of Jordan's (GOJ) candidacy for the 2010-2013 Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in membership category III. The GOJ seeks U.S. support. 2. (SBU) Jordan has been a good partner [...] | 2009-12-02 11:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR AORC ICAO PREL JO |
09AMMAN391 | ROYAL JORDANIAN CONFIRMS SOME FLIGHT PATTERNS AVOID ISRAEL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 10:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON JO IZ |
09ANTANANARIVO495 | YEMENIA AIRLINES CRASH IN THE COMOROS [...] Following the June 30 crash of Yemenia Airlines flight 626 off the coast of the Comoros, Africa Command and CTJF-HOA responded to the GOC request for assistance by sending a C-130 Search and Rescue Team. The team arrived July 1, less than 24 hours after the crash. CTJF-HOA SeaBees and Civil A [...] | 2009-07-02 13:24:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR CASC CN |
09ASHGABAT1147 | TURKMENISTAN: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge met September 10 with Kyrgyz Ambassador Ashyrov to discuss the issue of students denied exit to study abroad. This problem has affected those wishing to study in Kyrgyzstan more than any other group of students, because more Turkmen study in Kyrgyzstan than in any other si [...] | 2009-09-10 13:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI SCUL EAIR TX |
09ASHGABAT1148 | TURKMENISTAN: KYRGYZ AMBASSADOR ON DENIAL OF EXIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge met September 10 with Kyrgyz Ambassador Ashyrov to discuss the issue of students denied exit to study abroad. This problem has affected those wishing to study in Kyrgyzstan more than any other group of students, because more Turkmen study in Kyrgyzstan than in any other si [...] | 2009-09-10 13:03:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI SCUL EAIR TX |
09ASHGABAT178 | TURKMENISTAN CHARGES FEES FOR OVERFLIGHT [...] (C) Post has received a letter from the Turkmenhowayollary State Civil Aviation Service. The letter, dated January 28, claims that the United States Air Force and the Department of Defense owes Turkmenhowayollary $4,200 and 20,000 Euros for overflight of aircraft. Attached to the letter are 2 [...] | 2009-02-04 11:32:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR MARR MASS TX |
09ASHGABAT469 | TURKMENISTAN: OVERFLIGHT CAP AND THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: We have nearly reached the overflight cap of 1600 the Turkmenistan government imposed as a continuation of annual renewal of blanket overflight. While DAO will process requests for special flights (MEDEVAC, etc.),all other flights have stopped in order not to exceed the limit. [...] | 2009-04-10 14:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR MARR TX |
09ASHGABAT739 | TURKMENISTAN: BOEING DEAL IN THE HANDS OF [...] (C) Deputy Chairman for Transportation and Communications, Nazarguly Shagulyev, said in a meeting with the Charge on June 11 that Turkmenistan has not signed the contract for a pending deal with Boeing Company for three 737 aircraft because Turkmenistan wants to review the financial details c [...] | 2009-06-11 11:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EAIR MARR MASS MOPS TX |
09ASMARA139 | ERITREA'S NASAIR STRUGGLING TO TAKE FLIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nasair, a privately owned Eritrean airline, is gamely attempting to succeed amid Eritrea's atrophying economy. With no aviation fuel available in Asmara and almost no tourist or business travelers, the deck appears stacked against Nasair, which is putting the final touches on a [...] | 2009-04-29 12:34:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PGOV PREL ER |
09ASMARA278 | ERITREAN AIR ASSETS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Asmara is aware of nine former or current airports in Eritrea, based on unclassified imagery or personal observation. Four airports have long concrete runways capable of handling jet aircraft. Only Asmara airport has military aircraft visible; over half of the 43 airc [...] | 2009-08-20 07:00:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS EAIR PINR PGOV ER |
09ASMARA379 | ERITREAN AVIATION: GOVERNMENT SQUEEZING THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The four international airlines serving Asmara are discouraged by the Eritrean government's (GSE) refusal to allow them to convert $20 million worth of local currency and its repeated attempts to gouge them for hard currency. The GSE, through its wholly owned Eritrean Airlines, [...] | 2009-11-04 10:40:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ATRN ASEC CASC EFIN ECON ER |
09ASTANA232 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 6 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citiz [...] | 2009-02-09 01:44:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAIR SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA256 | KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL AVIATION COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT AIR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: EconOff met on February 4 with Civil Aviation Committee Deputy Director Daulet Mamekov to solicit official feedback on model bilateral and multilateral Open Skies agreements that we provided the Kazakhstani govern [...] | 2009-02-12 08:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAIR KZ |
09ASUNCION408 | PARAGUAY'S CIVIL AVIATION - SIGNS OF HOPE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Ayalde called on Paraguay's new National Aviation Secretariat (DINAC) President Ceferino Farias June 18 to discuss DINAC's plans to improve aviation safety and expand international carriers' service of Asuncion. Farias explained that DINAC is implementing an action plan based o [...] | 2009-06-30 19:03:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PA |
09ATHENS1471 | MFA ON TURKISH INVOLVEMENT IN EU FRONTEX AND OLYMPIC AIR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Greek MFA told us September 10 that the recent warning by Turkish air control to a Latvian air force helicopter flying an EU Frontex mission in Greek airspace over Farmakonisi to "leave Turkish airspace immediately" was only one in a series of such actions directed at Frontex [...] | 2009-09-11 14:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EAIR GR TU EUN LG |
09ATHENS224 | OLYMPIC AIR PRIVATIZATION: 7TH TRY THE CHARM? [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 5, the Greek press reported that the sixth tender issued over the course of the past 15 years for the privatization of Olympic Airlines (OA) had once again failed, due to lack of conforming bids. Finance Minister Papathanassiou announced the development, together [...] | 2009-02-20 09:50:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ELAB EAIR GR |
09BAGHDAD1488 | FINANCE MINISTER JABR ON BUDGET, ICI AND IRAQI [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-07 10:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EAIR EPET IZ UN |
09BAGHDAD1633 | Finance Minister Says Treasury Bills for GE Payment and IMF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a June 17 meeting with EMIN and Brigadier General Stephen Lanza, Minister of Finance Bayan Jabr said the GOI and International Monetary Fund (IMF) had agreed to conduct technical negotiations on an 18 month loan program of around $5.5 billion. He also believed that the issuan [...] | 2009-06-22 03:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EAIR ETRD IZ |
09BAGHDAD1987 | PROGRESS CONTINUES ON SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] (S) Summary. Progress under the Security Agreement (SA) has improved from the early days when a fist fight broke out between two Iraqi generals. The USG and GOI have worked through the SA,s joint subcommittees (JSCs) to sort through alleged "violations" at the working level, rarely needing [...] | 2009-07-23 08:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL IZ MARR KTIA EAIR PGOV MASS |
09BAGHDAD2008 | FINANCE MINISTER JABR ON BUDGET AND GOVERNMENT DEBT [...] (C) Summary: The DCM for Assistance Transition, BG Lanza, Emin, and Finatt met July 16 with Minister of Finance Jabr, Special Advisor to the Minister of Finance Dr. Aziz, and Central Bank of Iraq Governor Shabibi to introduce the DCM and discuss a variety of issues. Minister Jabr discussed the [...] | 2009-07-27 07:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EAIR ETRD IZ |
09BAGHDAD2015 | CORRECTED COPY: FINANCE MINISTER JABR ON BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: The DCM for Assistance Transition, BG Lanza, Emin, and Finatt met July 16 with Minister of Finance Jabr, Special Advisor to the Minister of Finance Dr. Aziz, and Central Bank of Iraq Governor Shabibi to introduce the DCM and discuss a variety of issues. Minister Jabr discussed the [...] | 2009-07-28 09:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EAIR ETRD IZ |
09BAGHDAD2097 | Supplemental Budget worth USD 3.3 billion submitted to the [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iraq's Council of Ministers (CoM) submitted a USD 3.3 billion supplemental 2009 budget to the Council of Representatives (CoR) on July 22. (Note: The CoR has adjourned for its summer recess and will reconvene on September 8.) If passed by the CoR, the supplemental budget would [...] | 2009-08-04 03:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EAIR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2115 | GOI Budget Update: 2009 Mid-Year and First Look at 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: The delayed enactment of the 2009 budget law until mid-April contributed to a low rate of budget execution for the first part of 2009. Lower than expected oil prices and exports have contributed to significant deficit spending. Oil revenues were USD 3.8 billion less than antic [...] | 2009-08-06 06:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EAIR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2507 | DCM HASLACH MEETING WITH MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION [...] (C) Summary. In his first meeting with DCMAT Haslach, Transportation Minister Amir Abul Jabbar Ismail pressed the USG to make greater use of Iraqi transport assets, particularly air and rail. Ismail defended the GOI,s recent decision to enforce Iraqi Airways, monopolies of cargo and charter [...] | 2009-09-16 14:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON IZ PGOV |
09BAGHDAD2536 | NAJAF AIRPORT TERMINAL EXPANSION; DISSATISFACTION WITH [...] This is a PRT Najaf reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Najaf airport opened its passenger terminal expansion on September 8, 2009. The provincial government is very dissatisfied with performance of investment partner Al Aqeeq (AA),which has only spent US$7 million of the US$50 million th [...] | 2009-09-22 07:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD289 | IRAQ-IRAN DIPLOMACY A SIGN OF IRANIAN INFLUENCE OR [...] (S) Summary: Recent Iraqi-Iranian visits (most notably PM Maliki and National Security Advisor al-Rubaie's visits to Tehran) indicate that Iraq is being increasingly assertive toward its ambitious neighbor, and that Iran is showing Iraq overdue respect, although the relationship might be char [...] | 2009-02-04 12:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINR ECON EAIR IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2994 | COORDINATOR FOR ASSISTANCE TRANSITION MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 5, Coordinator for Assistance Transition Patricia Haslach, EMIN, Finatt, and Brigadier General Stephen Lanza met Minister of Finance Baqir Jabr Al Zubaidi to discuss follow up to the Dialogue on Economic Cooperation (DEC) and the U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Con [...] | 2009-11-13 13:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EAIR ETRD IZ |
09BAGHDAD3158 | RRT ERBIL: RAPID GROWTH IN KURDISTAN REGION,S AIR [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: The growth of two international airports in the Kurdistan Region (KR) -- Erbil International Airport (EIA) and Sulaimaniyah International Airport (SIA) -- has significantly increased air travel options for consumers and paved the way for b [...] | 2009-12-08 09:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD502 | NAJAF INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT EXPANDING RAPIDLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Najaf Airport is expanding rapidly to accommodate the demand from Shi'a pilgrims coming to religious shrines in the province. Religious pilgrims visiting the province have increased dramatically over last year, and most pilgrims stay for at least a week. Currently the bulk of [...] | 2009-02-26 13:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD EINV IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD766 | FINANCE MINISTER JABR ON BUDGET, SONS OF IRAQ, AND [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Finance Bayan Jabr on March 19 told EMIN that the government has not yet decided whether to acquiesce with the changes that parliament included in the 2009 budget or to insist that the Council of Representatives (CoR) approve additional expenditures. The Council of Mi [...] | 2009-03-19 17:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EAIR ETRD IZ |
09BAKU186 | AIRBUS PUSHING AZERBAIJAN AND CENTRAL ASIANS TO [...] (U) This is an action/ guidance request: see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Boeing Regional Sales Director told Econoff that due to recent aggressive action by Airbus and the Government of France (GOF),Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) may soon cancel an order for four 737-900s (part of an August [...] | 2009-03-10 14:48:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EINV AJ FR NL |
09BAKU400 | AZERBAIJAN: AIRLINES THREATEN TO CEASE BAKU [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 22, 2009, officials at Baku's Heydar Aliyev International Airport announced that a nightly curfew, to begin July 2, 2009, would shut the airport from 0000 to 0700. Airlines reacted with shock and said they might cease operations to Baku, as trans-Atlantic connections in [...] | 2009-05-15 12:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR ETRD ADCO AJ |
09BAKU864 | AZERBAIJAN: ECONOMIC/ COMMERCIAL ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY: This cable is the second in a regular series that will summarize economic and commercial issues in Azerbaijan. In this issue: The GOAJ is still pushing for the Trans-Eurasian Information Superhighway (para 2); the ILO says child labor is shifting from cotton to "the worst" sectors ( [...] | 2009-11-02 11:47:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EIND EAIR KCOR TINT KIPR AJ TU AE |
09BANGKOK1573 | ROYAL THAI POLICE EFFORTS TO ENHANCE NATIONAL [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY - For eight days during late November and into early December 2008, political protesters in Bangkok took seizure of both major national airports, stranding tourists, local citizens and traveling business people in Bangkok, and restricting those travelers attempting to return [...] | 2009-07-02 07:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC TH EAIR |
09BANGKOK2655 | Bangkok Airport Receives Good Marks Despite Remaining [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials from the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) conducted an assessment of Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport (BKK) at the end of September. TSA noted that Airports of Thailand (AoT) has made noticeable progress with security measures in the past [...] | 2009-10-16 08:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR KHLS TH |
09BANJUL98 | THE GAMBIA SEEKS AIRCRAFT TO LAUNCH NATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 15:57:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO EAIR ETRD EXIM PGOV GA |
09BASRAH16 | BASRAH AIRPORT AIMS TO BECOME TRANSPORT, COMMERCIAL HUB [...] (SBU) Basrah International Airport (BIA) aims to play a future role in facilitating economic growth in southern Iraq, and become what Coalition and Basrah leaders hope will be a force-multiplier for hydrocarbon, services, ports, and other commercial activity. Historically under-utilized and rel [...] | 2009-04-03 13:09:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAIR ICAO ETRD IZ IR SA SY JO TU AE |
09BASRAH18 | BASRAH: UNITED KINGDOM HOSTS INVESTMENT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-14 10:58:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV MASS EAIR EWWT UK IZ |
09BEIJING2464 | CHINA RESPONSE TO VIOLATIONS OF FAA REGULATIONS [...] (SBU) As requested in reftels on violations of Federal aviation regulations by Chinese pilots, Econoff presented the case dossiers to the Flight Safety Office of the Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) on March 23, 2009 (refs A and B) and on April 13, 2009 (ref C). CAAC conducted an inves [...] | 2009-08-28 05:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CH |
09BEIJING585 | INDUSTRY SUPPORT PLANS - CHINA ADDS LOGISTICS, DROPS REAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. China's State Council announced on February 25 that the tenth and final industry support plan would focus on logistics, not real estate and construction. This is the only plan targeting the service sector, and seeks to reform a severely fragmented and inefficient industry. Obs [...] | 2009-03-06 09:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON EAIR ELTN EWWT CH |
09BEIJING601 | SAO DELAYS LOSE SALES AND COST AMERICAN JOBS FOR U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U.S. aviation companies point to current SAO processing times of 16 weeks or longer as an unreasonable threat to U.S. exports, U.S. jobs, and the chances of recovery for their communities in the U.S. The industry has grown remarkably over the past 5 years in China, and has succe [...] | 2009-03-09 09:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CVIS OEXC ECON EAIR CH |
09BEIJING795 | CAAC REJECTS FEDEX SUMMER SCHEDULE, REQUESTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 25, Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) officials told Econ M/C that the conditional operating approval for FedEx,s Guangzhou hub is justified under the U.S.-China Air Transport Agreement (ATA) as a technical measure given airspace constraints between Zone 1 airpo [...] | 2009-03-26 06:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA CH |
09BEIJING830 | CHINA'S TRANSPORT MINISTRY REORGANIZED: NO [...] (U) SUMMARY: China's State Council formally approved the reorganization of the Ministry of Transport (MOT) on March 16th. This is the first major organizational change since the MOT was created as a super-ministry in March, 2008, combining the former Ministry of Communications (MOC),the Civ [...] | 2009-03-29 23:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EWWT ELTN ECPS CH |
09BEIRUT1195 | DANGERS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE BIG SCREEN (ECONOMIC WEEK [...] (SBU) On October 24, an Lebanese environmental NGO, the League of Independent Activists (IndyAct),hosted a screening of the drama documentary, "The Age of Stupid," highlighting the dangers of climate change, in collaboration with the British Embassy, the American Lebanese Chamber of Commerce, [...] | 2009-11-03 06:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECIN ECON EFIN PGOV SENV LE |
09BEIRUT502 | LEBANON: GOL TAKES PRECAUTIONS AGAINST SWINE FLU (ECONOMIC [...] (U) GOL officials have quickly begun taking necessary precautions to deal with the potential swine flu pandemic. No cases of swine flu have been reported in Lebanon. The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) has already banned the import of pigs and pork products (except canned and smoked products),[...] | 2009-05-06 05:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE |
09BEIRUT516 | LEBANON: ELECTRICITY FROM EGYPT EXPECTED TO RELIEVE POWER [...] (U) On April 27, Lebanon started receiving 50 megawatts (MGW) electricity from Egypt as a start, following the signing of an agreement in February 2009 whereby Egypt would sell Lebanon between 150 and 450 MGW electricity through the power grid passing through Jordan and Syria. The additional e [...] | 2009-05-11 05:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE |
09BEIRUT556 | LEBANON: TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY EXPRESSES PRAISE FOR [...] (U) Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey visited Beirut on May 15. He met with Minister of Finance Mohammad Chatah, the four Central Bank Vice Governors, Chairman of the Banking Control Commission Walid Alameddine, and members of the banking com [...] | 2009-05-18 15:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE |
09BEIRUT578 | LEBANON: ON ELECTION DAY, WILL MOBILE NETWORK BE [...] (SBU) Following the reduction in mobile fees and charges by Ministry of Telecommunications (MOT),Lebanese consumers have rushed to acquire new mobile lines, now more affordable to low income users. Advisor to MOT Minister Antoine Boustani told us the two private companies managing the GOL-own [...] | 2009-05-27 08:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE |
09BEIRUT601 | LEBANON: IMF DENIES DISCUSSIONS WITH HIZBALLAH ON NEW [...] (SBU) An IMF press statement clarified that the IMF February-March 2009 mission to Beirut met with major political parties, including Hizballah, as part of outreach activities within the scope of Article IV consultation discussions but did not make any agreement with Hizballah on a loan deal. [...] | 2009-06-01 15:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE |
09BEIRUT658 | LEBANON: EGYPT WILL SUPPLY LEBANON WITH NATURAL GAS [...] (U) Minister of Energy and Water Alain Tabourian announced the signing on April 30 of an agreement with Egypt, whereby Egypt will supply Lebanon with a total of 600 cubic meters of natural gas per year. This agreement is part of the regional power grid project, which includes Lebanon and Egypt [...] | 2009-06-12 13:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE |
09BEIRUT664 | LEBANON: CABINET FINALLY APPROVES 2009 BUDGET; SENDS TO [...] (SBU) After almost six months of heated discussions, the cabinet approved the 2009 budget during its June 12 session. The budget projects a deficit of approximately 30% of spending and around 10% of GDP. The budget includes appropriations for the Council of the South of around $40 million -- [...] | 2009-06-15 13:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE |
09BEIRUT743 | LEBANON: PM-DESIGNATE MENTIONS ECONOMIC REFORM (ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) In a June 30 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri said that, as head of the new government, in parallel with his efforts to build up Lebanon's security services, he plans to pursue economic reforms, streamline business procedures, and [...] | 2009-07-06 13:50:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND ETRD EAIR PGOV KFLU SENV LE |
09BELGRADE1136 | SERBIA: JAT STRIKE ENDS, FOR NOW [...] (SBU) Flights of JAT Airways, the Serbian flag carrier, were grounded between September 30 and October 2 due to a strike by mechanics at JAT Tehnika, the former maintenance arm of the effectively bankrupt national airline. The cause of the strike was unpaid debts between the two state companie [...] | 2009-10-05 07:23:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR EINV SR |
09BELGRADE1330 | Serbia's Flying Circus: Opening JAT to Competition [...] (SBU) After an early October strike by aircraft maintenance firm JAT Tehnika that grounded JAT airline planes (Ref A),Serbia's civil aviation officials are picking up the pace to open the market to foreign competition and expand airport facilities. Foreign carriers, especially discount airlin [...] | 2009-11-12 11:51:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR EINV JAT SR |
09BELGRADE751 | SERBIA: CIVIL AVIATION REFORM NOT TAKING OFF [...] (SBU) The Serbian Government's inability to pass key civil aviation legislation continues to stall the progress of Serbia's aviation industry. Without this legislation, the FAA Category 1 rating necessary for direct flights to the United States is still out of reach. Serbia's national carrier [...] | 2009-07-27 09:48:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR EINV SR |
09BERLIN1355 | AIRBUS IS CONVINCED THAT THE U.S. TANKER BIDDING [...] (C) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Airbus CEO Thomas Enders expressed strong disappointment regarding the bidding process for the next generation of U.S. Air Force tankers. He contended that Boeing has used its influence to ensure a process that will work in its favor. [...] | 2009-10-28 06:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD PINR PREL EU GM |
09BERLIN429 | GALILEO IDENTITY CRISIS: A FERRARI BUILT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Galileo, the EU's Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS),is in the midst of a 3.4 billion euro identity crisis as political advocates downplay Galileo's advertised role as a pillar of Europe's national security and instead spotlight the system,s civil and economic [...] | 2009-04-09 16:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA EUN NL GM |
09BERLIN430 | GALILEO PUBLIC REGULATED SERVICE MAY REQUIRE [...] SUMMARY: (C) The Galileo Public Regulated Service (PRS) is presumably critical for the EU as a pillar for national security and as the nucleus of Galileo's business model, but PRS appears to be stalling out. PRS faces four obstacles: 1) a conflict between civilian control and military end-us [...] | 2009-04-09 16:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA EUN NL GM |
09BERLIN603 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY LAHOOD'S VISIT MAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Mission Germany warmly welcomes your visit to Germany for the International Transport Forum in Leipzig. Of the larger European Union member states, Germany holds the greatest untapped potential for our transatlantic agenda, but much will have to be settled at the ballot box this [...] | 2009-05-20 17:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ELTN GM OVIP PGOV PREL |
09BERN6 | PASSENGER NAME RECORD AGREEMENT COMPLETED [...] Post delivered the diplomatic note regarding the Passenger Name Record (PNR) agreement per reftel instructions to the GOS on December 23, 2008. Post subsequently received the responsive Swiss diplomatic note (number 344.1) also dated December 23, 2008 confirming the agreement was to take eff [...] | 2009-01-07 13:22:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON SZ |
09BOGOTA100 | COLOMBIA: DEMARCHE ON AIRES SERVICE TO FT. [...] (SBU) On January 9 Econoff delivered copies of ref email points to Claudia Esguerra, Director of International Affairs & Regulations at AeroCivil. Esguerra said she supported the AIRES route and would send official notification to DOT of their selection of Ft. Lauderdale as a city on the rout [...] | 2009-01-13 18:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN CO |
09BOGOTA1810 | CIVAIR COLOMBIA: U.S. CARRIER DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 16:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EINV ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN CO |
09BOGOTA2144 | CIVAIR COLOMBIA: U.S. CARRIER DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 19:30:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EINV ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN CO |
09BOGOTA3332 | CIVAIR: RESULT OF REQUEST FOR INVESTIGATION OF FAA VIOLATION [...] Summary. Per reftel, ECONOFF delivered a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) request for investigation on August 26 to Aeronautica Civil (AeroCivil),Colombia's civil aviation authority, regarding an FAA violation committed by Colombian national Eduardo Andres Luna Beltran. Mr. Luna violat [...] | 2009-10-20 18:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR CO |
09BOGOTA3427 | CIV AIR: DIPNOTE AUTHORIZING NEW ROUTE FOR COLOMBIAN AIRLINE [...] (U) Colombia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered a diplomatic note dated November 10 stating that Colombia's civil aviation authority Aeronautica Civil (AeroCivil) has authorized four new weekly frequencies for Colombian airline Aires between Cali and Fort Lauderdale. A copy of the diploma [...] | 2009-11-20 22:01:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD CO |
09BOGOTA3541 | CIVAIR: DIPNOTE AUTHORIZING NEW ROUTE FOR COLOMBIAN AIRLINE [...] (U) Colombia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered a diplomatic note dated December 9 stating that Colombia's civil aviation authority Aeronautica Civil (AeroCivil) has authorized seven new weekly frequencies for Colombian airline Aerorepublica between Bogota and Miami. A copy of th [...] | 2009-12-14 21:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD CO |
09BOGOTA3555 | CIVAIR: AEROCIVIL RESPONSE TO FAA VIOLATION 2009SO230014 [...] (U) Per reftel, EconOff delivered a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) request for investigation on October 21 to Aeronautica Civil (AeroCivil),Colombia's civil aviation authority, regarding an FAA violation committed by Colombian national Juan Camilo Velasquez. On February 10, Mr. Velazqu [...] | 2009-12-15 21:30:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR CO |
09BOGOTA4048 | COLOMBIA'S POWERFUL TRAVEL AGENCIES SEEK STATE INTERVENTION [...] (SBU) Summary. Colombia's powerful travel agency association has consistently lobbied for protectionist regulations to stave off the airlines' competitive advantage in online ticket sales. Two regulations are pending GOC approval that airlines oppose: one would require airlines to charge an [...] | 2009-12-18 21:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD EINV ECON EINT PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA747 | CIVAIR COLOMBIA: DESIGNATION OF US CARRIER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-04 21:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EINV ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN CO |
09BOGOTA958 | COLOMBIA'S NATIONAL AIRLINE: BRACING FOR THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Amid worsening economic conditions, Colombia's national airline, Avianca, is re-assessing its routes and frequencies for 2009. The company has already postponed planned route additions and fleet acquisitions. Meanwhile, Avianca still expects to receive 13 new Airbus planes in [...] | 2009-03-19 18:14:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN CO |
09BRASILIA1009 | BRAZIL: FAA REQUEST FOR IASA FINAL DISUCSSION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Per action request in reftel A, post held consultations with officials at Brazil's Civil Aviation Regulation Agency (ANAC) on August 7, 2009 and delivered a diplomatic note to Brazil's Ministry of External Relations (MRE) on August 10, 2009 to request that the GOB agree to hold a [...] | 2009-08-14 18:36:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON BR |
09BRASILIA1026 | CIVAIR BRAZIL: USAIRWAYS APPLICATION FOR FREQUENCIES [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 14, Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) confirmed that the August 11 ANAC Board of Directors' meeting granted US Airways legal approval to work in Brazil. This approval allows for US Airways to begin contracting personnel, registering the company and acquiri [...] | 2009-08-19 10:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR BR |
09BRASILIA1182 | BRAZIL: BRAZILIAN AVIATION REGULATOR'S CONFIRMATION OF [...] (SBU) Post received confirmation from Brazil's Civil Aviation Regulation Agency (ANAC),per action request in reftel B, to hold a formal final discussion with the FAA on October 28-29 to review the noted safety oversight deficiencies and any corrective measures the GoB has taken since the IASA [...] | 2009-09-22 15:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON BR |
09BRASILIA1267 | BRAZIL: TSA ACHIEVEMENTS IN CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: After almost a 3 year absence in Brazil, TSA successfully resumed airport security visits in Brazil on August 10, 2009, and is poised to expand this important relationship through technical exchanges and increased cooperation in other civil aviation related security areas. With t [...] | 2009-10-27 18:44:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ASEC BR |
09BRASILIA1319 | BRAZILIAN CIVIL AVIATION LIBERALIZATION: PERSPECTIVES FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's abilities to accommodate strong passenger air traffic growth, prepare for the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016, and enact market liberalization measures hinge upon its successful resolution of pressing capacity constraints, particularly at Sao Paulo's Guarulh [...] | 2009-11-16 14:24:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV ECON BR |
09BRASILIA16 | Brazil Civil Aviation: Airport Privatization - the players [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil is studying several concession models to raise capital for much needed airport infrastructure improvements before hosting the World Cup in 2014. Private and public sector proposals have been received during the comment period phase, with most comments advocating private [...] | 2009-01-06 14:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV ECON BR |
09BRASILIA288 | Message from Ambassador Clifford Sobel to Acting FAA [...] (SBU) I strongly recommend that FAA HQ Flight Standards Office work cooperatively with ANAC to select technical consultation dates to take place after the May ICAO inspection rather than March 16-17 as currently proposed. Insisting that consultations happen March 16-17 or not at all risks unde [...] | 2009-03-11 17:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON BR |
09BRASILIA303 | BRAZIL: LIFTING OF OPERATIONAL RESTRICTIONS AT RIO'S SANTOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's Agency for Civil Aviation Regulation (ANAC) announced March 4 that it would lift operational restrictions placed on Rio's Santos Dumont airport. The decision opened a torrent of angry and combative comments by Rio's Governor Sergio Cabral and Rio's Mayor Eduardo Paes, w [...] | 2009-03-13 10:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV ECON BR |
09BRASILIA386 | FAA FLIGHT STANDARDS CONSULATIONS/ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting on March 25 between ANAC President Solange Vieira and Ambassador Sobel that addressed FAA's proposed consultations and follow-up assessment, Vieira respectfully declined FAA's offer of consultations and proposed that FAA move ahead with its IASA assessment and offer [...] | 2009-03-27 20:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON BR |
09BRASILIA395 | Brazil: Open Skies and Privatization Update [...] (SBU) Summary: The president of Brazil's Agency for Civil Aviation Regulation (ANAC),Solange Paiva Vieira, outlined a detailed strategy for Open Skies negotiations with the U.S. during a March 26 meeting with Ambassador Sobel. The process involves ANAC reviewing a U.S. provided Open Skies eco [...] | 2009-03-30 21:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV ECON BR |
09BRASILIA480 | BRAZIL: FAA FLIGHT STANDARDS CONSULATIONS/ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Per action request in reftel A, post held consultations with officials at Brazil's Civil Aviation Regulation Agency (ANAC) on April 14, 2009 and delivered a diplomatic note to Brazil's Ministry of External Relations (MRE) on April 16, 2009 to request formally a reassessment of GO [...] | 2009-04-16 21:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON BR |
09BRASILIA76 | Brazil Civil Aviation: OPEN SKIES NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The president of Brazil's Agency for Civil Aviation Regulation (ANAC),Solange Paiva Vieira, has agreed to launch dialogues leading towards Open Skies (OS) negotiations with the US in 2009. During a recent meeting with Ambassador Sobel, Vieira commented that an OS agreement would [...] | 2009-01-16 18:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV ECON BR |
09BRASILIA896 | Brazil: Liberalization, Possibility of Expanded Frequencies [...] (SBU) Summary: The president of Brazil's Agency for Civil Aviation Regulation (ANAC),Solange Paiva Vieira, provided a detailed update of Brazil's civil aviation sector during a July 8 dinner hosted by Ambassador Sobel that was also attended by several of Brazil's leading investment bankers. V [...] | 2009-07-17 19:16:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV ECON BR |
09BRATISLAVA388 | SKYEUROPE: DEBT-FUELED NOSE DIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: With mounting cashflow problems forcing it to miss payments to airports and suppliers, SkyEurope ceased operations and prepared to file for bankruptcy shortly before midnight on August 31. Never once turning a profit in its eight-year existence, the budget airline's financial hea [...] | 2009-09-03 13:01:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PGOV LO XG |
09BRATISLAVA485 | SLOVAKIA'S CIVIL AVIATION HITS BOTTOM, FAILS TO BOUNCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A toxic brew of incompetence, economic recession and predatory airlines has left Slovakia's airports largely empty and on the verge of financial collapse. Following the failure of discount airline SkyEurope this fall (reftel),Bratislava's airport has watched its passenger level [...] | 2009-11-20 09:25:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PGOV LO |
09BRIDGETOWN187 | JRCC ASSESSMENT, EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN [...] (SBU) The JRCC has proven to be an incredibly useful tool for this mission and in particular for our law enforcement community. Originally developed to screen for potential terrorist threats attendant to the 2007 Cricket World Cup (CWC),JRCC and the APIS system have had the unforeseen benefit [...] | 2009-03-25 21:57:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM CVIS EAIR PREL XL |
09BRIDGETOWN675 | CHINESE-MADE PLANES HEADED TO THE CARIBBEAN [...] (C) The Governments of Barbados and Antigua, two of the three majority shareholders in the monopoly regional air carrier LIAT (Leeward Islands Air Transport),have expressed strong interest in replacing the aging fleet of turboprops with Chinese-made planes. China's Ambassador in Antigua con [...] | 2009-10-23 13:58:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAIR PREL CN XL |
09BRUSSELS106 | COPENHAGEN IS THE #1 ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITY FOR [...] (U) On January 21, Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Environment Martin Bursik appeared before the European Parliament's Environment Committee to discuss the priorities of the Czech Presidency of the EU Council of Ministers (running from January until June 2009). Bursik listed four [...] | 2009-01-27 14:26:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY |
09BRUSSELS1153 | UNSURPRISINGLY, GALILEO ALREADY LATE AND OVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A late June communication released with little fanfare by the European Commission to the European Parliament and Council, explained current cost overruns and delays in deployment of the Galileo satellite navigation system. At the moment, complete deployment of all 30 satellite [...] | 2009-08-19 12:46:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH EAIR ECON ETRD EUN PGOV PREL RS TSPA EINV |
09BRUSSELS1212 | USG OWNED OR OPERATED AIRCRAFT ON THE EU ETS LIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USEU EconOffs raised U.S. concerns about USG owned or operated aircraft inappropriately included on the EU list of Aircraft Operators with European Commission officials at DG Transportation and Energy (DG TREN) and DG Environment (DG ENV) on September 1. Commission officials a [...] | 2009-09-04 08:57:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON SENV EUN |
09BRUSSELS173 | BELGIUM: WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF BELGIAN [...] (U) This is a combined message from Embassy Brussels and USEU Brussels. See action request paras 7-9. Background ========== 2. (SBU) Cooperation on aviation security measures between the United States and European authorities has a long-standing history, rooted in international treati [...] | 2009-02-06 17:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAIR BE |
09BRUSSELS397 | BELGIUM: CHARGE'S MEETING WITH MIN TRANSPORTATION [...] (SBU) In a March 11 meeting with the Charge and embassy officials to brief the Embassy on a recent alleged case of sabotage of two airplanes at Brussels's Zaventem airport, the Belgian Minister of Transportation and senior Belgian civair officials told the Charge that as far as they know two [...] | 2009-03-19 16:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR BE |
09BRUSSELS560 | EU COMMISSION OFFICIAL DETAILS CHINA,S SATELLITE [...] (S//NF) An EU Commission official provided insight to China,s efforts within the EU to acquire sensitive technologies, specifically those developed for the Galileo Satellite Navigation program. He explained that the mehods employed by China's Ministry of Science nd Technology (MOST) have only [...] | 2009-04-15 05:15:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | CH EAIR ECON ETRD EUN PGOV PREL TSPA EINV |
09BRUSSELS561 | EU COMMISSION OFFICIAL DETAILS CHINA,S SATELLITE [...] (S//NF) An EU Commission official provided insight to China,s efforts within the EU to acquire sensitive technologies, specifically those developed for the Galileo Satellite Navigation program. He explained that the methods employed by China's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) have on [...] | 2009-04-15 05:28:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | CH EAIR ECON ETRD EUN PGOV PREL TSPA EINV |
09BRUSSELS796 | FAA REAUTHORIZATION BILL: EU CONCERNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 8, USEU Charge was convoked to receive a formal EU demarche expressing concerns about provisions of the FAA Reauthorization bill regarding inspections of foreign repairs stations, further definition of actual control of U.S. airlines' operations, and restrictions on a [...] | 2009-06-08 17:45:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL ELAB EUN |
09BRUSSELS920 | EU AND NORTH KOREA [...] (U) Action Request: Please see paragraphs 4-5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: USEU shared Ref A and B points with Commission and Council General Secretariat functional, regional, and technical experts. Commission sanctions experts request additional information about how the USG will implement the UN [...] | 2009-07-06 09:53:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EWWT EAIR PARM PREL KNNP MNUC MTCRE |
09BUCHAREST556 | ROMANIA: STATE CARRIER TAROM STILL INTERESTED IN [...] (C/NF) The Director-General of the state-owned airline Tarom, Ruxandra Brutaru, informed EconOff in an August 5 meeting that Tarom intends to consolidate its medium-range aircraft fleet around a single aircraft type within the next year. This fleet is currently composed of eleven Boeing 737s, [...] | 2009-08-11 13:27:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR ECON BEXP PGOV RO |
09BUDAPEST121 | HUGARY'S RESPONSE TO EUROPEAN UNION'S EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME [...] (U) On February 6, Pol/Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Miklos Szoboszlay, Director General of the Department of Environment at the Ministry of Transport (MOT). Post stressed that the U.S. has serious legal and economic concerns regarding the EU directive, which seeks to unilaterally extend [...] | 2009-02-12 15:52:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD EU HU SENV |
09BUDAPEST135 | HUNGARY: MALEV'S ACTING CEO REVEALS ITS TRUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with Ambassador Foley on February 18, Malev Hungarian Airlines, acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO),Mr. Geza Fehervary, provided details on the company,s current financial situation. Pulling aside the veil of the current state-of-play with Malev,s Russian financia [...] | 2009-02-20 16:00:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PGOV PREL EAIR EINV EFIN RU HU |
09BUDAPEST281 | HUNGARY: MALEV, AN EU CARRIER WITH RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 18, the nearly bankrupt Hungarian airline, Malev, received a life-saving $13.6 million cash infusion from Russian-owned bank, Vnyshekonombank (VEB). Although Hungarian representation increased slightly on the company's board of directors, this latest addition to VEB's [...] | 2009-04-08 16:32:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAIR EINV EFIN RU HU |
09BUDAPEST404 | MALEV AND THE BUDAPEST AIRPORT: BETTING ON FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: Malev focuses on strengthening its regional market, hiring a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and adding flights to Romania and Russia. Budapest Airport is optimistic about the future, and is embarking on several development projects, but needs a strong Malev to be successful. Mal [...] | 2009-06-03 15:36:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAIR EINV EFIN RU HU |
09BUDAPEST851 | TOO IMPORTANT TO FAIL: HUNGARY LIKELY TO REACQUIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hungarian government, Malev Airlines, and Budapest Airport contacts confirmed that the GOH will likely reacquire a minority stake in recently improved but still debt-laden Malev from Russia's Putin-connected Vneshekonombank (VEB). Embassy contacts characterized VEB as ill-suited [...] | 2009-11-27 15:04:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAIR EINV EFIN RU HU |
09BUDAPEST886 | ARREST TAINTS BUDAPEST AIRPORT'S PREVIOUSLY CLEAN [...] (U) Hungarian authorities announced on December 5 the arrest of Budapest Airport's (BA) legal director Krisztina Renyi-Vamos, along with her former colleague Gyorgy Sziebert, who until this week served as legal director for Budapest transport company BKV. Both individuals were charged with br [...] | 2009-12-14 13:03:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PREL EAIR EINV EFIN ETRD HU |
09BUENOSAIRES1011 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, AUGUST [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period August 27-September 3, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be [...] | 2009-09-08 20:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1022 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, SEPTEMBER 7-11, [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period September 7-11, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be inclu [...] | 2009-09-14 15:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1047 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, SEPTEMBER 14-17, [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period September 14-17, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be incl [...] | 2009-09-21 10:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1079 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, SEPTEMBER 21-24, [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period September 21-24, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be incl [...] | 2009-09-25 20:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1097 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period September 28-October 1, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to b [...] | 2009-10-02 16:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1121 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, OCTOBER [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period October 2-8, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report may include tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be incl [...] | 2009-10-09 16:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1137 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, OCTOBER 9-15, [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period October 9-15, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be include [...] | 2009-10-19 10:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1157 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, OCTOBER [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period October 16-22, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be included [...] | 2009-10-23 14:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1176 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, OCTOBER 22-29, [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period October 22-29, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be includ [...] | 2009-10-30 20:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1207 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, OCTOBER [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period October 30-November 5, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to b [...] | 2009-11-06 20:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES123 | Argentina: Codel Costello Supports Expanding Bilat Ties, [...] (SBU) Codel Costello, a delegation of eight U.S. Representatives plus professional staff from the House Transportation and Infrastructure Civil Aviation Subcommittee, met with representatives of U.S. civil aviation companies and with senior GoA officials, including Planning Minister De Vido and [...] | 2009-02-05 17:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL EAIR EWWT ETRD AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1250 | Argentina Economic and Financial Review, November 6-12, 2009 [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period November 6-12, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be inclu [...] | 2009-11-13 19:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1268 | Argentina Economic and Financial Review, November 13-19, [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period November 13-19, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be incl [...] | 2009-11-20 13:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1304 | Argentina Economic and Financial Review, November 20-25 2009 [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period November 20-25, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be incl [...] | 2009-12-01 13:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1318 | Argentina Economic and Financial Review, November [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period November 26 - December 3, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov [...] | 2009-12-04 14:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1346 | Argentina Economic and Financial Review, December 4-10, 2009 [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period December 4-10, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be inclu [...] | 2009-12-10 20:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1384 | Argentina Economic and Financial Review, December 11-17, [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period December 11-17, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be incl [...] | 2009-12-21 15:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES139 | ARGENTINA: GOA REQUESTS FAA SECURITY REASSESSMENT DELAY [...] (SBU) Econoff and Defense Attache delivered reftel demarche to Brigadier (two stars) Marcelo Adolfo Ayerdi, the new head of the Comando Regiones Aereas (CRA),February 6. On February 9, Post received a letter response from Ayerdi requesting that the proposed formal reassessment be delayed "no [...] | 2009-02-10 17:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES156 | Argentina: Airport Landing Fee Decrease and User Fee [...] (SBU) After announcing cuts in aircraft landing fees and linked increases in airport passenger user fees in late February, the GoA has rescinded the move, reportedly at the behest of former President Nestor Kirchner. International carriers had been promised the landing fee cuts in December 200 [...] | 2009-02-13 14:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES232 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, FEBRUARY [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period February 16-27, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be in [...] | 2009-03-04 20:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES284 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, MARCH [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period March 2-6, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be includ [...] | 2009-03-13 19:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES361 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, MARCH [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period March 9-23, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be inclu [...] | 2009-03-27 20:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES641 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR’S FAREWELL CALL ON FM TAIANA [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Argentine FM Jorge Taiana told the Ambassador, during the latter's May 28 farewell call, that the GOA had no intention of following Venezuela's lead on expropriations. Taiana expressed concern about the visit of a team from the FAA and the prospect (which has since rec [...] | 2009-06-02 14:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAIR MASS SENV AMGT VZ AR |
09CAIRO1371 | UPDATE ON U.S.-EGYPT AIR MARSHALS AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS --Over the past year, the USG has worked with GOE interlocutors to conclude an Inflight Security Officers agreement with Egypt. The agreement, once finalized, will allow armed U.S. Federal Air Marshals to travel on board U.S. flights to and from Egypt. --The Egyptian Min [...] | 2009-07-16 08:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL PTER ASEC EG |
09CANBERRA1040 | FAA'S UPCOMING ASSESSMENT OF AUSTRALIAN CIVIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australian aviation authorities will release a statement on the FAA's upcoming assessment of Australia's civil aviation, which is scheduled for November 30 - December 4 (reftel). The government release will be out in the next day and could be in the press as early as Friday, [...] | 2009-11-25 06:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR AS |
09CANBERRA108 | NEW CIVAIR DRUG/ALCOHOL TESTING STARTS SOON [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Australian drug and alcohol random testing programs for those involved in safety-related aviation roles legally could begin at any time, but it expected to start in late March or early April. The program will be administered by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA),[...] | 2009-02-02 06:37:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR AS |
09CANBERRA1081 | AUSTRALIA: FAA COMPLETES ASSESSMENT, NEXT STEPS [...] (C/NF) Summary: The FAA team concluded their audit (reftels) and gave a brief assessment of preliminary findings. While the team recognized improvements on previous shortcomings and commended many areas, a few problems remain. Australian officials seem committed to overcoming the shortcomin [...] | 2009-12-07 05:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR AS |
09CANBERRA511 | GFC, H1N1, AND OPEN SKIES, OH MY! A LOOK AT [...] (SBU) Summary. The Australian civil aviation industry has not escaped the economic slowdown brought on by the intensified global financial crisis. Qantas remains the heavyweight in the Australian aviation arena, but its share of the domestic market is slipping and is now down to around 60%. [...] | 2009-06-01 06:46:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON AS |
09CARACAS1325 | GBRV INCREASINGLY ISOLATING ITSELF ON AVIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The International Air Transport Association (IATA),reports that all international airlines continue to experience prolonged delays in receiving dollars from the Venezuelan Commission for Foreign Exchange Administration (CADIVI). According to IATA statistics in early October [...] | 2009-10-15 15:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC CVIS EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL PTER SNAR |
09CARACAS1355 | AA ASKED TO HEAD NEW US-VENEZUELA BUSINESS GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: American Airlines Senior Vice President for Latin American Peter Dolara informed the Ambassador that he had been approached by the Venezuelan Ambassador to the U.S. concerning a proposal to help form a new bilateral business organization to promote a positive image of Venezuela. [...] | 2009-10-21 19:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC CVIS EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL PTER SNAR |
09CARACAS1461 | VENEZUELAN AIRLINE NO LONGER AUTHORIZED TO MAKE UNSCHEDULED [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a senior executive of Venezuelan cargo carrier Vensecar, the Government of Colombia (GOC) has retaliated against a September 10 decision by the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) that it would no longer authorize unscheduled flights by Colombia [...] | 2009-11-17 14:32:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD PREL SNAR VE CO BEXP EINT ETTC |
09CARACAS269 | VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT IGNORES USG OVERTURES ON AVIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Venezuelan private sector organization advocated strongly for the Venezuelan civil aviation authority (INAC) to support the issuance of visas for F AA inspectors and to meet with the Embassy to discuss visa matters. The Venezuelan govemment (GBRV) has not acceded to either request. [...] | 2009-03-03 15:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAIR VE |
09CARACAS407 | VENEZUELAN AVIATION UPDATE: NATIONALIZATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a possible violation of the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuelan (GBRV) has grounded all foreign-registered private aircraft, 95 percent of which are US-registered. The GBRV informed the Embassy via diplomat [...] | 2009-03-27 21:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAIR VE |
09CARACAS615 | VENEZUELAN AIRLINE WITH POSSIBLE DRUG TIES TO FLY [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Post requests information on whether or not Venezuelan carrier Aeropostal is cleared to commence flights to the United States and any information, derogatory or otherwise, on U.S.-based company Aircraft Parts and Pieces, Inc. 2. (C) SUMMARY: President of Venezuelan air [...] | 2009-05-18 17:30:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAIR CASC CVIS ASEC |
09CARACAS625 | VENEZUELAN AIRLINES MAY LOSE SABRE TRAVEL SERVICES [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. travel services giant Sabre has sent "disconnect letters" to two privately owned Venezuelan carriers and has already suspended its contract with government owned carrier Conviasa due to non-payment. Sabre is concerned that if it discontinues its services in Venezuela, the Gov [...] | 2009-05-20 16:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAIR CASC CVIS KHLS |
09CARACAS666 | VENEZUELA: SABRE TRAVEL SERVICES ON AGAIN OFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: After Sabre Travel Services suspended ticketing and reservation services to Venezuelan airlines Aserca and Santa Barbara (SBA) on May 26 it reactivated the same on May 28. Both airlines worked in an "emergency" situation, but managed to maintain operations. However, Sabre may "s [...] | 2009-06-01 13:04:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR ETRD CASC PGOV CVIS KHLS VE |
09CARACAS796 | VENEZUELA: NO RESPONSE ON VIOLATION OF U.S. [...] (SBU) The Venezuelan government has not responded to the March 19 EEB/TRA/OTP Memorandum on FAA Case Number 2008EA250055, the "Violation of Federal Aviation Regulations." The FAA documents detail the case against a pilot for Venezuelan government-owned petroleum company PDVSA. The violations [...] | 2009-06-26 13:03:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAIR VE |
09CARACAS908 | SELECTIVE VENEZUELAN PORT NATIONALIZATIONS BENEFIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Venezuelan government has seized all port operators in Maracaibo and is threatening to do the same throughout the country. The seizures have further deprived an opposition state of tax revenue and sources indicate costs and opportunities for corruption have already increased at the [...] | 2009-07-17 16:14:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR MARR EAIR VE |
09CHENGDU190 | SW CHINA AEROSPACE COMPANIES CLAIM U.S. EXPORT RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Following up on issues raised by American business leaders during the Ambassador's August 28 meeting with members of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Southwest China, Consul General met separately with Lienjing Chen, Director of Manufacturing and Sourcing [...] | 2009-09-15 03:58:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM EAIR EIND ETTC CH |
09CHENGDU249 | CHINA ENLISTS U.S. AEROSPACE SUBCONTRACTOR IN BID TO BEAT [...] (C) Summary: China is seeking the assistance of foreign aerospace companies to increase the international competitiveness of its new C919 passenger jet, due to come to market in 2016, that will compete with Boeing and Airbus. The Chinese lead firm for the project, Commercial Aircraft Corporat [...] | 2009-11-06 07:58:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAIR EINV ETTC PREL PGOV TRGY CH |
09CHENGDU310 | SW CHINA CITY SEEKS TO BECOME MAJOR TRANSPORTATION HUB -- [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary. Leshan officials told Consul General that currently planned infrastructure projects would transform the city into a transportation and industrial hub for southwest C [...] | 2009-12-17 04:58:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ELTN EAIR EWWT ETRD SENV PGOV CH |
09COLOMBO1007 | SRI LANKA'S VERY AMBITIOUS PLANS TO EXPAND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of Sri Lanka's overall plan to boost tourist arrivals from nearly 500,000 currently to 2.5 million by 2016, Sri Lanka has embarked on a very ambitious plan to expand its airport facilities. Sri Lanka's only international airport in Colombo, Bandaranaike International [...] | 2009-11-03 06:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | CE ECON ETRD EINV EAIR ELTN |
09COLOMBO1125 | HAMBANTOTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: INCREASING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of China is constructing an international airport in conjunction with the large Hambantota port. Hambantota is located in the rural South of Sri Lanka, which also happens to be President Rajapaksa,s home region and political base. China Harbor Ltd. is engaged [...] | 2009-12-09 02:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CE ECON ETRD EINV EAIR ELTN CH |
09COLOMBO417 | SRI LANKA: PLANS TO RATIFY THE MONTREAL CONVENTION OF 1999 [...] (U) Sri Lanka's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) intends to ratify the Montreal Convention of 1999 by the end of 2009. CAA Director General, Mr. Parakrama Dissanayake, told Econoff that the CAA's proposed national civil aviation policy addresses its intent to ratify the Convention. The CAA is d [...] | 2009-04-15 07:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ICAO CE |
09COPENHAGEN522 | DHS SECRETARY MOVES AIR MARSHAL ISSUE FORWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano visited Denmark November 2-3 for meetings with the Danish Ministers of Justice and Transportation and for a public event on trafficking in persons (TIP). Ambassador Fulton accompanied her throughout the visit. Th [...] | 2009-11-19 15:38:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS EAIR ASEC KHLS KTIP PTER KCRM DA |
09COTONOU81 | BENIN - INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP DECISION ON THE STATUS OF [...] In response to REF A post has sent Diplomatic Note No. 049 to the Government of Benin's (GOB) Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 5, 2009. 2. Begin text: The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Integration, F [...] | 2009-03-05 14:55:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KREC MARR MOPS BN |
09DAMASCUS188 | JORDANIAN COMPANY REPORTEDLY LEASING AIRBUS A320 [...] (C) Civil aviation-related rumors are again rampant in Damascus one month after SARG officials publicly announced that Boeing had received U.S. export licenses to perform airframe overhauls (D-checks) on Syrian Air's two 747-SPs. On March 1, a semi-independent daily published a report that a J [...] | 2009-03-12 05:52:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR ETRD ETTC PTER PGOV CA JO SY |
09DAMASCUS279 | BOEING READOUT ON SYRIAN AIR'S DILEMMA [...] (C) A Boeing sales representative described Syrian Air execs as disappointed that his April 7-8 visit to Damascus did not portend an imminent change in U.S. sanctions law that would allow Syrian Air to purchase new aircraft from Boeing. He said that Syrian Air was confused about the extent of [...] | 2009-04-14 14:49:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS286 | MFA REQUESTS EMBASSY HELP FOR SYRIAN AIR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 14:32:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL GE SP SY |
09DAMASCUS288 | CORRECTED COPY: MFA REQUESTS EMBASSY HELP FOR [...] (C) In an April 15 meeting requested by Vice Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad, the Director General of Syrian Air asked for the Embassy's help in obtaining export licenses for maintenance on 17 aircraft engines and three auxilliary power units. Two Airbus A320 engines are involved in a contractu [...] | 2009-04-20 08:24:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL GE SP SY |
09DAMASCUS294 | DAM BREAKING ON SYRIAN SANCTIONS REGIME [...] (C) The U.S. sanctions regime against Syria has recently taken two hits that, if left unanswered, could significantly decrease a source of our leverage over the Syrian regime. In what is likely the most blatant violation of U.S. trade sanctions Post has observed, a Jordanian company delivered [...] | 2009-04-22 12:45:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL JO SP SY |
09DAMASCUS295 | DAM BREAKING ON SYRIAN SANCTIONS REGIME [...] (C) The U.S. sanctions regime against Syria has recently taken two hits that, if left unanswered, could significantly decrease a source of our leverage over the Syrian regime. In what is likely the most blatant violation of U.S. trade sanctions Post has observed, a Jordanian company delivered [...] | 2009-04-22 13:58:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL JO SP SY |
09DAMASCUS344 | MAY 7 FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MEETING IN DAMASCUS: SYRIA [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a lengthy May 7 discussion on differing U.S. and Syrian approaches to re-engagement, NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Feltman and NSC/NENA Senior Director Shapiro explained the routine, technical nature of USG's renewal of Executive Order 13338 and agreed to look for possib [...] | 2009-05-14 11:13:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | EAIR ECON ETRD GE SP SY |
09DAMASCUS345 | SPANISH COMMERCIAL COUNSELOR INQUIRES ABOUT ORION [...] (SBU) Beirut-based Spanish Counselor for Economic and Commercial Affairs Miguel Iriso requested a meeting on May 14 to discuss Orion Air's situation with Post. Iriso said his home Ministry was "surprised and confused" that U.S. diplomats from Embassy Madrid had contacted Orion Air executives [...] | 2009-05-14 13:50:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SP SY |
09DAMASCUS429 | CIVIL AVIATION: SYRIAN PEARL, SARG RATCHET UP [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The demise of the Syrian Pearl-Orion Air deal, due primarily to USG enforcement of sanctions, has been elevated to the highest levels in the SARG, with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad briefly raising the issue directly with SE Mitchell during their June 13 meeting, as outlined [...] | 2009-06-22 12:07:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | EAIR ECON PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS465 | SYRIAN PEARL COMPLAINS ABOUT INCLUSION IN [...] (C) The CEO of Syrian Pearl Airways complained to Post that the Commerce Department's May 7 Temporary Denial Order (TDO) had unfairly targeted Syrian Pearl for Orion Air's failure to perform due diligence in obtaining all necessary licenses before sending a BAE 146-300 to Syria, as their wet-l [...] | 2009-07-02 14:07:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SP SY |
09DAMASCUS496 | UPDATE ON SYRIAN CIVIL AVIATION SECTOR [...] (C) A well-placed Embassy source claimed that Lufthansa Techniq has advised Syrian Air to sue the German company for USD 2 million in damages in a German court. According to the source, Lufthansa Techniq expects to lose the case, and will use the judgment as cover to re-export two Airbus A320 [...] | 2009-07-16 14:29:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD ETTC PREL PTER PGOV SY |
09DAMASCUS628 | SYRIAN AIR TO LEASE RUSSIAN-MADE AIRCRAFT [...] (SBU) The semi-independent daily newspaper al-Watan reported August 25 that Syrian Air has completed the legal and technical negotiations for the lease, with the option to buy, of two TU 204 aircraft to be delivered in early May 2010. Due to Syrian Air,s inability to procure new Airbus or Boe [...] | 2009-08-27 12:23:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EINV ETTC PGOV PREL SY |
09DAMASCUS660 | SYRIAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITIES DESPERATE [...] (C) Both Syrian Air and the SARG continue to take drastic steps to overcome the problems presented by a dwindling fleet of air worthy aircraft. In addition to their recently announced negotiations for the lease (with option to buy) of two TU 204 aircraft (ref A),Syrian Air has reportedly cont [...] | 2009-09-08 13:33:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EINV ETTC PGOV PREL SY |
09DARESSALAAM153 | AIR TANZANIA: SAVED BY CHINESE INVESTMENT? [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Tanzania appears to have finally found an investor to keep troubled Air Tanzania aloft, but the carrier's long term viability remains in question. After the Tanzanian Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) revoked the airworthiness license of Air Tanzania Corporation [...] | 2009-03-04 13:51:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV PHSA PINR TZ |
09DARESSALAAM221 | TANZANIA ECONOMIC ROUND-UP APRIL 2009 [...] Summary: -- Energy: Tanzania Faces Power Crisis; New Investment a Challenge -- Aviation: Air Tanzania Fuel Debt Indicates Deeper Troubles -- Mining: Report Questions Mining Sector Tax Practices -- Finance: Check Capping, Interbank Transactions Slow Business MOF Convenes Forum on [...] | 2009-04-03 08:27:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAIR ECON EIND ENRG TZ |
09DHAKA1083 | BIMAN AIRLINES PURSUING U.S. FLIGHTS AND BOEING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bangladesh,s national airlines, Biman, is poised to begin making payments in its $1.2 billion deal with Boeing and resume U.S. flights with leased aircraft in December 2009. Biman is working with a bank consortium to finalize pre-delivery financing and ensure expedited delivery o [...] | 2009-12-01 09:37:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD BEXP BG |
09DHAKA540 | BOEING SALE TO BIMAN BANGLADESH ON TRACK, WAITING [...] (C) The Government of Bangladesh continues to support the purchase of eight Boeing aircraft by the national airlines, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, under a deal signed by the 2007-2008 Caretaker Government. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister G.M. Quader recently told the Ambassador and Boeing' [...] | 2009-05-31 12:19:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV ECON BG |
09DHAKA691 | GOB CONSIDERING A SOVEREIGN GUARANTEE FOR THE [...] (C) The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) is reluctant to provide a sovereign guarantee for the Boeing aircraft deal, but the Ambassador and a Boeing representative told the Prime Minister July 12 that a sovereign guarantee was the only way Bangladesh's national airline could secure financing to b [...] | 2009-07-14 09:24:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD BEXP EFIN PREL ECON PGOV BG |
09DHAKA739 | BOEING,S BANGLADESH DEAL: LIVERY DESIGN DECISION [...] (C) Boeing continues to slog forward on a 1.3 billion USD aircraft sale deal concluded with the 2007-2008 Caretaker Government to revitalize ailing national airline Biman Bangladesh (reftels). PM Sheikh Hasina will now personally decide Boeing's related effort to obtain Government of Banglad [...] | 2009-07-29 06:31:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD BEXP EFIN PREL ECON PGOV BG |
09DHAKA770 | CIVAIR CHIEF: BANGLADESH WANTS TO ENGAGE FAA [...] (U) In an August 2 meeting with Emboffs, Sakeb Majlis, the Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) expressed hope that national carrier Biman Airlines would restart flights from Dhaka to New York, emphasizing the Government of Bangladesh's (GOB) determination to obtain C [...] | 2009-08-04 10:05:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ETRD BEXP BG |
09DHAKA831 | BANGLADESH FM WELCOMES MEETING WITH SECRETARY, [...] (C) Foreign Minister Dipu Moni welcomed the opportunity to meet with the Secretary on September 16 in Washington. In a wide-ranging conversation August 20, the Ambassador pushed Moni on bilateral issues, including high-profile commercial advocacy cases, and outlined U.S. objectives on human [...] | 2009-08-25 07:14:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD ECON EAIR PHUM BG |
09DHAKA841 | AWAMI LEAGUE MUST GOVERN WELL, OR "WE WILL GO TO [...] (C) Commerce Minister Faruk Khan told the Ambassador August 25 that the Awami League government faced a stark choice: "if we do not govern well enough to win reelection, we will go to jail" when the opposition comes to power in five years. Khan said Prime Minister Hasina must do three thing [...] | 2009-08-27 08:52:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD BEXP EINV EAIR ELAB BG |
09DHAKA894 | CIVIL AVIATION OFFICIALS KEEN TO REGAIN CAT 1 STATUS; [...] (SBU) Bangladesh civil aviation officials voiced their keen desire to see Bangladesh upgraded to Category 1 status during a recent visit by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) representatives. By improving aviation safety to reach Category 1 status, civil aviation authorities would help sta [...] | 2009-09-14 09:09:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD BEXP BG |
09DJIBOUTI1171 | DJIBOUTI CIVIL AVIATION: GODJ PLEDGES PROMPT REMOVAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Five months into a largely USG-financed program to provide technical assistance to Djibouti's civil aviation authority, Safe Skies for Africa (SSFA) and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) officials remained gravely concerned that the program had not achieved its fir [...] | 2009-09-30 15:42:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ICAO ECON EAID PGOV PINR DJ |
09DJIBOUTI451 | DJIBOUTI LEADERS WELCOME "SAFE SKIES" PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-06 14:26:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ICAO DJ |
09DJIBOUTI755 | DJIBOUTI: APRIL-MAY ECON-ESTH ROUNDUP [...] This April-May 2009 Djibouti Economic-ESTH roundup includes: --Chinese company to build rail spur to Djiboutis new port --Fund grants first loans to local entrepreneurs --New airline serving Djibouti and Yemen --Indian firm evaluating potential Djibouti gold deposits --New road links key no [...] | 2009-06-22 12:33:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN EAIR EMIN ENRG ELTN EWWT SENV DJ |
09DOHA158 | FAA VISIT CONFIRMS WEAKNESS OF QATAR'S CIVIL [...] (U) FAA Senior Regional Representative Roy Barnett visited Qatar January 21-22 for consultations with the Embassy, Qatar Civil Aviation Authority, and Qatar Airways. During the visit, he met with the QCAA Vice Chairman Ibrahim Abdulgadir, half a dozen other QCAA employees, and the Qatar Airway [...] | 2009-03-04 05:07:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ASEC QA |
09DOHA197 | TSA LAYS OUT A PATH TO SUCCESS OR FAILURE FOR [...] (U) Four TSA officials visited Doha March 15-19 to follow-up on a joint action plan to improve Qatar's aviation security as agreed to by Qatari representatives during their mid-February visit to Washington. The TSA officials included the TSA HQ Middle East area director Carlos De La Torre, TSA [...] | 2009-03-19 14:00:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ASEC QA |
09DOHA215 | TSA: QATAR MAKING SOME PROGRESS IN AVIATION [...] (C) The TSA assessment found the following deficiencies at Doha International Airport (DIA): -- The CAA's airport security program is generic and not specifically tailored to DIA, as it should be. -- The MOI's standard operating procedures for screening are not being fully implemented, esp [...] | 2009-03-26 14:04:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ASEC QA |
09DOHA32 | QATAR AVIATION SECURITY REMAINS A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (C) In separate meetings with the heads of the Ministry of Interior (MOI),Civil Aviation Authority (CAA),and Qatar Airways, Ambassador made clear that the December 2008 TSA inspection did not go well, and the USG is looking for sustained improvements in passenger screening to ensure that dir [...] | 2009-01-14 09:38:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ASEC QA |
09DOHA698 | SOME POSITIVE SIGNS ON AVIATION SECURITY [...] (C) In a November 17 meeting hosted by Major General Saad Al-Khulaifi of the Ministry of Interior (MOI),TSA Deputy Director of International Operations in the Office of Global Strategies Victoria Reeder noted that TSA personnel observing passenger boarding that morning on Qatar Airways flight [...] | 2009-12-02 12:35:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ASEC QA |
09DUBAI241 | DUBAI'S LOW-COST AIRLINE LAUNCHES INAUGURAL ROUTES [...] (U) During its first two weeks of operation, flydubai--Dubai's new low-cost airline--launched inaugural routes to Beirut and Amman on June 1 and additional routes to Damascus and Alexandria on June 8 and 9, respectively. The new airline will focus on destinations four hours or less from Dubai [...] | 2009-06-10 14:29:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL AE |
09DUBAI41 | EMIRATES AIRLINE AND DNATA TRANSFER TO INVESTMENT [...] (C) On January 20, poloff met with Faisal Mikou, Executive Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions at the Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD),to discuss recent media coverage of the transfer of Dubai-based Emirates Airlines and air travel services firm Dnata to ICD. Mikou was puzzled by [...] | 2009-01-29 14:16:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAIR ECON PGOV AE |
09DUBLIN100 | U.S.-IRISH PRE-CLEARANCE AGREEMENT: STILL WORK TO [...] (C) Summary: In November 2008, former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Irish Transport Minister Noel Dempsey signed an Agreement on Air Transport Preclearance ("Agreement"). Building on the 1985 immigration preinspection agreement, the Agreement allows for customs, immigration [...] | 2009-03-03 15:06:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL PGOV EI |
09DUBLIN203 | U.S.-IRISH PRE-CLEARANCE PROGRESS: DEMPSEY MEETING READOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Post met with Irish Transportation Minister Dempsey on May 20 to review current progress on the implementation of DHS/CBP preclearance operations at Shannon and Dublin airports. Dempsey confirmed that he expected a delay in the opening of the preclearance facility from July 1 to [...] | 2009-05-22 13:18:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL PGOV EI |
09DUBLIN258 | DHS SECRETARY NAPOLITANO MEETS IRISH MINISTERS OF [...] (C) On June 29, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano met with Irish Transport Minister Nel Dempsey and Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahen in Dublin. Dempsey and Napolitano discussed th bilateral pre-clearance negotiations. Dempsey oted that cooperation with the U.S. has been admra [...] | 2009-07-08 16:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL PGOV EI |
09DURBAN119 | DUBE TRADEPORT PROJECT AIMS TO INCREASE KWAZULU-NATAL'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Post visited Durban's Dube TradePort project to receive an update on construction progress and success at attracting international investors. The first phase of the project to create a new international airport and trade zone in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Province is 85 percent comple [...] | 2009-12-23 13:41:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND EINV EAIR PGOV SF |
09DUSHANBE1112 | TAJIKISTAN - BOEING MAKES A DEAL WITH SOMON AIR [...] (SBU) Summary: Boeing has reached an agreement with Somon Air (which is controlled by the President and his family),to provide Somon Air up to six 737 aircraft by 2012. With the aircraft, Boeing will provide a comprehensive package of training for Somon pilots and maintenance staff and analy [...] | 2009-09-30 11:08:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV EAIR TI |
09DUSHANBE932 | FLYING BY NIGHT: TAJIK AVIATION ILL-EQUIPPED, UNDER-FUNDED [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan's aviation sector faces many challenges: lack of capacity and oversight, limited flights, high costs, poor planning, aging infrastructure, and unrealistic expectations. During a recent visit to Dushanbe by senior Moscow-based Federal Aviation Administration representa [...] | 2009-07-31 10:01:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL TI |
09EFTOTRIPOLI704 | LIBYAN PROTOCOL CHIEF CONFIRMS QADHAFI WILL NOT STAY IN [...] (SBU/NF) In an August 29 meeting, Libyan Protocol Chief Nuri al-Mismari confirmed that plans for Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi to stay in Englewood, NJ are off. Instead, the GOL is focusing on finding accommodations for Qadhafi in Manhattan. According to Mismari, the most likely outcome is [...] | 2009-08-30 15:56:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAIR OVIP UNGA LY |
09FRANKFURT846 | Blue Skies for Frankfurt Airport Expansion, Partly Cloudy [...] Summary: Construction of a fourth runway for Frankfurt Airport began at the start of 2009, following years of debate and political wrangling. The runway and a new terminal will take several years to complete, meeting Frankfurt's anticipated capacity needs through 2020 and ensuring its future [...] | 2009-03-26 12:34:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EIND ENRG SENV EU GM |
09FREETOWN456 | BOMB SCARE AT AIRPORT HIGHLIGHTS SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (C) On November 8, an "electronic cigar" was found on an inbound British Midlands (BMI) flight from London. The cigar, found by a cleaning crew once on the ground in Freetown, caused alarm because it was found hidden beneath a blanket under a seat, with wires protruding from either end. Breach [...] | 2009-11-25 12:39:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | ASEC EAIR PINS PTER SL |
09GABORONE275 | BOTSWANA ECONOMIC BRIEFS APRIL 2009 [...] This is the fourth edition of U.S. Embassy Gaborone's Botswana Economic Briefs, covering economic and commercial news from March 2009. Topics of this edition are: - Moody's Downgrades Botswana - Botswana Inflation likely to hit Single Digit in 2009 - Botswana Ranked No. 1 in Africa for Mi [...] | 2009-04-03 04:25:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EAIR PGOV BC |
09GABORONE626 | PRESIDENT TAKES ACTIVE INTEREST IN TOURISM SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Botswana's 2009 "Tourism Pitso" (an annual seminar for government and tourism operators) was attended by many high level government officials, including H.E. President Ian Khama. The President participated in the conference for over two and a half hours, highlighting the importanc [...] | 2009-08-07 05:24:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD SENV PGOV EAIR SCUL BC |
09GEORGETOWN71 | AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS STRIKE MAKES GUYANA'S [...] (U) An air traffic controllers strike has caused cancellations of at least two daily Caribbean Airlines flights and closed Guyana's international airport during night hours. Daytime arrivals and departures, which include a four-time weekly Delta flight, are so far unaffected. Senior staff mem [...] | 2009-02-02 19:23:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECIN ELAB |
09GEORGETOWN82 | JAGDEO INTERVENTION ENDS AIR TRAFFIC STRIKE [...] (U) On February 5, air traffic controllers at Guyana's international airport ended their nearly week-long strike after negotiating a last-minute truce directly with President Jagdeo. Having just returned to Guyana from a trip to Europe, Jagdeo agreed to rescind the letters of dismissal issued t [...] | 2009-02-06 19:57:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECIN ELAB |
09GRENADA24 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR MARCH 15 - 21, 2009 [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: a) PM Meets with LIAT Prime Minister Tillman Thomas met with a team of senior officials from the regional air carrier Leeward Isla [...] | 2009-03-26 22:06:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EFIN ECON PREL EPET GJ |
09GUADALAJARA131 | TIGHTENING BELTS, NOT TOURNIQUETS: WESTERN MEXICO AND THE [...] Summary: The economy of western Mexico, anchored on the state of Jalisco and the city of Guadalajara, appears to be withstanding the global economic crisis better than many other regions of the country. Key sectors such as agribusiness and high technology have proven to be fairly resilient i [...] | 2009-04-03 22:36:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EIND EINV ETRD EAIR MX |
09GUANGZHOU219 | Waiting for Godot? Or Just Plain Waiting? Xiamen Waits [...] (SBU) Direct cross-Strait air and sea links have arrived, but many in Xiamen are still waiting for the economic benefits. Officials at Xiamen's port say you don't have to look far; the benefits are already here, especially for Taiwan companies that want to export to China. However, Taiwan inve [...] | 2009-04-13 09:17:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EWWT EAIR PREL PGOV CH TW |
09GUANGZHOU614 | Airlines in South China Poised to Grow Despite Global [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The global economic downturn has had minimal impact on major airlines in south China despite international airlines industry losses of US$11 billion for 2009. Though some of China's airlines have diversified their business portfolio and others have made operational adjustments, [...] | 2009-10-30 05:47:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL BEXP CH |
09GUANGZHOU704 | Express Delivery Hubs Find New Home in South China, But Not [...] (SBU) Summary: Situated within three hours flight time from most major cities in the Asia-Pacific region, the Pearl River Delta (PRD) is an excellent hub for logistic companies serving this part of the world, according to express delivery firms. FedEx and UPS are both positioning themselves t [...] | 2009-12-28 01:07:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EAIR EINV ELTN ECON ETRD PGOV CH |
09GUANGZHOU715 | South China Airlines Battle New High-Speed Train [...] (SBU) Summary: The new high-speed train service between Guangzhou, Guangdong Province and Wuhan, Hubei Province debuted on December 26, 2009 as the world's fastest long-distance passenger train service. Ticket prices for the new service, however, are beyond the grasp of most Chinese, according [...] | 2009-12-30 09:54:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ELTN EIND ECON CH |
09HANOI1308 | Keep on Movin': Ambassador Promotes U.S. Companies to meet [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador advocated on behalf of U.S. businesses in a November 30 meeting with Vietnam's Minister of Transportation, emphasizing that U.S. companies' technology and experience could play an important role in the development of Vietnam's transportation sector. Ambassador al [...] | 2009-12-04 11:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAIR EFIN EINV ELTN ECON VM |
09HANOI27 | CIVAIR: VIETNAM APPROVES NORTHWEST AIRLINES APPLICATION TO [...] In a January 6, 2009 letter to Northwest Airlines (NWA),Mr. Lai Xuan Thanh, Deputy Director General of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV),approved NWA's November 8, 2008 application to begin daily, blind sector service between Tokyo and Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on or about Jun [...] | 2009-01-12 08:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON KTIA VM |
09HARARE228 | AIR ZIMBABWE AT ROSSROAD TO SURVIVAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Air Zimbabwe, the wholly government-owned flagship air-carrier of Zimbabwe, is at a crossroads. After ten years of disastrous financial mismanagement, AirZim has become an enormous drain to the government's coffers, requiring continuous transfusions of working capital from the [...] | 2009-03-17 08:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CASC ATRN ECON EFIN PGOV ZI |
09HARARE837 | AIR ZIMBABWE ON LIFE SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: In the words of CEO Peter Chikumba, Air Zimbabwe is on life support in the Intensive Care Unit. Although the wholly government-owned flagship air-carrier of Zimbabwe has laid-off 30 percent of its workforce since February 2009 and has significantly reduced service, the airline [...] | 2009-10-20 14:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CASC ATRN ECON EFIN PGOV ZI |
09HONGKONG1611 | CHINESE STATE-OWNED AIRLINE MOVES CLOSER TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's State-owned Air China announced August 17 it would purchase a 12.5% stake in Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways from another Chinese State-Owned Enterprise (SOE),CITIC Pacific, for 6.34 billion Hong Kong Dollars (about USD800 million). This acquisition will bring Air Chi [...] | 2009-08-26 08:40:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON HK CH |
09HONGKONG1973 | HONG KONG'S AIRPORT AUTHORITY INVESTING IN CHINA'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 12, the government-owned Airport Authority of Hong Kong (AAHK) entered into a twenty-year contract with the Shanghai Airport Authority (SAA) to co-manage Shanghai's Hongqiao Airport. This USD 14.6 million joint venture deepens cooperation between the two aviation aut [...] | 2009-10-23 05:40:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ECIN HK |
09HONGKONG515 | HONG KONG BUSINESS AVIATION CENTRE PARTNERS WITH [...] (SBU) At a March 5 meeting, Hong Kong Business Aviation Centre (BAC) General Manager Madonna Fung told visiting U.S. Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Cindy Farkus, that BAC would join the Secure Fixed Base Operator Program (SFBOP) on April 1, 2009. [...] | 2009-03-19 08:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ASEC ECON OVIP HK |
09ISLAMABAD1642 | SECRETARY NAPOLITANO DISCUSSES BORDER [...] (S//NF) Summary: In a series of meetings with President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani and Minister of Interior Rehman Malik July 3, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano offered DHS assistance to enhance Pakistan's border security and sought GOP view [...] | 2009-07-20 10:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EAIR PGOV PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2826 | PAKISTAN MOD RELUCTANTLY AGREES TO COOPERATE WITH [...] (C) Summary: In light of renewed discussion in Washington about the necessity of providing man-portable air defense system (MANPADS) assistance to Lahore airport (LHE) as a prerequisite to its certification for non-stop flights from LHE to the United States, Econ Counselor and ICE Attache met [...] | 2009-11-23 08:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ASEC PGOV PREL PK |
09ISTANBUL27 | TURKISH AIRLINES CEO ON LANDING SLOTS, UPCOMING [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 12, Turkish Airlines (THY) CEO Temel Kotil called on the Consul General to seek assistance in resolving concerns posed by the FAA related to a THY wet lease of three Boeing 777 aircraft from JET Aviation of India. CG and Kotil discussed THY's planned purchase of u [...] | 2009-01-16 12:53:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD TU |
09JAKARTA1091 | USTDA GRANT FOR AVIATION SAFETY - ANOTHER POSITIVE STEP [...] Summary: The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) awarded $341,000 in grant funds to Indonesia's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to enhance the safety and security of the country's aviation sector. The technical assistance grant is the latest effort to bolster the civil aviat [...] | 2009-06-26 06:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON SN TH ID |
09JAKARTA1339 | SUMATRA: FOREST FIRES IN RIAU DISRUPT LIFE AND IMPACT [...] (SBU) Summary. Increasingly serious levels of haze and smoke resulting from forest fires mainly concentrated in Riau Province, Sumatra, have had a severe impact on daily life in the province during the first half of August. The smoke and haze caused by the fires have created flight diversions a [...] | 2009-08-13 05:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR SENV ID |
09JAKARTA1619 | INDONESIA: AVIATION - THE NEXT STEP [...] (U) This message contains an Action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Indonesia is a major civil aviation market, and will grow faster if U.S. technical assistance can help bring its aviation sector up to international standards. A string of fatal air disasters has height [...] | 2009-09-29 00:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ID |
09JAKARTA1833 | AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NEW MINISTER OF [...] On November 3, Ambassador Hume and newly-appointed Minister of Transportation Freddy Numberi discussed Indonesia's desire to improve railroad and aviation infrastructure and possibilities for expanding mutual cooperation in those strategic areas. Numberi, Minister of Oceans and Fisheries duri [...] | 2009-11-05 03:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PREL ID |
09JAKARTA1991 | INDONESIA: AVIATION - MOVING FORWARD [...] (SBU) On December 1, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) convened a planning seminar on Air Traffic Management (ATM). Representatives from airlines and government agencies discussed modern ATM strategies, including Performance-Based Navigation and Automatic Dependent Surveillance B [...] | 2009-12-04 05:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ID |
09JAKARTA212 | IRANIAN COMMERCIAL PLANES REPAIRED IN JAKARTA [...] (C) The local Boeing representative for Garuda Airlines, Indonesia's national airline, said that in mid-2008 he observed two Iranian Blue Sky 747-200 airplanes in the Garuda Maintenance Facility (GMF). GMF employees asked him to provide maintenance advice on the planes, which he refused. The B [...] | 2009-02-06 11:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EAIR IR ID |
09JAKARTA448 | FIRST COMMERCIAL SUCCESS UNDER CAPE TOWN CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-13 09:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD EAIR EINV ECON ID |
09JAKARTA90 | INDONESIA AND THE NETHERLANDS MOVE TOWARD A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia and the Netherlands pledged to conclude a Comprehensive Partnership Agreement during FM Verhagen's January 14-15 visit to Indonesia. The Partnership would deepen the two countries' cooperation in security, economic development, environmental protection, education and [...] | 2009-01-16 09:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAIR ID NL |
09JEDDAH146 | SAUDIS READY TO NEGOTIATE OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: On April 15, in response to SAG request for aviation agreements between U.S. and Saudi airlines, CG and Pol/EconOff delivered Ref A to the president and vice president of the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA),Abdullah Rehaimi and Captain Mohammad Ali Jamjoom, pro [...] | 2009-04-22 04:29:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL KTIA SA |
09JEDDAH178 | GACA COMMENTS ON MODEL OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT TEXT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: On May 20, following his meeting with representatives of Saudi Arabian Airlines, Captain Mohamed Jamjoom, Vice President Safety and Economic Regulation at the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation, provided PolEco [...] | 2009-05-25 13:49:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL KTIA SA |
09JEDDAH414 | SAUDIA AIRLINES HEAD ON OPEN SKIES, COMPETITION, [...] (C) In an October 26 dinner conversation, the Director General of Saudi Arabian Airlines, Khalid Abdullah Almolhem, said that the company has no objection to an Open Skies Agreement (reftels) with the United States, stated that Saudia is not currently profitable because of government price cap [...] | 2009-10-28 15:13:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS EAIR ECON KTIA PREL SA |
09JEDDAH444 | SAUDI PROPOSED OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: On November 16, Captain Mohammad Ali Jamjoom, Vice President Safety and Economic Regulation at the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA),presented EconCounselor and PolEconOff with further revisions to the D [...] | 2009-11-19 11:29:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS EAIR ECON KTIA PREL SA |
09KABUL2667 | AN AFGHAN PRIVATE SECTOR AIRLINE WORKING TO EXPAND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Safi Airways, one of three private Afghan-owned carriers, reports it is close to profitability but faces burdensome governmental oversight and unfair competition, particularly from state-owned Ariana Airlines. Safi is banking its future growth on full International Air Transport [...] | 2009-09-02 09:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL EAID EINV PGOV NATO AF |
09KABUL2964 | KamAir Moves Forward on Safety But Warns of Bankruptcy [...] (SBU) Summary: Afghanistan's third largest private air carrier, KamAir, has improved its safety procedures, but continues to lose money. The company's president has long complained of unfair Afghan Government support for state-owned Ariana Airlines, and believes another rival sets artificially [...] | 2009-09-26 12:33:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EFIN PREL AF |
09KABUL3099 | FIRE ON SAFI AIRWAYS PLANE CARRYING AFGHAN FOREIGN [...] (U) Summary: The landing gear of a Safi Airways Boeing 737 flying Oct. 3 from Dubai to Kabul caught fire immediately upon landing at Kabul International Airport (KIA). No passengers were injured and the crew quickly and safely evacuated the plane. Foreign Minister Spanta was on the flight, re [...] | 2009-10-05 13:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PGOV AF |
09KABUL323 | CHANGE AT THE TOP OF AFGHANISTAN'S FINANCE MINISTRY [...] (SBU) Summary. Finance Minister Ahadi has resigned to run for president and been replaced by acting Transport Minister Zakhilwal, a technocrat whose political star has been rising since he rescued the Haj-flights operation late last year. Zakhilwal, a strong proponent of private sector develo [...] | 2009-02-12 13:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV PREL EAID ECON EAIR AF |
09KABUL3257 | NO U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN RUSSIAN COURIER [...] (C) Regarding the points contained in the Russian nonpaper reported in reftel, Post is aware of the October 5 incident in which Global Strategy Group, a British company, attempted to search a Russian diplomatic pouch upon its arrival in Kabul. 2. (U) Global is under contract to the governme [...] | 2009-10-14 11:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PREL RU AF |
09KABUL3346 | ARIANA: SAFER, PROFITABLE BUT STILL FINANCIALLY CONFUSING [...] Action request for USEU and AmEmbassy London - please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: Afghanistan's largest airline, state-owned Ariana Airlines, is a leader in market share and profitability despite an EU flight ban and an aging fleet. Its energetic president, M.K. Wardak, has improve [...] | 2009-10-19 03:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PGOV AF |
09KABUL3447 | Finance Minister Zakhilwal Interested in Improving Ariana [...] (U) Summary: Afghan Minister of Finance Zakhilwal and Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Assistance (CDDEA) Wayne reviewed the USAID-financed assessment's of state-owned Ariana Airlines October 21. The assessment notes improvements in human resource management and quality cont [...] | 2009-10-28 06:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EAID ETRD PGOV BEXP AF |
09KABUL3667 | LACK OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL OVERSIGHT RAISES SAFETY [...] (SBU) Summary: Afghanistan's air traffic has grown by 67 percent over the past year, outstripping its antiquated, procedural-based air traffic control system and a surveillance system that covers only a small fraction of its airspace. Joint airspace use by commercial and combat flights withou [...] | 2009-11-14 11:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PGOV AF |
09KABUL398 | BUILDING AFGHAN CIVIL AVIATION CAPACITY [...] (U) This is an action request message. Please see para 14. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: International community efforts to support the Afghan civil aviation sector are poorly coordinated and lack coherence. The Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) lacks capacity and leadership to manage e [...] | 2009-02-24 03:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL EAID PGOV AF NATO |
09KABUL4029 | Afghanistan's Hajj 2009: Transport Ministry and Ariana [...] Summary: In a marked improvement from last year's Hajj, logistics for the 2009 Afghan pilgrimage proceeded smoothly, due to extensive planning by the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (MOTCA). State-owned Ariana Airlines transported about 35,000 pilgrims, thanks to a last-minute deal b [...] | 2009-12-16 10:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL790 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON NEW MINISTER OF TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 23, recently confirmed Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Hamidullah Farooqi told the Ambassador that the Afghan government is poised to sign a deal with the UAE to provide airport security at Kabul and Kandahar airports and open the Japanese-funded new internatio [...] | 2009-03-31 03:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EFIN PREL EAID PGOV AF |
09KARACHI112 | SINDH - PIA PLANS NEW AIRPLANE PURCHASES BUT CAA [...] (C) Summary: In a March 24 meeting, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Managing Director Aijaz Haroon told Islamabad Econ Counselor and Consular Officials that his airline hopes to purchase new Boeing aircraft and add new routes in the coming year. Haroon also said PIA, aided by lower fue [...] | 2009-04-03 10:02:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD PREL PK |
09KARACHI387 | KARACHI - NATIONAL AIRLINE FLOUNDERS AS PRIVATE CARRIERS [...] (C) Summary: While Pakistan's national carrier, PIA, has been operating at a loss for years, Pakistan's private carriers are seeing profits increase and are cautiously preparing to expand - particularly into the Middle Eastern market. PIA executives blame reduced travel demand and unfair compe [...] | 2009-12-14 06:16:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PGOV ECON PK |
09KARACHI68 | KARACHI - CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY FRUSTRATED BY [...] (C) Summary: Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Deputy Director General Sajid Habib told EconOff on February 13 that Pakistan's airline industry wanted a response from the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) to an industry request to fly direct flights to the U.S. He invited U.S. carrier [...] | 2009-03-02 06:22:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD PREL ECON PK |
09KATHMANDU1046 | CONTROVERSY SWIRLS AS NEPAL AIRLINES INKS MOU [...] (U) The Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) and Airbus announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding under which the national flag carrier will purchase two aircraft from the European aircraft manufacturer. The announcement was made two days after a local newspaper reported that, due [...] | 2009-11-19 11:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP |
09KATHMANDU1153 | NEPAL'S FINANCE CHIEF 'COMMITTED' TO JET DEAL [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Surendra Pandey says he is "completely committed" to making sure the Nepal Airlines Corporation's (NAC's) decision to purchase aircraft from Airbus, instead of Boeing, was fully transparent before determining whether the government should provide the loan guarantee the [...] | 2009-12-22 08:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD PREL PTEP NP |
09KATHMANDU202 | PROSPECTIVE SALE OF BOEINGS TO NEPAL AIRLINES MAY [...] (SBU) According to a Washington, D.C.-based representative for Boeing Corporation, Maoist-led Government of Nepal representatives have indicated that the prospective purchase by state-owned Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) of Boeing aircraft is conditional on the lifting by the U.S. of the ter [...] | 2009-03-13 08:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD EINV PREL PTER EAID NP |
09KATHMANDU431 | BOEING COMPETING TO SELL TWO AIRCRAFT TO NEPAL [...] (SBU) Boeing is competing with Airbus and three other companies to sell two large aircraft to state-owned Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC). The five companies submitted bids by the May 21 deadline set by NAC, which is seeking to purchase one wide-body and one narrow-body aircraft. Three oth [...] | 2009-05-22 07:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP |
09KATHMANDU625 | NEPAL: EMBASSY ADVOCATES FOR BOEING [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Madhav Nepal and Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation Sarad Bhandari vowed in meetings the week of July 6 that the Nepal Airlines Corporation's decision to purchase new aircraft would be fair and transparent. PM Nepal expressed this commitment to transparency during the [...] | 2009-07-13 06:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP |
09KATHMANDU840 | NEPAL: ADVOCACY CONTINUES AS BOEING'S HOPES FADE [...] (SBU) The Charge d'Affaires continues to advocate at the highest levels of government for the state-run Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) to conduct its decision-making process on the purchase of new aircraft in a fair and transparent manner, even as Boeing officials report that the NAC Board o [...] | 2009-09-11 10:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP |
09KATHMANDU880 | NEPAL: BOEING'S BID GETS A BOOST [...] (U) Boeing's bid to supply a narrow-body aircraft to the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has been given a boost by the parliament's Public Accounts Committee, which at a September 18 hearing issued a directive to the state-run airline that should bring some balance to a decision-making proce [...] | 2009-09-23 08:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP |
09KHARTOUM1005 | U.S SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION VISITS MALAKAL, ASSESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: During the August 20 visit by U.S. Special Envoy (S/E) for Sudan General Scott Gration to Malakal, capital of Upper Nile State, where fatal clashes between local Joint Integrated Units (JIUs) occurred in February, JIU commanders said relations between their forces were "good". I [...] | 2009-09-02 08:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS MCAP KDEM EAIR SU |
09KINGSTON1140 | Jamaica: Threats of Protests Against "Wicked" Tax Hike [...] (SBU) Sweeping tax increases and further progress on an International Monetary Fund (IMF) Standby Agreement were the subjects of two significant speeches by Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding and Audley Shaw, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, in a special Parliamentary session held on [...] | 2009-12-21 16:05:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG EFIN EINV EAIR PREL PINR SOCI TRSY |
09KINGSTON121 | JAMAICA: OLINT'S BOSS ARRESTED IN TURKS AND CAICOS [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of investigations, David Smith, head of the alternative investment scheme OLINT, has been arrested by the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) police. Charged on eight different counts, he has been released on USD 1 million bail and is expected to return to court in Augu [...] | 2009-02-17 16:49:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR IADB IBRD IMF |
09KINGSTON123 | JAMAICA: OLINT?S BOSS ARRESTED IN TURKS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of investigations, David Smith, head of the alternative investment scheme OLINT, has been arrested by the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) police. Charged on eight different counts, he has been released on USD 1 million bail and is expected to return to court in Aug [...] | 2009-02-17 19:11:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR IADB |
09KINGSTON223 | JAMAICA: BUSINESS LEADERS DISCUSS WEAKENED STATE OF [...] (SBU) On March 18, Charge James Heg hosted a group of Jamaican business leaders at a lunch to discuss the state of the local economy. The discussions also covered the political dynamics following the decision by the Jamaican Supreme Court on the dual citizenship case. The business leaders wer [...] | 2009-03-23 20:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD TRYS ENRG SOCI EFIN EINV EAIR IADB IBRD |
09KINGSTON27 | JAMAICA ON TRACK TO RATIFY MONTREAL CONVENTION [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Janice Miller, Assistant Director of Economic Affairs at Jamaica's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),on January 8. 2. Miller indicated that the Jamaican Parliament must vote to ratify the Montreal Convention. The Minister of Transpo [...] | 2009-01-12 18:53:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ICAO JM XL |
09KINGSTON302 | JAMAICA: TOURISM SECTOR TRENDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Emboffs met with Minister of Tourism Edmond Bartlett on March 31 to discuss trends in the sector, including security precautions in response to rising crime, the future of tourism competition from Cuba, and the issue of airlift in light of Air Jamaica?s upcoming divestiture. In [...] | 2009-04-20 19:57:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG SENV EAIR SOCI ETRD ASEC SNAR KCRM |
09KINGSTON306 | FEW OPTIONS FOR CASH STRAPPED JAMAICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As the Bruce Golding-led administration reaches the 18 month mark; the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) faces difficult decisions on the eve of its second budget presentation. Still suffering the effects of the global economic meltdown and frozen credit markets, the GOJ has been for [...] | 2009-04-22 20:22:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR IADB IBRD IMF |
09KINGSTON315 | JAMAICA: BUDGET PLAN AND GAS TAX UNVEILED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw presented a plan to Parliament on April 23 to bridge a USD 204.5 million gap in the national budget. During the speech attended by emboffs, Shaw announced a further USD 90 million increase in the new Budget - from JD 547.7 [...] | 2009-04-24 18:39:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV SENV EAIR SOCI ASEC ETRD TRSY |
09KINGSTON320 | JAMAICA: 2009 HERBERT SALZMAN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-27 20:05:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER ECON BEXP ETRD AMGT EAIR SOCI IBRD IMF CDB IBD |
09KINGSTON325 | JAMAICA: APRIL ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- Sporadic roadblocks, with some violent incidents emerged to protest a recent US 10 cent per liter gas tax, but appear to have passed for now. -- Rising aluminum inventories and a 58 percent global price decline since July, 2008 are putting a strain on Jamaica's already weaken [...] | 2009-04-29 15:21:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG SENV EAIR EMIN ASEC SOCI ETRD TRSY OPIC |
09KINGSTON355 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON NARCOTICS BENCHMARKS; [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-06 19:26:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PINR PREL EWWT EAIR PTER ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL |
09KINGSTON361 | JAMAICA: PM GOLDING'S 2009-10 BUDGET PRESENTATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Responding to criticism from the opposing People's National Party (PNP),Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding defended his proposed national budget before Members of Parliament on May 5. During the speech attended by emboffs, Golding detailed the dire economic reality facing the Gov [...] | 2009-05-07 20:08:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG SENV EAIR EMIN ASEC SOCI ETRD TRSY OPIC |
09KINGSTON405 | JAMAICA IN ECONOMIC SURVIVAL MODE [...] (SBU) Jamaica's gargantuan debt, falling external earnings, and fiscal imbalance have placed it in a precarious position. Harsh global conditions have rendered the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) medium-term macroeconomic framework useless, and have forced an increase in the stock of debt to aug [...] | 2009-05-22 11:46:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD ECIN EAIR IADB IBRD |
09KINGSTON445 | JAMAICA: MAY ECONOMIC REVIEW 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- Plans for large-scale casinos face delays from tightened credit markets and a slow legislative process. -- Ministry of Energy will rewrite its 2006 National Energy Policy to reflect changes needed in the sector with an eye to reducing dependence on oil imports. -- The sugar [...] | 2009-06-04 11:38:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG SENV EFIN EAIR EMIN ASEC SOCI ETRD TRSY |
09KINGSTON45 | JAMAICA: UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON [...] (SBU) The global financial crisis has begun to impact Jamaica, with economic growth for July to September 2008 falling by 0.2 percent -- the second consecutive quarter of decline. Continued stagnation in the real sectors was again responsible for the downturn. The economy is bound to fall dee [...] | 2009-01-20 16:48:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR SOCI IBRD IMF |
09KINGSTON471 | AIR JAMAICA: TWO BIDDERS, NEW LOANS, PRESSURE [...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ's) efforts to privatize Air Jamaica (AJ) have gone through numerous changes and setbacks. As the deal enters its final stage, Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines and U.S.-based Spirit Air appear to be the two remaining bidders. The GOJ hopes to have the deal s [...] | 2009-06-12 18:46:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EFIN ETRD SOCI PINR PREL JM XL |
09KINGSTON517 | JAMAICA: JUNE ECONOMIC REVIEW AND A RETURN TO THE IMF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- The international rating agency Standard and Poor's (S and P) maintained Jamaica's long-term foreign and local currency debt rating at B- and its short-term debt rating at C. -- The Falmouth Port tourism and cruise facility redevelopment project has been delayed several month [...] | 2009-07-01 14:47:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG SENV EFIN EAIR EMIN ASEC SOCI ETRD TRSY |
09KINGSTON668 | JAMAICA RATIFIES CONVENTION FOR THE UNIFICATION OF [...] Post has received the following Diplomatic Note from the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) dated July 20, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 8/807/530) "Ref. No.:8/807/530 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Tr [...] | 2009-09-02 19:57:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PREL JM XL |
09KINGSTON743 | AIR JAMAICA SALE: DEAL OR NO DEAL? GOJ CAN'T STAY ON MESSAGE [...] (C) Air Jamaica (AJ),the beleaguered national airline, is days away from finding out whether Indigo Partners (operator of Sprit Airlines) will be its new owner. The airline, currently owned by the Government of Jamaica (GOJ),is eight months behind the original deadline for privatization, bu [...] | 2009-11-30 13:50:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAIR EINV SOCI PREL PINR TRSY IDB IMF JM |
09KINGSTON759 | JAMAICA: ON THE BRINK OF AN IMF DEAL [...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) appears on the verge of pursuing a selective default with local debt holders in order to secure a much needed Standby Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Prime Minister Bruce Golding has been adamant in wanting to avoid any blemish on the [...] | 2009-12-14 19:38:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAIR EINV SOCI PREL PINR TRSY IDB IMF JM |
09KINGSTON782 | JAMAICA: SEPTEMBER 2009 ECONOMIC UPDATE [...] (U) David Smith, the head of failed foreign-exchange trading club Olint TCI, has found himself on the wrong side of the law in the Turks and Caicos Islands for the second time this year. The Olint boss and his wife have been slapped with several additional charges including money laundering and [...] | 2009-10-02 15:03:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT EAIR EAGR ECIN EFIN EIND ELAB EMIN ENRG |
09KINGSTON91 | JAMAICA: JANUARY ECONOMIC REVIEW - HARDSHIP CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- Jamaica's loss making national airline will begin an aggressive restructuring exercise next month in preparation for divestment later this year. -- The Jamaican Parliament has approved a four percent increase in the national budget to USD 6 billion. -- Finance Minister [...] | 2009-02-02 19:18:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR IADB IBRD IMF |
09KINGSTON922 | JAMAICA: OCTOBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 15:30:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN ETRD EAIR ENRG PREL XL JM |
09KINSHASA1036 | DRC INSTILLS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY [...] (U) Summary: Since the approval of the Forestry Code by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (GDRC) in 2002, the Congolese government has engaged in several mandatory reforms. In fact, the GDRC has begun to recognize the multiple social, economic, and environmental values of [...] | 2009-11-25 14:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | DCOM ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG |
09KINSHASA1129 | DRC-RWANDA BILATERAL COMMISSION DISCUSSES SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC-Rwandan Joint Grand Commission met in Kinshasa December 17-19, after a recess of 21 years. Minister for International Cooperation Raymond Tshibanda led the DRC delegation and his former homologue and newly appointed Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo led the Rwandan c [...] | 2009-12-22 17:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS EPET EAIR MARR PREF RW CG |
09KINSHASA368 | PRIVATE DRC COMPANY LAUNCHES 750KG ROCKET [...] (U) A private Congolese company based in Lubumbashi, Developpement Tous Azimuts (DTA),successfully launched the fifth prototype of its "Troposphere" rocket from the Bateke plateau near Kinshasa on April 12. Local press reported the 5-meter long, 750 kilogram rocket reached an altitude of 36 [...] | 2009-04-13 16:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA EAIR PREL KSCA |
09KINSHASA432 | DRC AIRPLANE CRASH [...] A Boeing 737 aircraft crashed 135 miles southwest of Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo the morning of April 29. Seven persons on the flight were killed; there were no American fatalities. The plane left Brazzaville at 9:42 a.m. local time and crashed while attempting to land i [...] | 2009-05-02 08:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV CG |
09KOLKATA127 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: SIKKIM DEMOCRATIC FRONT LIKELY TO RETURN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) appears likely to continue its 15 year rule of the small mountainous Northeast Indian state strategically wedged in between Nepal, China (Tibet) and Bhutan. While it may not match the 2004 absolute sweep, it appears that it will retain its one L [...] | 2009-05-15 11:02:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG ELTN EFIN EAIR IN NP BT CH |
09KUWAIT109 | GOK FINESSING OF KUWAIT AIRWAYS CASE SETTLEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Parliamentary inquiries debate about the terms of a possible settlement between Kuwait Airways Corporation(KAC) and Iraq have highlighted a major disconnect between the GOK and KAC. GOK MFA Undersecretary Jarallah affirmed that the Amir had intended to resolve the issue during si [...] | 2009-02-05 11:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR ECON IZ KU |
09KUWAIT125 | SEQUENTIAL IRAQI VISITS TACKLE BILATERAL ISSUES, [...] (C) Summary: Recent visits by several senior Iraqi officials have sparked optimism in the Kuwaiti press and among some Kuwaiti officials that a new and more cooperative era in the bilateral relationship is beginning. Public comments by these officials have fueled expectations that the two cou [...] | 2009-02-10 12:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR EPET EAIR ECIN KU IZ |
09KUWAIT245 | RECIPROCAL AVIATION TAX EXEMPTION AGREEMENT [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) EconCouns and Econoff met with Ministry of Finance Undersecretary Khalifa Hamada and Omar Welayti, Head of the Ministry's tax treaties section to discuss reengaging on a reciprocal aviation tax exemption agreement. They verbally confirmed that Ministerial [...] | 2009-03-15 14:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EFIN KTIA KU |
09KUWAIT314 | KUWAIT'S EMERGING AVIATION SECTOR [...] (SBU) Key Points: -- Civil Aviation President Fawaz Al-Farah discusses growth in air and passenger traffic, KCIA expansion project and views on privatization of Kuwait Airways. -- Despite the economic slowdown, Kuwait's two new independent airlines appear to be thriving. -- Wataniya [...] | 2009-03-31 13:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EFIN |
09KUWAIT680 | MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS LAUDS U.S.-KUWAIT TIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador discussed Kuwait Airways privatization, Kuwait-Iraq relations and Kuwait-U.S. ties during an introductory meeting with the new Minister of Communications, Dr. Mohammed Mohsen Al-Busairi, who also holds the title of Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs. The [...] | 2009-07-09 10:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR PGOV IZ KU |
09KUWAIT834 | TSA REVIEWS KUWAITI AIRWAYS [...] (U) Summary and Key Issues. On August 17, Ian Ross, International Industry Representative, Transportation Security Agency (TSA),briefed Econcouns and RSO on his meetings with Kamil Al-Awadhi, Head of Safety, Security & Emergency Response, Kuwaiti Airways (KA) and Fareed Al-Qattan, Deputy He [...] | 2009-08-24 05:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PTER PGOV PREL KU |
09KUWAIT975 | KUWAIT HAS ONE SUGGESTED CHANGE TO RECIPROCAL [...] This is an action request. Please see Para 5. 2. (U) On October 5, Post received a formal diplomatic note stating that Kuwait's Ministry of Finance accepted all USG proposed amendments to a 2007 GoK draft Memorandum of Understanding on Reciprocal Tax Exemption for the Aviation Sector. The [...] | 2009-10-12 10:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN KTIA KU |
09KYIV1073 | UKRAINE: NO RESPONSE YET FROM SAA ON DELTA PARKING [...] (SBU) On June 22 we delivered reftel points on Delta Air Lines' request for authorization to park its aircraft overnight in Kyiv on five nights between August 8 and September 6. SAA Deputy Chairman Dmytro Babeichuk stated he would check with SAA Chairman Davydov on the proposed consultation [...] | 2009-06-23 04:46:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD PREL PTER UP |
09KYIV925 | CIVAIR: DELTA AIR LINES REQUEST FOR AUTHORITY [...] (SBU) Post delivered the ref A demarche on May 28 to Sergiy Korshuk, Director of the Department for Air Transportation and Licensing at the State Aviation Administration (SAA) of Ukraine. SAA Chairman Oleksander Davydov and his deputy Dmytro Babeichuk were unavailable to meet. Jeff Morgan, Di [...] | 2009-05-28 15:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA EAIR PREL UP |
09LAGOS183 | NIGERIA: LPG EXEC DESCRIBES KEROSENE SMUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: During an April 6 conversation about the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) market in Nigeria, the managing director of a large Nigerian LPG company said downstream petroleum distributors are exploiting Nigeria's kerosene subsidy by arbitraging the price difference between household ke [...] | 2009-04-09 15:25:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EAIR PGOV NI |
09LAGOS357 | NIGERIAN FLIGHTS TO THE USA: TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF? [...] (C) Summary: Visiting FAA representatives report that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Agency (NCAA) is close to meeting all eight requirements for Category 1 status for Nigerian carriers to fly to the United States and that it could gain that status as soon as mid-2010. End Summary. Status of [...] | 2009-09-08 17:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PGOV NI |
09LAHORE183 | NON-STOP FLIGHTS FROM LAHORE TO NEW YORK LOOK LIKELY [...] (SBU) Summary: Lahore International Airport (LHE) may meet security standards required for direct flights to the United States, according to a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) observation team that conducted a survey at LHE August 24-28. The TSA team noted that LHE officials had ac [...] | 2009-09-09 06:41:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAIR ECIN PGOV PREL PK |
09LAPAZ272 | EVO RETURNS FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, PROMISES [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales returns from his Moscow/Paris trip February 18 basking in Russian and French goodwill, but with only promises of deals to come on counternarcotics, gas exploration, and lithium industrialization. Although the gas deal is potentially huge (up to $4.5 [...] | 2009-02-19 15:06:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAIR ECON EINV EMIN EPET SNAR |
09LIBREVILLE112 | CIVIL AVIATION IN GABON: MORE TROUBLE AHEAD? [...] (SBU) Gabon's failure to pay a team of international aviation consultants is putting the nation's air carriers at risk of remaining on the European Union list of restricted airlines. On the eve of a March 24-26 EU meeting to review the list, Gabon has made little progress in restructuring its [...] | 2009-03-23 12:12:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CASC GB TP |
09LIBREVILLE27 | GABON: EIGHT FRENCH SOLDIERS DIE IN HELICOPTER [...] (U) A French military helicopter crashed off the Gabonese coast January 17, killing eight of ten French military personnel aboard. The Couger helicopter had just lifted off from the French amphibious assault ship La Foudre, in Gabon for a bilateral training exercise. French President Nicolas [...] | 2009-01-20 12:53:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL MASS CASC GB FR |
09LIBREVILLE37 | GABON REFORMS CIVIL AVIATION AMID CONCERNS OVER [...] (SBU) Civil aviation in Gabon is in disarray. Since July 2008, the European Union has imposed safety-related restrictions on all Gabon-certified air carriers, including a complete ban on most companies. In response, Gabon is scrambling to put in place a new, independent civil aviation author [...] | 2009-01-26 11:00:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EINV GB TP |
09LIMA185 | PERU ON U.S. PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS ILLICIT ARMS [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and Spanish language non-paper to the MFA's Chief for International Security and Disarmament, Lilliam Ballon and to her assistant for disarmament matters, Milagros Winkelreid. Ballon expressed a keen interest in maintaining an open, continuing dialog with t [...] | 2009-02-11 22:36:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MASS EAIR ETTC PREL OAS PE |
09LIMA786 | PERU: IDENTIFYING AIR ASSETS FOR PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) This telegram responds to reftel's urgent action request to evaluate possible availability of MI-17 helicopters for use by the Pakistani military. This message also contains an action request for SCA/P in para 4. 2. (C) The Peruvian Air Force has seventeen MI-17 helicopters in its fle [...] | 2009-06-03 21:03:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR PARM SMIG PK PE |
09LJUBLJANA94 | SLOVENIA TO FOLLOW EU LINE ON ETS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 13:54:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON SI ETRD SENV EU |
09LONDON1185 | AIRCRAFT IN EXETER NOT EN ROUTE TO SYRIA (CHAM [...] (C) We delivered reftel talking points and the Temporary Denial Order (TDO) to the British Foreign Office's (FCO) Americas Desk and Flybe, the company carrying out repair of the Orion aircraft, on May 15, and to the UK Department for Transport (DfT) on May 19. HMG officials were vaguely aware [...] | 2009-05-19 16:20:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL UK |
09LONDON2102 | UK TO PRESS EC FOR REMOVAL OF USG AIRCRAFT FROM EU [...] (SBU) UK transportation officials offered to lobby the European Commission (EC) in support of USG request (Ref A) to remove state airlines from the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The UK does not control the list, but understands USG desire to have our government flights - FAA, NASA and U. [...] | 2009-09-09 16:11:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON SENV UK |
09LONDON333 | UK VIEWS ON AVIATION EMISSIONS TRADING AND OPEN SKIES STAGE II [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-06 13:05:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR ECON ETRD SENV EU UK |
09LONDON461 | HEATHROW EXPANSION GETS LIFTOFF, EXPECT TURBULENCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Heathrow's expansion is a major economic, political and environmental hot-button issue, creating unusual alliances among its supporters and opponents, and will likely become a key electoral issue. On January 16, Transport Minister Geoff Hoon announced HMG plans to build a th [...] | 2009-02-20 17:53:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR ECON EIND ETRD PGOV UK |
09LONDON626 | UK OPTIMISTIC BUT FIRM ON SEEKING LIBERALIZED [...] (U) Summary: The British government is optimistic in outlook, but firm in stance, in describing its goals for a stronger UK/EU aviation relationship with the U.S. The three key items on the British agenda, according to Francis Morgan, Head of International Aviation and Safety at Department for [...] | 2009-03-11 12:49:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON SENV UK |
09LUANDA107 | CONCERNED OVER ECONOMY, DOS SANTOS PRAISES [...] (C) Responding to remarks made by Ambassador Mozena during a February 17 call, President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos agreed that the U.S. and Angola have made significant progress over the past year in strengthening our bilateral ties, especially in the areas of health and military-to-military coop [...] | 2009-02-17 18:29:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAIR MARR ECON ETRD EFIN EAID AO |
09LUANDA160 | MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION DOES A ONE-EIGHTY ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 11 meeting with Ambassador Mozena, Minister of Transport Augusto de Silva Tomas de-linked Delta's request to begin service in Angola (ref A) from a deal involving TAAG flights to the U.S., reversing his previous stance as communicated to Embassy and Delta officials. [...] | 2009-03-16 08:00:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | AO EAIR ECON ENIV |
09LUANDA338 | FOREIGN MINISTER BULLISH (MOSTLY) ON DEEPENING [...] (C) Summary: Visibly enthusiastic, Angolan Foreign Minister Dos Anjos told Ambassador Mozena during June 2 meeting that his recent visit to Washington was a "highlight of his life" and termed "deepening the relationship" as the major result. Seizing on the momentum of the visit, the Ambassado [...] | 2009-06-03 19:00:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | AO EAIR ECON ETRD MARR PGOV PREL |
09LUANDA38 | (C) MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION IN DENIAL OVER EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 13 meeting with Ambassador Mozena, Minister of Transport Augusto da Silva Tomas showed himself to be in complete denial over the seriousness of the EU ban on Angolan airlines and his country's nonconformity with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) sta [...] | 2009-01-14 18:27:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | AO EAIR ECON ENIV PREL |
09LUANDA48 | ANGOLA'S CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY BUILDS CAPACITY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-22 06:26:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | AO EAIR ECON ENIV PREL |
09LUSAKA246 | GRZ TURNING THE SCREWS ON ZAMBIAN AIRWAYS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-07 14:10:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAIR ZA |
09LUSAKA73 | ZAMBIAN AIRWAYS' FAILURE A "GOVERNMENT TAKEDOWN" [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Zambian Airways claims the Zambian Government destroyed creditor and consumer confidence in it and drove it into bankruptcy because of vendettas against the airline's primary stakeholders. Although its business practices are questionable, at the very least, Zambian [...] | 2009-02-03 09:02:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR PGOV ZA |
09LUXEMBOURG358 | LUXEMBOURG: GOL FACILITATES BAILOUT OF FLAGSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cargolux, Luxembourg's all-cargo airline, announced a capital increase of US$200 million - facilitated by the government of Luxembourg - and approved by company shareholders on 30 November. The announcement comes in the midst of a third consecutive year of significant losses. C [...] | 2009-12-03 16:46:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PGOV PREL BTIO BMGT BEXP EAIR ECON LU |
09MADRID1095 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOV. 9-13 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-13 16:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN EINV KGHG SP |
09MADRID1214 | SPAIN ECONOMIC ROUNDUP, DEC. 7-24 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-24 11:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ENRG SP |
09MADRID1367 | MADRID ECONOMIC BIWEEKLY, DEC 22-JAN 2 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-02 12:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ENRG KGHG KIPR SP |
09MADRID14 | MADRID ECONOMIC BIWEEKLY, DEC 22-JAN 2 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-07 15:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ENRG KGHG KIPR SP |
09MADRID266 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MARCH 9-14 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-13 23:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET SP |
09MADRID308 | SPAIN: GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR AIRBUS [...] (SBU) Summary. Ministry of Industry, Tourism, and Commerce officials have not responded to reftel questions on the Airbus A350. However, media reports, while inconclusive, suggest that the GOS was in discussions with Airbus in the fall to provide launch aide for this aircraft, but is now hesi [...] | 2009-03-25 14:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EIND ETRD EU SP |
09MADRID413 | ORION AIR (SPANISH) AIRCRAFT LEASE TO SYRIAN PEARL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-24 13:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SP SY |
09MADRID439 | ORION AIR: TRANSFER OF AIRCRAFT TO SYRIA [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Following receipt of ref A e-mail, econoff contacted Orion Air on May 4 and spoke with Director General Arancha Merino on May 5. Merino confirmed that Orion had sent one aircraft to Syria in accordance with Orion's contract with S [...] | 2009-05-05 15:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SP SY |
09MADRID462 | TEMPORARY DENIAL ORDER ON ORION AIR - INFORMING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-13 16:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SP SY |
09MADRID468 | REACHING OUT TO THE GOS RE ORION AIR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 13:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SP SY |
09MADRID489 | FOLLOW-UP WITH GOOVERNMENT OF SPAIN RE ORION AIR [...] (SBU) Econoff met May 19 with Jose Alberto Plaza, Director General for International Trade in Services at the Ministry of Industry, Tourism, and Trade (MITYC); Enrique Feas, MITYC Deputy Director for Trade and Investments, who handles Middle East countries; Inigo Febrel, MITYC Deputy Director [...] | 2009-05-19 15:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SP SY |
09MADRID578 | ORION AIR SAYS IT HAS ENDED CONTRACT WITH SYRIAN [...] (U) Please see request for guidance paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) On June 14, post received an e-mail message from Orion Air advising that Orion has terminated its contract with Syrian Pearl. Informal Embassy translation follows: Begin text: Dear Sirs: ref: Orion Air This is to inform y [...] | 2009-06-15 13:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SP SY |
09MADRID721 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JULY 13-17 [...] (U) The Minister of Economy and Finance announced 11 billion Euros of new financing for Spain,s autonomous regions. Under the plan, Cataluna will receive the largest share, at 3.9 billion Euros, followed by Andalucia at 3.1 billion, Madrid at 1.7 billion, and Valencia at 1.2 billion. The cont [...] | 2009-07-17 13:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EAIR SP |
09MADRID746 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JULY 20-24 [...] (U) Spain,s tourism industry, traditionally one of the pillars of the Spanish economy, has fallen victim to the economic crisis. Spain experienced an 11.4% decrease in visitors in the first half of 2009 compared with the same period in 2008, when the country received a record high number of t [...] | 2009-07-24 11:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EAIR ELTN EIND SENV |
09MADRID852 | MADRID ECONOMIC BIWEEKLY, AUG 17-22 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-22 10:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KFLU SP |
09MADRID942 | CIVAIR: RESPONSE FROM GOS ON FEDERAL AVIATION [...] (U) Para 3 contains a translation of the response from Spain's Agency for Air Safety (AESA) on 8 cases of alleged violations of U.S. airspace (ref A). Background: Until this year, the GOS had determined that it did not have the legal jurisdiction to investigate cases of citizens or residents o [...] | 2009-09-22 11:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON SP |
09MADRID95 | CIVAIR: LAWS PREVENT SPAIN FROM ACTING ON U.S. [...] (U) Post acknowledges receipt of reftels A (Docket number 2008EA290014) and B (Docket number 2008EA290015). However, as per the information received from Santiago Quiros Babillo, area officer at the Ministry of Infrastructure's Civil Aviation Directorate (ref C),Spain does not have the legal [...] | 2009-01-29 08:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SP EAIR |
09MADRID969 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, SEPTEMBER 21-25 [...] The grant program has replaced earlier tax incentives for wind farms and covers 30% of the qualifying costs of investments. (ABC, 9/23; Treasury statement, 9/22; Iberdrola statement, 9/23) Santander's Brazilian Subsidiary Plans Big Share Offering 6.(U) The Brazilian subsidiary of Banco S [...] | 2009-09-28 06:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG SP |
09MAJURO5 | CREEPING TOWARDS AN LUA? [...] SUMMARY: In response to a request from president Tomeing, Ambassador Bishop met with the President to deliver a letter reaffirming USG commitments under the Military Use and Operating Rights Agreement (MUORA) of the Compact. In addition to delivering the letter the Ambassador also discus [...] | 2009-01-28 05:27:00 | Embassy Majuro | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR EAIR RM |
09MANAGUA1073 | TURBULENT RELATIONS BETWEEN NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT AND [...] (C) Relations between commercial air carriers that serve U.S./Nicaragua routes and the GON's airport authority are worsening. On November 3 a representative of Continental Airlines told econoff that the situation at Managua's Augusto C. Sandino International Airport is becoming "unbearable." [...] | 2009-11-06 19:31:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV ETRD PGOV NU |
09MANAGUA703 | NICARAGUA: CIVAIR DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COCESNA [...] (U) On July 14, Embassy officials delivered reftel demarche to Nicaraguan Transport Minister Pablo Fernando Martinez and to the Institute of Civil Aviation's (INAC) legal advisor, Leonel Duarte. We urged Minister Martinez and Mr. Duarte to advise the Central American Corporation for Air Navig [...] | 2009-07-15 22:01:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA NU |
09MANAGUA711 | NICARAGUA: CIVIL AVIATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Representatives of airlines that fly from Nicaragua to the United States met at the Embassy on July 9 for the Deputy Chief of Mission's quarterly Civil Aviation Roundtable. Continental, Delta, and TACA airlines attended, and they described worsening relations with the Nicaragua [...] | 2009-07-17 20:16:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ETRD NU |
09MANAMA529 | BAHRAIN'S GULF AIR RETURNS TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-03 10:54:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL IZ BA |
09MANILA103 | POLICY REFORM IN THE PHILIPPINES: [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-15 08:42:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD RP |
09MANILA1390 | Philippine Civil Aviation Update [...] (SBU) Summary: The progress of the Philippine civil aviation regulator towards regaining a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration 'Category 1' safety rating has been stymied by bureaucratic obstacles that block essential salary increases needed to attract and retain qualified personnel. There i [...] | 2009-07-01 05:18:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV ETRD RP |
09MANILA1774 | PHILIPPINES MOVING SLOWLY ON CIVAIR SAFETY UPGRADE [...] (SBU) Contacts in the Philippine Civil Aviation Administration (CAAP) told Embassy officials August 17 that they continue to progress on air safety deficiencies in many critical areas indicated by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Remedying these shortcomings is essentia [...] | 2009-08-20 08:57:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV ETRD BEXP RP |
09MANILA1966 | Power Outage Highlights Philippine Air Safety [...] (SBU) Summary: Insufficient backup generators to handle a brief power outage caused the failure of long range radar and communication systems at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA),delaying or cancelling 20 long-haul flights on September 13 and 14. The Manila International Airpor [...] | 2009-09-15 09:54:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV ETRD RP |
09MANILA2609 | PHILIPPINE CIVIL AVIATION UPDATE - ICAO AUDIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) safety oversight audit of the Philippines on October 19, 2009 revealed 88 findings and a Significant Safety Concern (SSC). The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) had to immediately address the SSC and develop [...] | 2009-12-22 08:12:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV ETRD BEXP RP |
09MEXICO1145 | Mexico Economic Weekly - April 20 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-04-23 13:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO1306 | Mexico Economic Weekly - May 12 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-05-12 19:28:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO1322 | AIR TRANSPORT: FLU SPARES PASSENGERS, HITS FINANCES [...] (U) This is the third in a series of cables reporting on the economic impact of the influenza outbreak in Mexico. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The transportation system in Mexico has withstood the H1N1 assault at its current intensity rather well. While fear of the influenza has subsided, the economi [...] | 2009-05-13 20:48:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON KFLU MX |
09MEXICO1428 | Mexico Economic Weekly - May 22 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-05-23 18:42:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO1591 | Mexico Economic Weekly - June 5 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-06-08 13:39:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO1669 | Mexico Economic Weekly - June 12 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-06-12 22:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO1862 | Mexico Economic Weekly - June 26 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-06-29 16:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO195 | Mexico Economic Weekly - January 23 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements individual reporting from the Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-01-23 23:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO2038 | Mexico Economic Weekly - July 10 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Joe Salazar (salazarje3@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...] | 2009-07-13 19:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO2179 | Mexico Economic Weekly - July 24 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Joe Salazar (salazarje3@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...] | 2009-07-24 21:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO2519 | Mexico Economic Weekly - August 21 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...] | 2009-08-26 02:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO2601 | Mexico Economic Weekly - August 21 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...] | 2009-08-31 23:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO262 | Mexico Economic Weekly - January 30 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements individual reporting from the Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-01-29 20:45:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO2666 | Mexico Economic Weekly - September 4 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...] | 2009-09-08 23:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO2709 | GOM PROPOSES 2010 ECONOMIC PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 8, the GOM submitted its 2010 budget and fiscal reform proposals to Congress following weeks of market speculation about what the GOM would propose. The speculation follows looming risk of Mexico's possible credit downgrade. Plunging revenues (due to falling oil p [...] | 2009-09-15 21:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO2711 | FINANCE SECRETARY BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON 2010 BUDGET [...] (U) This is an action request for Treasury. See Para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Finance Secretary Agustin Carstens briefed Ambassador on Mexico's 2010 budget, submitted September 8 to Mexico's Congress. . In facing what Carstens described as the "double shock" of the cyclical recession as well a [...] | 2009-09-15 22:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO2746 | Mexico Economic Weekly - September 18 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-09-18 22:34:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO2784 | Mexico Economic Weekly - September 25 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-09-25 13:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO2832 | THE GOM'S 2010 REVENUE PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Fiscal reform has become a critical element in addressing the GOM's 2010 budget shortfall, resulting from plunging revenues (due to falling oil production/prices and economic recession),and public expenditure that grew in tandem with skyrocketing oil prices from 2002-08 (see re [...] | 2009-09-30 15:40:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV PINR SENV |
09MEXICO2885 | Mexico Economic Weekly - October 02 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...] | 2009-10-05 22:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO2996 | Mexico Economic Weekly - October 16 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-10-16 22:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO3010 | 2010 GOM BUDGET: OPPOSITION REJECTS AND BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Facing an October 20 deadline to approve the GOM's 2010 proposed revenue bill, PRI leaders, governors, and lawmakers met on October 12 to coordinate a consensus on the budget. According to local press reports, PRI lawmakers revealed that they will reject the GOM's 2% anti-pover [...] | 2009-10-19 18:58:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV PINR SENV |
09MEXICO3053 | TREASURY A/S COHEN AND GOM OFFICIALS DISCUSS [...] (U) Summary. On October 1, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes (TFFC) David S. Cohen met with Government of Mexico (GOM) officials in Mexico City, Mexico to discuss the collaboration between the GOM and U.S. Treasury on joint efforts to target the finances [...] | 2009-10-23 17:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV PINR SENV |
09MEXICO3094 | Mexico Economic Weekly - October 23 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-10-27 23:10:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO3110 | SENATE TAKES UP 2010, WITH SENATORS DIVIDED OVER PROPOSED [...] (SBU) Summary. As rating companies quietly consider downgrading Mexican debt, the Senate has now noisily taken up the Revenue Bill that the Chamber of Deputies amended and approved October 20. The Chamber had watered down the GOM's original proposal of modifying tax rates and tax laws design [...] | 2009-10-29 00:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO3120 | Mexico Economic Weekly - October 30 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-10-30 17:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO3186 | Mexico Economic Weekly - November 6 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...] | 2009-11-09 22:56:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO3205 | CONGRESS APPROVES MOST 2010 REVENUE LEGISLATION [...] Summary. Legislators watered down the original GOM revenue and tax proposals (see reftel),eliminating some key elements of the original package, but maintaining an increase in value added taxes (IVA) and income tax rates. Finance Secretary Carstens said the package will help revive the econo [...] | 2009-11-10 23:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO3311 | Mexico Economic Weekly - November 20 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-11-23 18:18:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO3382 | CONGRESS APPROVES 2010 SPENDING LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 17, the Mexican Congress approved the 2010 budget, voting 437-25 to pass the spending bill, which includes MX$3.18 trillion (US$244 billion) in outlays. The budget for 2010 implies a deficit of 0.75% of GDP excluding debt from state oil monopoly Pemex, but with Pe [...] | 2009-12-01 20:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO3418 | Mexico Economic Weekly - December 4 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-12-04 20:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO3486 | BANK GOVERNOR APPOINTMENT SPARKS CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] Summary. (U) On December 9, President Calderon nominated Finance Secretary Agustin Carstens as the country's new central bank governor (Banxico). Carstens, whose nomination still needs to be ratified by the Senate, will replace Guillermo Ortiz who finishes his second six-year term at the end [...] | 2009-12-11 13:42:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO582 | Mexico Economic Weekly - February 27 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-02-27 19:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO647 | COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY TELLEZ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Scandal has overtaken Secretary of Communications and Transportation Luis Tellez Kuenzler. In a 3 March press conference, President Felipe Calderon accepted Tellez's resignation and named loyalist Juan Molinar Horcasitas to succeed him. Tellez, who oversaw the heavyweight min [...] | 2009-03-05 13:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EAIR ELTN EWWT PGOV USTR MX |
09MEXICO771 | Mexico Economic Weekly - March 13 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-03-13 23:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO926 | MEXICO TOURISM VISITORS UP BUT RECEIPTS TUMBLE IN [...] While the number of visitors was actually up 6% in January 2009, the government recorded MexicoQs sharpest monthly fall in international tourism revenue in 15 years. Banxico data indicates a 7.5% decrease against January 2008. The drop is more severe than the decline registered after either [...] | 2009-03-27 21:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ETRD EAIR MX |
09MEXICO973 | Mexico Economic Weekly - April 3 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Jonathan Austin (austinjt@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...] | 2009-04-03 16:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MILAN31 | IS THERE A FUTURE FOR MALPENSA? [...] (SBU) Summary: Doomsday scenarios abound in Milan following the decision by Alitalia to partner with Air France and decisively choose Rome as its sole hub. Predictions of immediate economic pain to the region are overstated, but certainly possible is an atrophying of the area's attractiveness [...] | 2009-02-10 10:32:00 | Consulate Milan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV IT |
09MONROVIA258 | LIBERIA: AIRPORT SECURITY DEFICIENCIES MAY DELAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: It remains unlikely that Roberts International Airport (RIA) will meet minimum standards for certification by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in time for Delta Airlines' scheduled inauguration of direct flights between the United States and Liberia June 8, despit [...] | 2009-04-10 14:08:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAIR ECON ETRD LI PGOV |
09MONROVIA430 | LIBERIA: GOL RECEIVES TSA REPORT ON AIRPORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) A/DCM and Econoff delivered TSA's report to Liberia Civil Aviation Authority (LCAA) Director General Rich Williams on June 8, just after the announcement that TSA had not approved Delta's planned service to Monrovia that had been scheduled to start June 9. Williams said he had advised b [...] | 2009-06-16 18:12:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON LI |
09MONROVIA609 | ARREST OF PAKISTANI MALAFIDE PASSENGERS LAYS BARE WEAKNESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The removal of two malafide Pakistanis from a Brussels Airlines August 12 flight to Brussels by airline officials, and the GOL's subsequent investigation, has brought to light a well developed smuggling operation using the Roberts International Airport (RIA) VIP Lounge as a way [...] | 2009-08-24 17:59:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR ECON KFRD CPAS PREL PGOV KCRM EAID LI |
09MONROVIA612 | LOCKHEED MARTIN INKS MANAGEMENT DEAL FOR LIBERIA'S AIRPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lockheed Martin has signed a limited-liability six-month contract with the Ministry of Transport to manage Roberts International Airport (RIA),enhance safety and security procedures, and develop ancillary revenue streams. While the existing agreement promises limited profits fo [...] | 2009-08-25 13:49:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR LI |
09MONROVIA618 | CODEL BUTTERFIELD MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SIRLEAF [...] (U) August 17, 2009; Monrovia, Liberia. 2. (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Brooks Robinson Representative G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX) Representative Lacy Clay (D-MO) Representative Gwen Moore (D-WI) Representative Steven Cohen (D-TN) [...] | 2009-08-27 17:34:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON LI OVIP EINV ETRD EAIR EAGR EWWT |
09MONROVIA626 | DESPITE SECURITY BREACH, BRUSSELS AIRLINES TO CONTINUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After considering suspending operations of its Monrovia-Brussels flight following the discovery of a passport fraud ring and threats to its staff, Brussels Airlines has determined that it can shore up existing gaps in security, customs and immigration procedures and continue ope [...] | 2009-08-28 13:07:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR AMGT KFRD LI |
09MONROVIA775 | LIBERIA: PRESIDENTIAL INTERVENTION QUELLS TURF WARFARE AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Less than a month after Lockheed Martin inked a deal to manage Roberts International Airport (RIA) (Reftel) the President was forced to intervene to clarify the respective roles of the Liberian Civil Aviation Authority and Lockheed Martin. As de facto airport manager, Lockheed M [...] | 2009-10-20 16:48:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EAID ASEC LI |
09MONROVIA98 | LIBERIA: AMBASSADOR RECEIVES DRIVER'S LICENSE DURING [...] (SBU) During a courtesy call by the Ambassador, Minister of Transportation Jackson Doe clarified that in addition to land, sea and air transport, MOT has jurisdiction over the National Port Authority, meteorology and hydrology functions, and over all insurance firms. The GOL is working on plan [...] | 2009-01-30 13:15:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ECON EAIR EWWT EFIN LI |
09MONTEVIDEO265 | GOU LOOKS TO PRIVATIZE AIRPORTS IN THE INTERIOR [...] (U) Recent press reports indicate that the GOU will introduce two bills in Parliament in the coming weeks to make possible the privatization of the Colonia, Salto, and Rivera airports in the Uruguayan interior. The planned procedure is to auction the administration and development of the airpo [...] | 2009-05-12 16:59:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON UY |
09MONTREAL115 | RESULTS OF ICAO'S TWENTIETH AVIATION SECURITY PANEL MEETING [...] Summary. Transportation Security Administration officials led the U.S. delegation to the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) Twentieth Aviation Security Panel of Experts (AVSECP) meeting and presented two U.S. working paper proposals and an information paper on the supply chain [...] | 2009-04-07 18:47:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PREL PTER ICAO XX |
09MONTREAL80 | ICAO COUNCIL CAUTIONS DPRK ON CIVAIR SAFETY AND SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 9, 2009 the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council, which is the governing body constituted of 36 representatives of ICAO Contracting States from all regions of the world, discussed the DPRK announcement that North Korea cannot guarantee the safety o [...] | 2009-03-09 23:55:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KS KN IC ICAO |
09MOSCOW3078 | EX-IM BANK SUPPORT OF BOEING'S BID FOR ROSAVIA [...] (C) On December 16, Ex-Im Bank Board Member Bijan Kian met with Rostechnologiya Director General Sergei Chemezov to discuss the possibility of U.S.-backed financing for the possible sale of Boeing aircraft to Rostechnologiya's aviation holding, RosAvia. Chemezov said the purchase decision w [...] | 2009-12-22 13:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV ETRD RS |
09MOSCOW3120 | AFGHAN LETHAL TRANSIT TALKS STALL OVER ICAO [...] (C) Summary: In a November 17 meeting that lasted longer than three hours, MFA North America Deputy Director Nikolay Sofinskiy noted that the transit of lethal goods over Russia to Afghanistan had the full support of POTUS and Medvedev. The GOR and USG now had to work out the modalities to mak [...] | 2009-12-28 11:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR EAIR RS AF |
09MOSCOW756 | ROSTECHNOLOGII DIRECTOR CHEMEZOV SEEKS MORE STATE [...] (C) In a March 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Director General of Rostechnologii, Sergei Chemezov, stated that many of the conglomerate's constituent corporations would likely close owing to the economic crisis. Thirty percent of Rostechnologii's defense plants were on the verge of bankrup [...] | 2009-03-26 15:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EINV PARM RS |
09MOSCOW962 | MONTREAL CONVENTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) We shared reftel information regarding the ratification of the Montreal Convention of 1999 with diplomats in the MFA's Department of North America Affairs and with civil aviation officials at the Ministry of Transportation (MOT). 2. (SBU) Elena Mikheeva, Deputy Head of the Air Services [...] | 2009-04-15 11:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ICAO RS |
09MUSCAT166 | WITH BOEIN 787s DELAYED, OMAN AIR SEEKS OPTIONS; AIRBUS, [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request. See para. 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In a February 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Oman Air Chairman (and Minister of National Economy) Ahmad bin Abdulnabi Macki outlined the airline's plans and challenges and appeared to seek USG assistance in deal [...] | 2009-03-04 12:32:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON MU |
09MUSCAT861 | Raytheon Secures Multimillion Dollar Contract for New Muscat [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-25 13:19:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EAIR ECON EIND MU |
09MUSCAT887 | Embassy Advocacy Helps U.S. Business Secure Multi-Million [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-07 07:00:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EINV MU ETRD |
09NAIROBI1730 | PAY DEAL ENDS TWO-DAY STRIKE AT KENYA AIRWAYS [...] Demanding a 130% pay raise, employees at Kenya Airways (KQ) went on strike August 14-15. The strike delayed or canceled roughly 90% of KQ's flights, significantly disrupting both domestic and international travel out of east Africa's busiest hub. Civil aviation contacts expect KQ to have wor [...] | 2009-08-18 04:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ASEC PTER KCRM KE |
09NAIROBI342 | IRANIAN PRESIDENT VISITS KENYA [...] (U) Iranian President Ahmadinejad arrives in Kenya on February 24th at the head of a delegation of over 100 government officials and private businessmen. Ahmadinejad's visit follows a flurry of reciprocal visits between high level Kenyan officials and their Iranian counterparts over the past [...] | 2009-02-23 13:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ENRG EPET ETRD IR KE PINR PREL EINV |
09NAIROBI641 | AUSTR LISER URGES KENYA TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AGOA [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant United States Trade Representative Florizelle Liser encouraged Kenyan Trade Minister Amos Kimunya on March 16 to take full advantage of the AGOA framework to seek greater exports to the United States. She also underscored that progress on Kenya's reform agenda is fund [...] | 2009-04-01 09:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAIR ECON ETEX ETRD AGOA PGOV KCOR KE |
09NASSAU258 | NASSAU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FAILS TRANSPORTATION [...] (C) Summary: Nassau's International Airport failed a U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) evaluation April 6 - 9, forcing the Airport Authority to postpone plans to reduce the number of passenger security screening checkpoints from two to one. The TSA evaluation team noted twel [...] | 2009-04-23 15:42:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL PGOV BF |
09NEWDELHI104 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 12-16, 2009, including the following: -- Trade Roundtable with Canada, EU, NZ, Australia -- Update on the Pension Sector -- FDI Slows in November -- Aviation Industry Likely to Fare Better in 20 [...] | 2009-01-16 12:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI1048 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 18-22, 2009, including the following: -- Ministry of Finance Reorganization -- Insurance Bill Passage Likely in Winter Parliament -- CCI Goes Live -- India Notifies Initiation of Safeguard Duty Inve [...] | 2009-05-22 10:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET |
09NEWDELHI1096 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 26-29, 2009, including the following: -- Indian Telecom Major Bharti Airtel and MTN of South Africa Back in Merger Negotiations -- Government Aims to Present Budget by Early July -- Bharti Wal-Mart t [...] | 2009-05-29 13:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI1162 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 1-5, 2009, including the following: -- GDP Growth of 6.7% Surprises on the Upside -- Infrastructure Sector Recovers Somewhat in April -- Some Signs of Expanding Manufacturing Sector -- FY 2009-10 Be [...] | 2009-06-05 13:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI1222 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 8-12, 2009, including the following: -- MOF Preparing for Budget Session -- Indian Commerce Minister Meets with USTR, Others on WTO -- Tax Concessions Proposed for Broadcast & Film Industry -- Will [...] | 2009-06-12 13:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI1251 | AVIATION FEE IMPASSE FORCES EMBASSY TO CANCEL [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraphs 6 and 7. 2. (SBU) Post appreciates the Department's guidance to date (ref A and previous) on the issue of aviation-related fees for official U.S. Government aircraft and understands that an interagency process is currently underway to pr [...] | 2009-06-16 13:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR KMGT OTRA EAIR IN |
09NEWDELHI1284 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 15-19, 2009, including the following: -- Inflation Hits Negative Territory -- India Imposes Restrictions on Chinese Mobiles, Extends Tight Norms on Toys and Dairy -- Panel Advises Increase in Supp [...] | 2009-06-19 11:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI1330 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 22-26, 2009, including the following: -- India To Be Fastest Growing Economy in 2010 -- India Signals Openness to Re-Start Doha Round Negotiations -- GOI Announces New PPP Norms -- GOI Announces [...] | 2009-06-26 13:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI1392 | INDIA'S ECONOMIC SURVEY FOCUSES ON GROWTH AND FISCAL [...] (U) Summary: The Economic Survey for India's Fiscal Year (IFY) 2008-09 (4/1/2008 to 3/31/2009) presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in India's Parliament on July 2 paints a resilient picture of the Indian economy. The Survey sees a 'U shaped' recovery for growth in IFY 2009-10 (4/1/2 [...] | 2009-07-06 13:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI1433 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 6-10, 2009, including the following: -- Sharma Sees Recovery Signs in Exports -- Update on India's Balance of Payments -- Price Rise for Petrol and Diesel -- Lower House of Parliament Passes Railwa [...] | 2009-07-10 13:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI1489 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 13-17, 2009, including the following: -- Informal WTO Talks to be Held in September -- EGoM to Help Steer the Long Delayed 3G Spectrum Auction -- Adequacy of India's Foreign Exchange Reserves -- [...] | 2009-07-20 07:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI150 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 20-23, 2009, including the following: -- Montek Ahluwalia on 2009: "Brace Yourselves" -- Canadian FIPA/BIT Still Being Scrubbed -- GOI May Relax SEZ Norms Due to Low Export Demand -- Tourism in [...] | 2009-01-23 12:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI1544 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 20-24, 2009, including the following: -- GOI Releases Online Customs and Tariff Database -- Report on Benefits to India of Increasing FDI in Higher Ed -- Minister Sharma on Retail Growth and Agricul [...] | 2009-07-24 14:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI1808 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 24-28, 2009, including the following: -- India Announces Foreign Trade Policy for 2009-2014 -- ICRIER Seminar On Express Delivery Issues -- Washington Apples Bring Bonanza to Indian Importers -- [...] | 2009-08-31 02:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR |
09NEWDELHI1814 | TSA REP DISCUSSES BCAS AND FAMS MOU, VIP SCREENING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Transportation Safety Administration Representative (TSA South Asia Regional Rep newly stationed in Singapore) Thomas Keene visited New Delhi August 4-7 to meet with Government of India (GOI) officials and U.S. airlines representatives to discuss aviation security issues. During [...] | 2009-09-01 03:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR PREL PTER IN OVIP |
09NEWDELHI1861 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 31 - September 4, 2009, including the following: -- India Hosts WTO Mini-Ministerial to Re-energize Doha -- India's Own Trade Continues to Plunge -- More Investment Options for Foreign Venture Cap [...] | 2009-09-08 03:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR |
09NEWDELHI1903 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 8-11, 2009, including the following: -- Possible Warming of India-Pakistan Bilateral Trade Ties -- India's First Annual Foreign Trade Barriers Report -- Jet Airways Pilots Strike - An End in Si [...] | 2009-09-14 02:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR |
09NEWDELHI192 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 27-30, 2009, including the following: -- Govt, Central Bank Lower GDP Projections -- Study Projects $6-10 billion for India from EU FTA -- Study Projects Continued Growth in Higher-Income Househo [...] | 2009-01-30 12:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI1944 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 14-17, 2009, including the following: -- Financial Sector Reforms Still In Play -- Invest India to Boost Foreign Investment -- DOT to Allow Remote Access Monitoring Financial Sector Reform [...] | 2009-09-17 13:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR |
09NEWDELHI1999 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-25 13:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR |
09NEWDELHI2013 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 21-24, 2009, including the following: -- AIG Downsizing In India -- Slow Going for Financial Sector Reform -- India Retains U.S. FAA Category 1 Status -- World Bank Approves $4.3 billion Loans [...] | 2009-09-29 13:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR |
09NEWDELHI2037 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 29-October 1, 2009, including the following: -- Foreign Equity Investment Passes $10 Billion Mark -- FIPB Approves 13 Proposals in September 2009 -- Air India Strike Ends -- India's Small but [...] | 2009-10-01 14:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR |
09NEWDELHI230 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 2-6, 2009, including the following: -- India Largest Recipient of Worker Remittances -- Government Anticipates 1.5 million Job-loss by March Due to Global Downturn -- India's FY2008 Investment [...] | 2009-02-06 10:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI2408 | VALIDATION STUDY OF NEW DELHI'S M1 APPLICANTS [...] SUMMARY: New Delhi's Fraud Prevention Unit recently completed a validation study of M1 visas issued to applicants during the first half of FY08. Historically, post has viewed M1 applicants as poor visa risks, and the refusal rates for M1 visas have been higher than those for most other non-i [...] | 2009-12-01 08:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC EAIR ELAB SCUL IN |
09NEWDELHI2416 | CIVAIR INDIA: CLARIFICATION SOUGHT ON SECURITY SCREENINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: ECON/EST MIN-COUNS November 30 delivered reftel demarche on security screenings to Ministry of Civil Aviation (MOCA) Secretary Nambiar. In response, Nambiar, noting that differing national screening guidelines created "muddy water," agreed that the United States and India must [...] | 2009-12-01 13:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL PTER ECON IN |
09NEWDELHI2437 | TOP CONCERNS OF U.S. CIVAIR COMPANIES IN INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: At a roundtable discussion with Emboffs on November 23, representatives of U.S. airlines, express delivery services and aircraft manufacturers discussed their doing business concerns in order to provide input to government-to-government meetings scheduled to take place on the ma [...] | 2009-12-04 02:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL PTER ETRD EFIN ECON IN |
09NEWDELHI280 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 9-13, 2009, including the following: -- India Modifies FDI Procedures -- Inflation Continues to Fall -- December Industrial Output Falls -- Interim Railway Budget Announced -- FII Holdings Fal [...] | 2009-02-13 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI324 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 17-20, 2009, including the following: -- Inflation Declines to 14-Month Low -- India-ASEAN FTA Authorization May Be Postponed -- State-owned Banks to Be Recapitalized -- GOI Extends Duty Credit [...] | 2009-02-20 11:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI368 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 23-27, 2009, including the following: -- UPA Government's Last Relief Package to Exporters -- UPA Sneaks in Another Last Minute Vote Sweetener -- Government Attempts Clarification of FDI Policy [...] | 2009-02-27 12:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI435 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 2-6, 2009, including the following: -- India Continues to Slow Down -- Inflation Declines to 7-Year Low; RBI Moves -- FDI Clarifications Just Cloud the Issue -- FATF Gives Go Ahead for India Mutual [...] | 2009-03-06 09:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI44 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 5-9, 2009, including the following: -- India's Exports Continue to Fall in December -- Export Tax Makes Indian Basmati Rice Expensive -- Government Hopeful on Insurance Sector Bills -- GOI Manda [...] | 2009-01-09 12:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI471 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 9-13, 2009, including the following: -- Industrial Index Declines Again -- Foreign Direct Investment High Through December -- Inflation Continues To Soften -- Characteristics of Service Sector Ent [...] | 2009-03-13 11:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI473 | INDIA REQUIRES U.S. PAY LANDING AND NAVIGATION [...] (SBU) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) After 18 months, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs replied to reftel demarche with a diplomatic note (No.WII/113/7/2007, 6 March 2009) received March 11 stating that the Indian government only agreed to waive landing, p [...] | 2009-03-13 12:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS KSEP PREL EAIR IN |
09NEWDELHI532 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 16-20, 2009, including the following: -- Inflation Falls to a Historic Low -- Foreign Direct Investments High Through January -- India Discusses Free Trade Pact with Chile -- New Pension Scheme fo [...] | 2009-03-20 13:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI596 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 23-27, 2009, including the following: -- Much Ado: Tata Nano Finally Launched -- Infosys Postpones Hiring; IBM Plans to Shift Jobs to India -- Wind-power Producers in Tamil Nadu Can Charge More -- [...] | 2009-03-27 12:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI663 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 30-April 3, 2009, including the following: -- Update on India's External Sector -- Indian Carriers Cancel Aircraft Orders -- Boeing Opens Research and Technology Center -- Bihar Govt Official Comm [...] | 2009-04-03 10:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI705 | INDIA: PRESSING FORWARD WITH GPS, SATELLITE, MOON PROGRAMS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In an April 8 conversation, Shantanu Bhatawdekar, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Officer on Special Duty in New Delhi, updated ESTOff on personnel changes in ISRO, progress on GPS systems, upcoming satellite launches, moon mission cooperation, and the Bhuvan applicatio [...] | 2009-04-09 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA TSPL TPHY SENV EAIR ANET PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI770 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 13-17, 2009, including the following: -- India Misses Export Target -- Inflation Declines, Food Still Expensive -- Domestic Steel Users Oppose Antidumping Duty -- Company Expects Approval of Firs [...] | 2009-04-17 12:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI8 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 29, 2008 to January 2, 2009, including the following: -- Trade Figures Decline for Second Consecutive Month -- 3G Telecom Spectrum Auction Postponed -- Most Indian Carriers Cut Domestic Fares - [...] | 2009-01-02 11:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI826 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 20-24, 2009, including the following: -- India's Outward FDI Plans Up, But Actual Flows Down -- RBI Cuts Interest Rates In Its Monetary Policy -- ......And Lowers Growth Estimates -- Retail Food I [...] | 2009-04-24 14:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI872 | INDIAN ECONOMY SHOWING SIGNS OF RECOVERY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Indian economy is showing some signs of recovery from the current slowdown, with many analysts predicting that the downward cycle is expected to bottom out in the second half of FY 2009-10 (October-April). The core sector (including power, cement, and steel) and automobiles [...] | 2009-05-01 11:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI878 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 27 to May 1, 2009, including the following: -- India Signals Plans to Purchase IMF Bonds -- Slowdown in Mergers and Acquisitions -- Regulator Issues Notices to 12 Accounting Firms -- India Conside [...] | 2009-05-01 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI937 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 4-8, 2009, including the following: -- Indian IT Industry Reactions to U.S. Tax Plan -- Indo-Pak Border Trade Increases to About $80M -- New Chief of National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) [...] | 2009-05-08 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI991 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 11-15, 2009, including the following: -- Exports Continue Contraction -- March Industry Growth Down -- But Manufacturing Sector Showing Revival Signs -- Consumer Inflation Shows Some Abatement -- SE [...] | 2009-05-15 12:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI994 | INDIA'S NEW PENSION SCHEME AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP IN [...] (SBU) Summary: India's Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) opened the "New Pension Scheme" (NPS) to all Indians between the ages of 18-55, including private sector companies, self-employed professionals and informal sector low wage workers, on May 1, 2009. The NPS had pr [...] | 2009-05-15 13:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NIAMEY374 | NIGER: POL/ECON UPDATE FOR APRIL 2009 [...] The following is an Embassy Niger compilation of political and economic highlights for April 2009 not otherwise covered in mission reporting. This report covers the following issues: -- First Woman Appointed to National Assembly VP; -- Council of Ministers Seeks Parliamentary Reimbursements; [...] | 2009-05-26 13:34:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI EIND KDEM EPET EAIR ECON ELAB |
09NICOSIA210 | CYPRUS: T/C NEGOTIATOR CAUTIOUSLY POSITIVE ON NEW [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Cypriot (T/C) Negotiator Ozdil Nami, in a March 19 meeting with the Ambassador, dubbed a new UN proposal to open the Limnitis/Yesilirmak crossing point as "not beyond the realm of the possible." Under the new plan -- which has still not been officially discussed between t [...] | 2009-03-26 14:11:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PREL EAIR TU CY |
09NICOSIA211 | CYPRUS: T/C NEGOTIATOR CAUTIOUSLY POSITIVE ON NEW [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Cypriot (T/C) Negotiator Ozdil Nami, in a March 19 meeting with the Ambassador, dubbed a new UN proposal to open the Limnitis/Yesilirmak crossing point as "not beyond the realm of the possible." Under the new plan -- which has still not been officially discussed between t [...] | 2009-03-26 14:33:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PREL EAIR TU CY |
09NOUAKCHOTT705 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ROUNDUP FOR THE [...] (U) Summary: This month in Mauritania, President Aziz's government took important first steps towards fighting corruption while a poll financed by the World Bank found that 82.9 percent of Mauritanians think the government is corrupt. The Spanish and the French sent high level emissaries to [...] | 2009-11-02 07:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EMIN EAIR EAID MR |
09OTTAWA305 | CANADA SEEKING U.S. VIEWS ON RENEWED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Prime Minister Harper and his cabinet will decide at the end of April whether to explore some form of renewed air link between Montreal and Beirut, according to a Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) cont [...] | 2009-04-20 20:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAIR ASEC CA |
09OTTAWA748 | Treasury Discussions with Canada Regarding Export Credits [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 2, Treasury DAS for Trade and Investment Sharon Yuan, Treasury Director for Trade Finance Steve Tvardek, Embassy EMIN, Embassy Commercial MC and Senior ECON FSN met with officials from key GOC departments and representatives from Canada's export financing agency to [...] | 2009-09-25 19:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EFIN EAIR ECON EINV PREL CA |
09PANAMA123 | CODEL COSTELLO MEETS PRESIDENT TORRIJOS [...] (SBU) Summary. CODEL Costello, composed of members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, called on President Martin Torrijos Espino during the afternoon of February 2 to discuss transportation and the overall bilateral relationship. During the cordial meeting, Torrijos e [...] | 2009-02-10 22:05:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD EWWT OREP PGOV PM PREL |
09PANAMA710 | VENEZUELA DETAINS COPA AIRLINES PLANE [...] (C) Vice President and Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Varela told Ambassador September 21 that Venezuela had recently detained a COPA Airlines 737 in Maracaibo for two days, evidently in retaliation for the GOP having permitted anti-Chavez protests in Panama earlier this month. 2. (C) Varela [...] | 2009-09-22 22:41:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAIR PM VE |
09PARIS334 | FRANCE: SUPPORT FOR AERONAUTICAL SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: GOF and industry officials tell us that a decision on the nature and timing of any launch aid for the A350-XWB (REF A) would likely follow the outcome of the WTO dispute panel on Airbus subsidies. Separately, the GOF has made 5 billion euros in credit available for Airbus trad [...] | 2009-03-09 14:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EIND ETRD FR |
09PARIS872 | AVIATION EXPORT CONTROL MEETINGS JUNE 15-22 [...] (SBU) Summary: On the margins of the Paris Air Show, Post facilitated meetings among USG, GOF, and industry representatives to discuss export control systems related to aviation. A strong turn-out confirmed a common interest in improving awareness and transparency of export licensing systems, [...] | 2009-06-26 14:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD ECON ETTC FR |
09PORTLOUIS22 | AMBASSADOR'S DEPARTURE CALL ON MAURITIAN FOREIGN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Cabrera's departure call on Mauritian Foreign Minister Arvind Boolell ran the gambit of Economic and Political issues. From Bilateral Investment Treaty remarks to questions about trafficking in persons, the friendly, one-hour meeting brought key issues forward. END SU [...] | 2009-01-20 10:54:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EAIR SOCI MP |
09PORTLOUIS44 | MAURITIUS AIRPORT UPGRADE: MADE IN CHINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A planned overhaul of the passenger terminal of Mauritius' international airport is moving ahead, with French design assistance and Chinese funding. When work is completed, the airport should be able to handle four million passengers annually. The Chinese funding is part of a [...] | 2009-02-03 09:15:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ICAO MP |
09PORTLOUIS5 | AIR MAURITIUS CAN'T FLY OVER THIS HEDGE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Air Mauritius made a very bad bet. After increasing its hedge ratio to 80 percent of its projected fuel requirements until mid-2010 at an average price of USD 105 per barrel, the airline is losing about USD 8.4 million per month. These severe self-inflicted losses have led to st [...] | 2009-01-07 12:41:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EFIN ECON ETRD OPIC USTR MP |
09PORTLOUIS80 | MAURITIUS NOT READY FOR OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) On February 24, Charge d'Affaires met with Premila Roy, Permanent Secretary at the External Communications Division of the Ministry of Tourism, Leisure and External Communications. One of the issues raised during the meeting was the U.S. proposal for an Open Skies agreement with Mauritiu [...] | 2009-03-05 10:56:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR MP |
09PORTOFSPAIN361 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR JULY [...] Airline boss quits ---------------------- State-owned Caribbean Airlines'(CA) CEO Philip Saunders recently tendered his resignation citing personal reasons. Saunders joined the airline in October 2007, and his resignation comes amidst reports that the airline has been unable to turn a profit [...] | 2009-09-04 15:06:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB ELTN ETRD TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN506 | TIGHT RACE FOR BOEING IN CARIBBEAN AIRLINES DEAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Boeing's bid to sell ten 737-800 aircraft to Trinidad and Tobago's national carrier Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is reaching a watershed as an intra-governmental board is expected to decide on a vendor by early January. Boeing is competing against Airbus for a potential $790 millio [...] | 2009-12-28 16:07:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV PREL KPRV TD |
09PRAGUE495 | TURBULENCE AHEAD FOR CSA PRIVATIZATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conditions for Czech Airlines (CSA) privatization worsen by the day. The Unimex-Travel Service consortium is the only remaining bidder in the tender and CSA's reported losses soar. Czech officials say they are past the point of no return in the privatization process, but at the [...] | 2009-08-25 12:27:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PGOV EZ |
09PRETORIA1134 | DELTA AND SAA INCREASE SERVICE BETWEEN U.S. AND AFRICA TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Charge La Lime hosted a lunch for Delta officials on May 14. Delta Southern Africa General Sales Manager Margaret Copeland and outsourced Cargo Manager Anne Sanders discussed Delta's expansion strategy in Africa and provided an update on the impact of the global economic crisis [...] | 2009-06-05 14:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA1135 | AIR CARGO TRADE GROWS AS AIRLINES EXPAND SERVICE BETWEEN [...] (SBU) Summary. Charge La Lime hosted a lunch on May 14 for Delta officials and representatives of the Commercial, Consular, Economic, and Management sections of the mission. Delta Southern Africa General Sales Manager Margaret Copeland and outsourced Cargo Manager Anne Sanders provided an upd [...] | 2009-06-05 14:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV ETRD SOCI SNAR SF |
09PRETORIA129 | SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS LAUNCHES PROBE AFTER CREW IS BUSTED [...] (SBU) Summary. South African Airways has launched a probe into the arrest of South African Airways crew members in London on suspicion of drug trafficking on January 20. The fifteen-member SAA crew, including three pilots, who were arrested in London and detained for 24 hours, has been releas [...] | 2009-01-22 15:08:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON SF |
09PRETORIA2602 | SERIES OF AIRLINK INCIDENTS TESTS SOUTH AFRICAN CIVIL [...] (SBU) Summary. A spate of recent accidents/incidents involving South African Airlink has raised concerns about the safety record of the carrier. Privately owned Airlink also provides regional service to Lesotho, Mozambique, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe with over 3,500 flights p [...] | 2009-12-18 11:01:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL CASC OTRA ATRN FAA ICAO SF |
09PRETORIA329 | SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS CORRUPTION PROBE COULD [...] This cable is a collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate Johannesburg Labor Office. 2. (C) Summary: South African Airways, (SAA) Board of Directors has launched an investigation into allegations of high-level mismanagement and corruption. CEO Khaya Ngqula has been placed on sp [...] | 2009-02-23 06:05:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EIND EAIR ECON PREL PGOV PHUM SF |
09PRETORIA333 | SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS CREATES TASK TEAM TO PROBE SECOND [...] (SBU) Summary. State-controlled South African Airways (SAA) announced the creation of a task team to probe a second drug bust of SAA crew members in London on suspicions of carrying five kilograms of cocaine. Crew members were detained in London and released to South Africa pending further in [...] | 2009-02-23 12:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON KHLS SOCI SNAR SF |
09PRETORIA473 | SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS FACES MAJOR CHALLENGES AND SACKS CEO [...] This cable is based on collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate Johannesburg. 2. (U) Summary. State-controlled South African Airways (SAA) reached an agreement to terminate CEO Khaya Ngqula's contract following charges of mismanagement and corruption. SAA continues to face fin [...] | 2009-03-12 05:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ELAB ECON SF |
09PRISTINA163 | KOSOVO: PROGRESS ON CIVAIR BUT MORE WORK TO BE DONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's civil aviation regime has seen significant changes in the past ten years, with Pristina International Airport (PIA) evolving from a military airport run by KFOR in 1999 to assuming full operational control over commercial flights and establishing nascent national civil [...] | 2009-04-24 16:17:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK |
09PRISTINA255 | KOSOVO: GOK STILL LOOKING FOR CEFTA BENEFITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since independence was declared in 2008, Kosovo has struggled to find its voice on the international stage. The Government of Kosovo's (GOK) strong desire to shed the shackles of UNMIK in all realms has been particularly frustrating in organizations where Kosovo is represented b [...] | 2009-07-04 09:40:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK |
09PRISTINA287 | KOSOVO: ENERGY SECTOR REFORM MOVES AHEAD (FINALLY) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After years of delay, the Government of Kosovo (GOK) has officially announced it will build a large lignite-fueled power plant -- the "New Kosovo Power Plant" (NKPP) -- to address the country's unmet and growing energy needs. Prime Minister Hashim Thaci announced the governmen [...] | 2009-07-20 12:41:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK |
09QUITO1061 | Progress on Finalizing Agreement on the New Quito Airport [...] (SBU) Summary: Although numerous hurdles remain, negotiations between Quiport, the private consortium building the new Quito International Airport, the project lenders (including OPIC and Ex-Im),and the Mayor of Quito led to a release of funds on December 7 for continued construction of [...] | 2009-12-24 15:46:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR EFIN ECON PREL IDB EXIM OPIC EC |
09QUITO138 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - U.S. PROGRAMS ON [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel non-paper to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on January 30 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on February 13. Puma reiterated that the GOE fully supports efforts to combat illicit arms trafficking. PolOff noted that t [...] | 2009-02-21 00:44:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MASS MCAP EAIR ETTC OAS PE EC |
09QUITO175 | DESPITE PROMISES, GOE FAILS TO ACT IN AVIATION TAX DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary. On March 3, 2009 EconOff met with Foreign Ministry representatives to discuss the GOE's taxation of U.S. carriers in violation of the U.S.-Ecuadorian aviation agreement. The Embassy has been engaged in discussions with GOE officials about this matter since March 2008. Although [...] | 2009-03-10 20:14:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EC |
09QUITO257 | DESPITE DELAYS, QUITO HOPES TO COMPLETE ROAD TO NEW AIRPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from Quito's municipal government told EconOff on March 31 that, despite delays, they still hoped to complete a road to Quito's new airport in time for the airport's scheduled inauguration on August 10, 2010. The representatives detailed progress in securing lan [...] | 2009-04-14 21:18:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BTIO EAIR EAID EINV ECIN EC MARR MCAP |
09QUITO59 | LENDERS RECEIVE ASSURANCES THAT QUITO AIRPORT PROJECT WILL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In December 2008, representatives of key lenders (including OPIC and Exim Bank) for the new Quito airport received assurances from the GOE's Ministry of Industries, and Quito's Mayor, that Ecuador's new constitution would not adversely affect the project. The lenders' represent [...] | 2009-01-27 15:57:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAIR EINV ECIN EC |
09QUITO604 | GOE SURPRISES EMBASSY WITH PROPOSAL FOR NEW AVIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOE officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) surprised the Ambassador with a proposal for a new aviation agreement on July 14. The Ambassador promised to share the proposal with Washington aviation colleagues. She cautioned that the USG still favors Open Skies agreem [...] | 2009-07-17 17:00:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EC |
09QUITO70 | QUITO'S NEW AIRPORT MAKES PROGRESS BUT FACES BIG [...] (SBU) Summary: The construction of Quito's new airport has made significant progress. The project is large and complex, however, dealing with an unpredictable political environment, sensitive community relations, and environmental challenges. The builders have made several recent missteps th [...] | 2009-01-29 19:28:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR EAID EINV ECIN EC MARR MCAP |
09QUITO815 | QUITO MAYOR STRUGGLES TO LAND NEW AIRPORT DEAL [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's recent Constitutional Court ruling that all airport fees are government property threatens to derail Quito's new airport. If implemented, the project lenders, including OPIC and Ex-Im Bank, have indicated they will halt construction funding and seek international arbitrat [...] | 2009-09-11 22:54:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR ECON EFIN EC |
09QUITO817 | QUITO MAYOR STRUGGLES TO LAND NEW AIRPORT DEAL [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's recent Constitutional Court ruling that all airport fees are government property threatens to derail Quito's new airport. If implemented, the project lenders, including OPIC and Ex-Im Bank, have indicated they will halt construction funding and seek international arbitrat [...] | 2009-09-11 23:26:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR ECON EFIN PREL EC |
09QUITO871 | Constitutional Court Ruling Keeps Airport Negotiations Alive [...] (C) Summary: On October 5 the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court released a ruling designed to "clarify" its July 23 decision that threatened to scuttle the new Quito airport construction project. While not as clear or expansive as hoped by the project lenders, OPIC staffers told econoff on [...] | 2009-10-07 21:53:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR EFIN ECON PREL BR CA IDB OPIC EXIM |
09QUITO899 | Mixed Signals from GOE Complicate New Airport Negotiations [...] (C) Summary: Meetings on October 14 and 15 between project lenders, Quiport, and the Quito Mayor's office resulted in a one-page protocol that, if ratified by all parties, would allow the Mayor's office to comply with a recent Constitutional Court proclamation and avoid pushing the new Quito in [...] | 2009-10-23 22:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR ECON EFIN PREL BR CA IDB OPIC EXIM |
09QUITO901 | AMBASSADOR AND MAYOR BARRERA DISCUSS AIRPORT IN FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Mayor of Quito, Augusto Barrera, was eager to discuss the airport renegotiation process in his first meeting with the Ambassador on October 16. After a friendly discussion about potential cultural and education exchange programs, Barrera launched into a detailed and str [...] | 2009-10-26 22:05:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR EFIN PREL ECON BR IDB OPIC EXIM |
09RABAT320 | MONTREAL CONVENTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-14 12:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ICAO MO |
09RABAT484 | ISRAELI DIPLOMATS EXPECT MORE FROM MOROCCO [...] (S/NF) Summary: Morocco and Israel took advantage of Israeli participation in the June 3-5 Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism seminar in Rabat to re-launch a diplomatic relationship that had been on ice since the Israeli military action in Gaza in December 2008 and January 2009. [...] | 2009-06-09 17:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EAIR KPAL MO IS |
09RANGOON134 | BURMA: TAY ZA EXPANDS HIS EMPIRE [...] (C) Tay Za, the regime's favored crony, continues to expand his empire in Burma. Over the past three months he has purchased three large hotels, expanded his airline business, and entered the telecommunications industry. Embassy Rangoon recommends OFAC add Tay Za's newest companies and key [...] | 2009-03-04 04:28:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAIR ETRD PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON441 | BURMA: TAY ZA'S COMPANIES MARKET GEMS, CELL PHONE [...] (C) Regime crony Tay Za, at the behest of the regime, is working with the Myanmar Gem Traders Association to promote Burmese jade and gems at the ASEAN International Gem Emporium in Kunming. According to Air Bagan staff, Tay Za is leading the Burmese gem delegation and flew 40 merchants and [...] | 2009-07-15 01:19:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAIR ETRD ECPS PREL PINR BM |
09REYKJAVIK154 | ICELANDAIR ON TRACK TO IMPLEMENT TSA REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) Summary. On August 19, Craig Lynes, Acting TSA Representative at U.S. Embassy London and Sandra Melendez, TSA International Industry Representative, met with representatives of Iceland's Civil Aviation Administration and air carrier Icelandair to discuss outstanding issues from a routine [...] | 2009-09-11 15:15:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR IC PGOV PREL |
09RIGA358 | LATVIAN TRANSPORT MINISTRY AGREES TO NOTIFY EUROCONTROL OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-01 11:02:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KREC MARR MOPS LG |
09RIGA547 | LATVIA: NO IMMEDIATE PLAN TO ESTABLISH IRAN AIR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-12 13:38:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PGOV PREL LG IR AE |
09RIODEJANEIRO311 | Rio Radar - September 18, 2009 [...] Rio Radar is a weekly compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This week's subjects: RIO MAYOR WANTS FURTHER COOPERATION WITH USG 2. (U) On September 11, Principal Officer m [...] | 2009-09-22 09:58:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EAIR EINV EPET ENRG PREL PHUM SOCI BR |
09RIODEJANEIRO364 | Rio Radar - November 4, 2009 [...] (U) Rio Radar is a regular compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This week's subjects: FARC ARMS TRAFFICKING PIPELINE TO RIO DE JANEIRO? 2. (SBU) On October 22, [...] | 2009-11-05 15:25:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN KNNP SOCI PTER EAIR TSPL CO BR |
09RIODEJANEIRO404 | Rio Radar - December 3 [...] (U) Rio Radar is a regular compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This week's subjects: BLACKOUTS HIT RIO DE JANEIRO...AGAIN AND AGAIN 2. (U) Beginning the afte [...] | 2009-12-03 17:23:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ASEC PGOV TBIO EAIR BR |
09RIYADH377 | MFA REQUEST TO FLY U.S. REGISTERED SAUDI PLANE TO DAMASCUS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph three. 2. (SBU) Embassy received note from MFA March 2 regarding FM Prince Saud Al Faisal's planned March 4 trip to Damascus from Cairo. Begin text: [Complimentary opening] ... His Royal Highness Prince Saud Al-Faisal will be visiting Damascu [...] | 2009-03-02 14:03:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL ETTC SA SY |
09RIYADH623 | SAUDI MFA ON OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. 2. (SBU) Embassy received the following dip note from Saudi MFA April 29. Begin text: VERY URGENT The Ministry wishes to refer to a letter received from the Royal Saudi Embassy in Washington in which the Saudi Embassy advised [...] | 2009-04-29 14:32:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR PREL SA |
09ROME1029 | INCLUSION OF USG (STATE) OPERATORS IN EU EMISSIONS [...] (U) Post delivered the demarche to Aldo Sansone, Director General for Airports and Air Navigation at the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. Sansone said the key person he has working this issue is Paulo Sappino who will not be in the office until the week of September 7. Absent Mr [...] | 2009-09-04 13:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON SENV KGHG IT |
09ROME1060 | USG-OWNED OR -OPERATED AIRCRAFT ON THE EU ETS LIST [...] (U) Summary. Post received responses to the demarche in Reftel B from officials at the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, ENAC (Italy's civil aviation administration),and the Ministry of the Environment, and Land and Sea Safeguards. All officials agreed that Italy had no power to [...] | 2009-09-16 07:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON SENV KGHG EUN |
09ROME1281 | ITU DEMARCHE: ITALY'S RESPONSE [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered the requested demarche concerning ITU Kosovo-related actions. The demarche was delivered to Giorgio Visetti, Diplomatic Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Economic Development, who handles telecommunications issues. He was very interested in the issue and asked a number [...] | 2009-11-20 15:11:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON SENV KGHG EUN |
09SANJOSE338 | COSTA RICAN AIRPORTS: NO EVIDENCE OF A [...] Post confirms that there is no discernible evidence of discrimination confronting U.S. suppliers or bidders regarding airport construction projects. Currently, the GOCR is working with the Airport Development Corporation/Houston Airport Systems (ADC/HAS),an American, Canadian, and Brazilian [...] | 2009-04-27 16:44:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR PREL PGOV CS |
09SANJOSE597 | RESPONSE FROM COSTA RICA: COCESNA THREATENS TO CUT [...] On July 14, we spoke with Jorge Fernandez Chacon, Director General of the Costa Rican Civil Aviation, regarding the dispute between American Airlines (AA) and Corporacion Centroamericana de Servicios de Navegacion Aerea (COCESNA). He clarified and/or reported the following to us: -- Costa R [...] | 2009-07-16 16:27:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA KX HO CS ES GT NU PM |
09SANJOSE703 | CAN COSTA RICA FINISH MODERNIZING ITS AIRPORT? [...] SUMMARY (U) Modernization of Costa Rica's main international airport, San Jose's Juan Santamaria, stalled for over five years as a result of contract disagreements between the GOCR and the operator/developer Alterra. Realizing that an acceptable solution would be impossible to reach, Alterra s [...] | 2009-08-19 12:27:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR EFIN EIND EINV PREL PGOV CS |
09SANSALVADOR1024 | CROSSED WIRES: NPR'S REPORT ON OUTSOURCING AIRLINE REPAIRS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials from the El Salvador-based Aeroman repair facility strongly refuted allegations raised in a recent National Public Radio report concerning the potential safety implications of the growing practice in the airline industry of outsourcing maintenance abroad. Aeroman clien [...] | 2009-10-30 18:42:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ES |
09SANSALVADOR104 | EL SALVADOR: U.S. PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS ILLICIT [...] (U) As requested, Post has begun initial discussions with GOES regarding U.S. assistance programs to combat illicit trafficking in arms. GOES has in the past expressed interest in assistance with both e-Trace and Integrated Ballistics Information System (IBIS) technology. Post will promptly [...] | 2009-02-04 19:13:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ES ETTC KCRM MASS PREL |
09SANSALVADOR659 | ES: DEMARCHE DELIVERED Q CIVAIR CENTRAL AMERICA: COCESNA THREA [...] A/Econcouns delivered reftel demarche on American Airlines (AA) and 2. Rodriguez called A/Econcouns after speaking with Bayardo Pagoada, Ex 3. El Salvador's letter to COCESNA has been sent to EEB and WHA via e-m Blau [...] | 2009-07-14 22:14:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA ES |
09SANSALVADOR660 | ES: DEMARCHE DELIVERED - CIVAIR CENTRAL AMERICA: COCESNA [...] A/Econcouns delivered reftel demarche on American Airlines (AA) and the Central American Corporation for Air Navigation Services (COCESNA) to Rene Rodriguez, Director of El Salvador's Civil Aviation Authority, on July 14. Rodriguez advised that El Salvador had sent COCESNA a formal request the [...] | 2009-07-14 22:17:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA ES |
09SANSALVADOR980 | TACA AND AVIANCA AGREE TO MERGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 7, El Salvador's Grupo TACA announced a merger with Colombia's Avianca Airlines to form Latin America's second-largest carrier. TACA's primary short-term benefit is new long-haul routes to Europe and North America. The local American Airlines representative does not [...] | 2009-10-14 19:24:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON SOCI ES |
09SANTIAGO1270 | Chile Working Avidly to Comply with TSA Security Directives [...] Summary: Since Saturday, December 26, Post has been in regular contact with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Chile's General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC) and the three airlines (LAN Chile, Delta, and American) that operate non-stop flights to the United States. Although legal c [...] | 2009-12-31 17:53:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV EAIR PTER PINS CI |
09SANTIAGO196 | U.S. PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS ILLICIT TRAFFICKING IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-04 11:49:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MASS EAIR ETTC PREL OAS PE CI |
09SANTODOMINGO1301 | Embassy Facilitates Second Airport Security Meeting - [...] SUMMARY: EconOff facilitated the second Airport Security Working Group (ASWG) of US-flagged air carriers operating in the Dominican Republic (DR),which is aimed at addressing narcotics trafficking and other security issues at the DR's international airports. Group membership was expande [...] | 2009-11-20 15:37:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ASEC DR |
09SANTODOMINGO156 | (U) HUMAN SMUGGLING VIA AIR APPEARS BROADER THAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC) officials told EmbOffs January 28 that two recent incidents of charter flights ferrying illegal migrants into or toward the United States have revealed the existence of well-organized networks of human smugglers using Dominican airspace an [...] | 2009-02-04 10:04:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR KCRM DR |
09SANTODOMINGO217 | CIVAIR DESIGNATION FOR PAN AM WORLD AIRWAYS [...] (U) Post has received Diplomatic Note 2934 from the GoDR notifying that Aerolinea Pan Am World Airways Dominicana, C. por A. (PAWA Dominicana) has been designated by the Civil Aviation Board to provide regular commercial air transportation service between the Dominican Republic and the United [...] | 2009-02-18 19:13:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON DR |
09SANTODOMINGO453 | AIR DOMINICANA SEEKS REGULAR, COMMERCIAL AND [...] (U) Post has received Diplomatic Note 7748 from the GoDR notifying that Aerolinea Air Dominicana, S.A. has been designated by the Civil Aviation Board to provide regular, commercial, and charter air transport service between the Dominican Republic and the United States. This note appears to f [...] | 2009-04-14 12:53:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON DR |
09SANTODOMINGO454 | AIR DOMINICANA SEEKS REGULAR, COMMERCIAL AND [...] (U) Post has received Diplomatic Note 7748 from the GoDR notifying that Aerolinea Air Dominicana, S.A. has been designated by the Civil Aviation Board to provide regular, commercial, and charter air transport service between the Dominican Republic and the United States. This note appears to f [...] | 2009-04-14 12:53:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON DR |
09SANTODOMINGO570 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IS BAD FOR BUSINESS, SAYS [...] (C) Summary: Managers from U.S. investment company Advent International told EconOffs that they have faced numerous barriers to their conduct of business since acquiring the airport concessionaire Aerodom Dominicana Siglo XXI in October 2008. Among these is a GODR official who has harassed, threate [...] | 2009-05-18 17:29:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR KCOR EINV ECON DR |
09SANTODOMINGO707 | SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, JUNE 23, [...] GODR Announces Sale of 49 percent of Government-owned Refinery to Venezuela 2. Government Revenue Falls Sharply in First Quarter; Fernandez Rules Out IMF Program For Now 3. Caribair Suspension Lifted 4. Protests Over Plans to Build Cement Plant Near National Park  [...] | 2009-06-22 21:29:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EAIR SENV DR |
09SAOPAULO192 | TAM AIRLINES PANICS AS ANAC PLANS TO LIFT PRICE [...] (C) Summary: International flights originating from Brazil have long been subject to price floors, resulting in high profit margins for airlines. The Brazilian Aviation Agency (ANAC) has announced that it intends to gradually remove these price floors in 2009. In a March 6 meeting with Braz [...] | 2009-03-31 11:54:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON BR |
09SEOUL291 | IRAQI PRESIDENT TALABANI SECURES ROKG COMMITMENT [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and ROK President Lee Myung-bak signed a comprehensive cooperation MOU in Seoul on February 24 agreeing to explore opportunities for economic cooperation. Contrary to a Blue House press release, the MOU did not commit either side to specific delive [...] | 2009-02-26 09:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN EAIR IZ KS |
09SEOUL357 | ROKG PLANS TO RAISE DPRK CIV AIR ISSUE IN ICAO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for North American Affairs Chang Ho-jin told Pol M/C on March 6 that the ROKG regarded the DPRK's March 5 statement about not being able to guarantee the safety of ROK civilian aircraft in North Korean air space as a "threat to the safet [...] | 2009-03-06 09:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR KS KN |
09SEOUL753 | ROKG, KOREAN COMPANIES REACHING OUT TO CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROK President Lee Myung-bak will be visiting Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan May 10-14. His meeting with Uzbek President Islam Karimov will be his third in 15 months, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Eurasia Division Director Lim Soo-suk told Poloffs on May 7. Seoul is in [...] | 2009-05-12 01:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAID EAIR EINV ENRG EPET KS UZ KZ |
09SHANGHAI156 | THIRTEEN PERCENT GDP GROWTH TARGET: PORT CITY LIANYUNGANG [...] (SBU) Summary. Officials in Lianyungang, a major Chinese port in Jiangsu Province, have set their 2009 GDP growth target at 13 percent, a modest decrease from recent years' growth. Municipal Government and Party officials say that the Central Government and Jiangsu Provincial Government have [...] | 2009-04-07 09:14:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EIND EFIN PGOV EAIR CH |
09SHANGHAI200 | CROSS-STRAIT TALKS IN NANJING PRODUCE EXPECTED RESULTS: [...] (C) Summary: East China interlocutors said there were no surprises from the third round of cross-Strait SEF-ARATS talks held in Nanjing April 25-26. The three agreements on direct flights, financial cooperation, and anti-crime cooperation mark the continuation of gradual improvement in cross-S [...] | 2009-04-30 08:48:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EAIR EFIN CH TW |
09SHANGHAI202 | RESUBMISSION - CROSS-STRAIT TALKS IN NANJING PRODUCE [...] (C) Summary: East China interlocutors said there were no surprises from the third round of cross-Strait SEF-ARATS talks held in Nanjing April 25-26. The three agreements on direct flights, financial cooperation, and anti-crime cooperation mark the continuation of gradual improvement in cross-S [...] | 2009-05-04 01:21:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EAIR EFIN CH TW |
09SHANGHAI206 | TAIWAN BUSINESS LEADER IN NANJING SEES PROGRESS IN [...] (C) Summary: The recent SEF-ARATS talks in Nanjing are part of the process of "normalizing" cross-Strait economic relations, said a key Taiwan business leader in Nanjing. Though the three agreements are generally "useful" and may yield concrete economic benefits in the long-run, the talks were [...] | 2009-05-05 06:35:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EAIR EFIN CH TW |
09SHANGHAI210 | CENTRAL CHINA EXPO HIGHLIGHTS ACHIEVEMENTS, DOWNPLAYS [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 25-26, Shanghai Deputy Principal Officer and ConOff traveled to Hefei, Anhui, to attend the 2009 Central China Expo. This annual gathering aims to promote the `Rise of Central China' through investment and economic development in the six Central Chinese provinces of Hu [...] | 2009-05-07 10:10:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EINV ETRD ELTN EAIR CH |
09SHANGHAI267 | SHANGHAI'S MEGA TRANSPORTATION HUB ON COURSE TO LAUNCH [...] (U) In a May 26 briefing for diplomats arranged by the Shanghai Foreign Affair Office, Shanghai authorities said the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub (Hongqiao Hub),one of China's largest infrastructure projects (reftel),is on schedule to begin partial operations before for the 2010 [...] | 2009-06-17 11:06:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ELTN ECON PGOV ECIN CH |
09SHANGHAI293 | LIANYUNGANG OFFICIALS ELABORATE ON JIANGSU COASTAL [...] (U) Summary. Party and municipal government officials from the Jiangsu Province port city of Lianyungang extolled the city's investment prospects and development plans under the State Council-approved Jiangsu Coastal Region Development Plan at a July 1 seminar in Shanghai. New materials, ne [...] | 2009-07-02 03:35:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT ELTN EAIR EIND PGOV CH |
09SHANGHAI471 | PRELIMINARY FIELD INVESTIGATION OF SHANGHAI MD-11 CRASH [...] (SBU) The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has indicated its desire to complete within six months its investigation into the November 28 crash of a Zimbabwean-registered MD-11 cargo charter aircraft at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, according to National Transportation Saf [...] | 2009-12-07 08:55:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CASC PREL CH |
09SHANGHAI485 | SHANGHAI AIRLINES TO RESUME SAIPAN SERVICE DECEMBER 18 [...] (SBU) Shanghai Airlines (SAL) representatives met with Shanghai Consulate Officers December 14 to resolve lingering confusion following a November 28 Department of Homeland Security directive permitting visa-free travel to the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) by Chinese [...] | 2009-12-16 02:02:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL CVIS CH CQ |
09SHANGHAI53 | SHANGHAI AIRLINES FACES TURBULENT TIMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai Airlines (SAL),China's fifth largest and first independently-run local airline, struggled through a string of economic blows in 2008, and the global economic slump is promising to bring more hardship in 2009. Shanghai Airlines Senior Vice President Gu Jiadan said the [...] | 2009-01-30 11:22:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV |
09SHANGHAI55 | CHINA SETS SIGHTS HIGH FOR NEW REGIONAL JET [...] (SBU) Summary: China's ambition to produce a domestically designed and manufactured aircraft, the ARJ21 "regional jet", is nearing reality. During a January 8 visit to the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC),Consulate officers talked with company executives and viewed the plane [...] | 2009-01-30 11:23:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV ETRD ECON KIPR ELAB CH |
09SHANGHAI58 | CORRECTED COPY: CHINA SETS SIGHTS HIGH FOR NEW REGIONAL JET [...] (SBU) Summary: China's ambition to produce a domestically designed and manufactured aircraft, the ARJ21 "regional jet", is nearing reality. During a January 8 visit to the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC),Consulate officers talked with company executives and viewed the plane [...] | 2009-02-02 03:56:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV ETRD ECON KIPR ELAB CH |
09SHANGHAI60 | MEGA TRANSPORTATION HUB - LYNCHPIN OF EAST CHINA AND BEYOND [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai authorities are racing to complete one of China's largest infrastructure projects, the city's 26 square kilometer Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub, in time for the 2010 World Expo. The mega project, located 13 kilometers from the city center in the western su [...] | 2009-02-02 06:32:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ELTN ECON PGOV ELAB CH |
09SHANGHAI72 | EAST CHINA CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY ON U.S. TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 4 courtesy call on East China Regional Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) Director General Xia Xinghua, the Consul General (CG) raised several industry issues, including Polar Air Cargo's request for an additional slot at Pudong Airport and UPS' [...] | 2009-02-06 11:21:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EFIN PREL EINV CH |
09SINGAPORE165 | GOS PROVIDING $200 MILLION TO "AIRPORT PARTNERS" IN 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) will provide S$200 million to airlines and "airport partners" to help bolster local aviation and airport business in 2009. Funds will be disbursed in the form of property tax and rental rebates, as well as other incentives. Air [...] | 2009-02-25 06:26:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EIND EINV ETRD ECON SN |
09SINGAPORE167 | OUTLOOK MIXED FOR SINGAPORE'S AVIATION REPAIR INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: 2009 is expected to be difficult for the aviation maintenance and repair overhaul (MRO) industry in Singapore. As the recession deepens and leisure travel slows, some carriers may be forced to ground older planes and default on payments. MRO companies face challenges securing [...] | 2009-02-26 04:20:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EIND EINV ETRD ECON SN |
09SINGAPORE401 | SINGAPORE: SWINE FLU CONTAINMENT MEASURES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There have been no cases of swine influenza detected in Singapore, but the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) are taking preventive measures against the spread of the disease. CAAS has installed thermal scanners for arriving passengers at [...] | 2009-04-27 10:31:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAGR EAIR CASC ECON SN |
09SINGAPORE420 | SINGAPORE: NO H1N1 CASES; NEW VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are no confirmed cases of H1N1 type A influenza in Singapore, but the Ministry of Health (MOH) raised its alert level on May 1 from yellow to orange, indicating a potentially greater risk of human-to-human transmission but without declaring a pandemic. The GOS has institu [...] | 2009-05-06 01:16:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAGR EAIR CASC ECON SN |
09SINGAPORE445 | SINGAPORE: NO H1N1 CASES; NO MORE VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are no confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza in Singapore and the Ministry of Health (MOH) lowered its alert level from orange to yellow on May 11. The GOS lifted its visa requirement for Mexican citizens on May 12, but seven-day quarantine requirements for people with recent [...] | 2009-05-13 10:05:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAGR EAIR CASC ECON SN |
09SINGAPORE467 | SINGAPORE: NO H1N1 CASES; HOME QUARANTINE REQUIREMENTS [...] (U) There are still no reported cases of H1N1 Type A Influenza in Singapore. As of 1700 on May 17, the Ministry of Health (MOH) reported that 37 suspected cases have been investigated and, of those, 30 cases tested negative for Influenza A, while seven cases tested positive for typical seasona [...] | 2009-05-18 07:58:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAGR EAIR CASC ETRD ECON SN |
09SINGAPORE495 | SINGAPORE: FIRST H1N1 CASE CONFIRMED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Singapore confirmed its first case of H1N1 Influenza in a 22-year-old woman who returned from a visit to New York on May 26. The Ministry of Health continues to investigate other suspect cases and has instituted Home Quarantine Orders for people found to have had close contact w [...] | 2009-05-27 10:50:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAGR EAIR CASC ETRD ECON SN |
09SINGAPORE50 | SINGAPORE TOURISM AND AIR TRAFFIC DOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) estimates that overall passenger traffic increased in 2008 despite the economic downturn. Lower fuel costs have helped improve air carrier revenues and Singapore Airlines has seen continued, albeit slower, growth on routes to Ch [...] | 2009-01-15 09:04:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EIND ECON SN |
09SINGAPORE518 | SINGAPORE: SEVEN H1N1 CASES CONFIRMED, AMCIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore has seven confirmed cases of H1N1 Influenza as of June 1. Three of the early cases, including an active member of the U.S. military, recovered and have been released from the hospital. Six of the seven cases were contracted during travel to the United States. MFA h [...] | 2009-06-03 01:16:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAIR CASC ECON SN |
09SINGAPORE704 | SINGAPORE AIRPORT "CORPORATIZED"; LEE FAMILY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Singapore has "corporatized" Changi International Airport in a move that will consolidate control of the domestic aviation sector in the hands of sovereign wealth fund Temasek and the Lee family. Aviation regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has split off [...] | 2009-07-24 09:16:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV ETRD PGOV ECON SN |
09STATE1023 | UPDATE ON EUROPEAN EFFORTS TO INCLUDE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph four. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 24, 2008 European Ministers officially adopted a Directive to include international aviation in the European Union (EU) Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). All flights arriving and departing from EU airports, [...] | 2009-01-06 19:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD SENV EU |
09STATE116029 | DEMARCHE URGING GOA NOT TO SIGN IRAN AGREEMENTS [...] (C) Department requests that Embassy Tirana demarche appropriate GOA officials on an urgent basis, urging the Albanian Government to reject overtures by the Iranian Government to sign free trade and cultural exchange agreements with Iran and establish an Iranian airline hub in Albania. Please [...] | 2009-11-10 19:12:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM EAIR IR AL |
09STATE120241 | ANGOLA: TRANSPORT MINISTER'S MEETING WITH DOT [...] (SBU) On November 4, 2009, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood held a thirty-minute meeting with Angola,s Minister of Transport Augusto da Silva Tomas. The Minister spoke in great detail and with great enthusiasm (and without notes) about Angola,s integrated plan to completely restructure [...] | 2009-11-20 21:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AO EAIR EINV ETRD PGOV PREL |
09STATE120250 | ANGOLA: TRANSPORT MINISTER TELLS WASHINGTON [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 2. Summary and Action Request -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Angolan Minister of Transportation August da Silva Tomas and a delegation of Government of Angola transportation figures discussed future cooperation in supp [...] | 2009-11-20 22:16:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AO EAIR EINV ETRD PGOV PREL |
09STATE122215 | CIVAIR INDIA: REQUEST TO SEEK CLARIFICATION FROM THE [...] This is an action request. See paras. 12-14. 2. (SBU) Summary: Due to recent statements made by Indian Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) officials in correspondence with a U.S. air carrier, as well as comments made by a BCAS official in an August 2009 meeting, the Transportation Sec [...] | 2009-11-27 21:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL PTER IN |
09STATE26667 | FEDEX LETTER FOR CAAC [...] (SBU) Action Request: Washington agencies request the Embassy deliver the following letter to Vice Minister Yang Guoqing, when Embassy meets with the General Administration of Civil Aviation, or earlier if that appointment is delayed beyond Monday. A signed and scanned copy of the letter will [...] | 2009-03-19 20:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CH KTIA |
09STATE34174 | SECRETARY CLINTON'S 4/6/2009 MEETING WITH CANADIAN [...] (U) Classified by WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon for Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. April 6, 2009; 2:00 p.m.; Washington, D.C. 3. Participants: U.S. ---- Secretary Hillary Clinton WHA/CAN Director Ned Nolan Executive Assistant Joseph Macmanus WHA/CAN Karl Rios ? Note-tak [...] | 2009-04-08 09:30:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP CLINTON HILLARY EAIR SENV EFIS ECON PGOV |
09STATE41098 | SPANISH COMPANY ORION AIR LEASING AIRCRAFT TO [...] (C) Department requests action addressee approach Orion Air to discuss their decision to lease two aircraft to Syrian Pearl Airways (Reftel). Post may draw from the attached talking points as needed. Post is also requested to obtain from Orion Air any relevant documents, such as the lease a [...] | 2009-04-23 22:36:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SP SY |
09STATE46502 | JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR IACIT COURSE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of infor [...] | 2009-05-07 14:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | JO ASEC EAIR PREL |
09STATE47278 | JAPAN: SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL CHANGE OBSERVATION [...] This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo is requested to meet with senior officials at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) to encourage Japan to maintain its current launch schedule for the Global Change Observation Mission satellite program. 2. Back [...] | 2009-05-08 19:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR TSPA SENV JA |
09STATE47933 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: POSSIBLE TEMPORARY DENIAL ORDER [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Embassy Madrid is requested to provide Orion Air with a copy of the Temporary Denial Order (TDO) and deliver the below talking points before 9am May 12 EST if possible. Embassy Madrid is also requested to share the talking points with appropriate GOS offici [...] | 2009-05-11 23:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SP SY |
09STATE49497 | CIVAIR ZAMBIA: SIGNING THE OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT [...] This is an action request. Please see para 2. 2. Signature of the U.S. ) Zambia Air Transport Agreement has been authorized pursuant to 11 FAM 720. The Ambassador may sign the agreement with an appropriate GRZ counterpart. The Ambassador should draw on the talking points below, in discu [...] | 2009-05-14 18:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA ZA |
09STATE49690 | AIRCRAFT IN EXETER EN ROUTE TO SYRIA (CHAM PEARL [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Embassy London is requested to provide Flybe Aviation Services with a copy of the Temporary Denial Order (TDO) and deliver the talking points below as soon as possible May 15. Embassy is requested to share talking points with the FCO and seek their assistanc [...] | 2009-05-15 00:24:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SP SY UK |
09STATE8063 | U.S. PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS ILLICIT TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 5 and 6. 2. (SBU) The illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons is a major obstacle to economic development and security in the Americas. Throughout the hemisphere, terrorist groups, insurgents and drug traffickers acquire a [...] | 2009-01-29 16:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ARM MASS EAIR ETTC PREL OAS PE |
09STOCKHOLM128 | SWEDEN PROPOSES INCLUDING AVIATION ACTIVITIES IN [...] Sweden presented a proposal on February 23 that includes aviation activities in the Emissions Trading Scheme beginning 2012. Swedish Minister for the Environment Anders Carlgren told journalists that "air transport must bear its own environmental costs" like other modes of transport. He co [...] | 2009-02-24 15:03:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ETRD SENV EU SW |
09STOCKHOLM3 | SWEDISH CHARTER AIRCRAFT STARTS A REGULAR FLIGHT [...] On January 2, Nordic Airways, a Swedish private sector company, flew its first flight to Baghdad, carrying 150 passengers to Baghdad International Airport (BIA). According to Swedish press, this marks the first commercial passenger flight from Europe to the Iraqi capital since the UN imposed s [...] | 2009-01-05 12:55:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PGOV IZ SW |
09STOCKHOLM425 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY [...] (C) Poloffs delivered refs A and B points to MFA Korea Desk officer Emma Nordlund on June 29, and Pol Counselor followed up with MFA Director General for Asia and Oceania Klas Molin on June 30. On July 13, Molin responded that Sweden is "on board" with the measures called for in UNSCR 1874 bu [...] | 2009-07-14 05:54:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EWWT EAIR PARM PREL KNNP MNUC MTRE |
09STOCKHOLM426 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY [...] (C) Poloffs delivered refs A and B points to MFA Korea Desk officer Emma Nordlund on June 29, and Pol Counselor followed up with MFA Director General for Asia and Oceania Klas Molin on June 30. On July 13, Molin responded that Sweden is "on board" with the measures called for in UNSCR 1874 bu [...] | 2009-07-14 05:54:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EWWT EAIR PARM PREL KNNP MNUC MTRE |
09STOCKHOLM56 | FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES GROUND SWEDISH FLIGHTS TO [...] On January 24, the Swedish Transport Agency (STA) revoked the operating license of Nordic Airways, a carrier operating flights between Sweden and Iraq. The Stockholm District Court turned down a request by Nordic Airways, which had been operating with a temporary license, to extend the period [...] | 2009-01-27 07:28:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON IZ SW |
09SUVA32 | CIVIL AVIATION UPDATE: EXPANDING U.S. OPORTUNITIES IN FIJI, [...] (SBU) Summary: Direct air links between the United States and Fiji will likely expand as Air Pacific seeks new destinations for its forthcoming five Boeing 787 Dreamliners. While direct negotiations between the USG and Fiji's interim government are off the table, Air Pacific seeks informal di [...] | 2009-01-27 06:20:00 | Embassy Suva | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR FJ KI |
09TAIPEI1065 | FOREIGN MINISTER URGES PROGRESS ON BILATERAL TIES, [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan hopes the restoration of mutual trust in the bilateral relationship will result in concrete progress on bilateral issues, Foreign Minister Ou Hong-lien told the Director during their introductory meeting. The Director said the United States also wants to deepen the relatio [...] | 2009-09-01 10:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS ECON ETRD EAIR SENV UNGA TW US |
09TAIPEI1105 | VICE MINISTER ASKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister David Lin called in DDIR September 10 to detail Taiwan's strategy for expanding its meaningful participation in international organizations, programs and conventions and, in particular, its plans for the upcoming UNGA session. Taiwan had already decided to adopt a "m [...] | 2009-09-10 10:02:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR SENV UNGA TW CH |
09TAIPEI1235 | MOFA URGES U.S. SUPPORT FOR TAIWAN ICAO AND UNFCCC [...] (C) On October 13, Taiwan's diplomatic allies sent letters to the UN Permanent Representatives of all ICAO and UNFCCC member states (except the PRC),urging them to support Taiwan's meaningful participation in those organizations, MOFA International Organizations Director General Paul Chang an [...] | 2009-10-16 09:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR SENV TW |
09TAIPEI1509 | LATEST TAIWAN THINKING ON ICAO, WHO PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan believes that meaningful participation in ICAO would include observing its decision-making bodies and technical meetings, participating in mechanisms such as the Public Key Directory (PKD),and being able to contact ICAO and its Asia Pacific (APAC) office directly, according [...] | 2009-12-18 05:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PREL WHO TW |
09TAIPEI480 | MAINLAND AFFAIRS COUNCIL CHAIRWOMAN LAI SHIN-YUAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 22 meeting with the Director, Mainland Affairs Council Chairwoman Lai Shin-yuan said the April 25-26 third round of cross-Strait talks in Nanjing will result in agreements on anti-crime and financial cooperation and scheduled passenger flights, as well as a joint statem [...] | 2009-04-22 10:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN EAIR TW CH |
09TAIPEI578 | TAIPEI MAYOR HAU ON NEW OFFICE COMPOUND, DPP [...] (C) Summary. Taipei Mayor Hau Long-bin (KMT) accepted the Director's invitation to attend AIT's New Office Compound (NOC) site dedication ceremony on June 22. Hau also indicated that his staff had approached the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) about acquiring the plot of land adjacent to t [...] | 2009-05-13 09:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ABLD PREL PGOV EAIR TW CH |
09TAIPEI716 | TAIWAN MAY SEEK GREATER ENGAGEMENT WITH ICAO [...] (SBU) Summary. During a series of meetings with U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) representatives June 3-4, officials of the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) stated that Taiwan wishes to participate, in some manner, in the meetings of the International Civil Aviation Organization [...] | 2009-06-16 09:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR PREL PGOV TW CH |
09TAIPEI725 | DIRECTOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON MAINLAND AFFAIRS [...] (C) Summary: During the Director's farewell call on June 16, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairperson Lai Shin-yuan noted Taiwan's hope to expand meaningful participation in WHO activities and other functional international organizations following its success in becoming an observer at the r [...] | 2009-06-17 10:25:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAIR CH TW |
09TALLINN263 | GOE SAYS ETS WILL NOT APPLY TO MILITARY FLIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-04 14:22:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON SENV EUN EN |
09TEGUCIGALPA1254 | TFHO1: POLITICAL CRISIS LEADS TO STEEP DROP IN AIR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-04 22:20:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC CVIS EAID EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA1287 | TFHO1: POLITICAL CRISIS LEADS TO STEEP DROP IN AIR [...] (SBU) Summary. EconCouns and EconOffs met with local representatives from Continental, American and Delta Airlines to gauge the overall health of the airline industry in light of the international economic downturn and the Honduran political crisis. Representatives of all three airlines said [...] | 2009-12-14 22:05:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR EAID EFIN EINV ETRD CASC CVIS PGOV |
09TEGUCIGALPA745 | TFH01: HONDURAN TOURISM SUFFERS POST-COUP BLUES [...] (U) Summary: Tourism, the third largest revenue source in Honduras, is significantly down since June 28, having borne the brunt of the economic impact of the coup d'etat. Hotels report higher vacancy rates and airlines have noticed a significant drop in bookings, which have led them to cancel [...] | 2009-08-13 21:51:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR EAIR ECON ETRD HO KDEM |
09TEGUCIGALPA956 | TFHO1: CURFEWS GROUNDING AIR TRAFFIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: Central American Air Navigation Services Corporation COCESNA) confirmed that Air Traffic Control (ATC) services have been unaffected by the curfew and continue with no interruptions to ATC services, including services provided to flights between the U.S. and Latin America that fly [...] | 2009-09-24 01:00:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR PGOV CASC KDEM HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA957 | TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #60 09/23/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) Post continues to pursue confirmation from security forces on behalf of the Brazilian Charge d'Affaires that he will be permitted to re-enter his embassy if he leaves. While individual field commanders for the armed forces and police state they will allow safe passage when informed, they [...] | 2009-09-24 01:14:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC EAIR ECON HO |
09TELAVIV1565 | MFA COMMENTS ON MEETINGS WITH MOROCCAN AND OMANI [...] (C) Summary. Senior MFA officials recently met in Europe with the Moroccan MFA Director General and the Omani Foreign Minister. While the meetings were positive, the Israeli impression is that moderate Arab states are looking for Israeli steps on final status issues, not a settlements freez [...] | 2009-07-16 14:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR MO MU MR IS |
09THEHAGUE140 | SITREP ON TURKISH AIRLINE PLANE CRASH [...] Summary: As of 1700 hrs local time, Mission has confirmation six American citizens, including four Boeing and one Shell employees, were on board Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 which crashed near Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands February 25. Mission has been unable to confirm whether any of t [...] | 2009-02-26 16:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC EAIR NL |
09THEHAGUE145 | SITREP 2 ON TURKISH AIRLINE PLANE CRASH [...] Summary: According to our current information, there were seven (not six, as previously reported) AmCit passengers aboard Turkish Airlines Flight 1951, which crashed upon landing at Schiphol Airport February 25. Four AmCit passengers are confirmed dead. One AmCit is seriously injured but has [...] | 2009-02-27 14:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC EAIR NL |
09THEHAGUE148 | SITREP 5 ON TURKISH AIRLINES PLANE CRASH [...] (SBU) Summary: Consulate General continues to provide assistance to American citizens and family members. The Dutch government is discussing plans for a memorial service, but there are no confirmed details. The investigation at the crash site is to wrap up on March 3 when the plane will be m [...] | 2009-03-02 16:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC EAIR NL |
09THEHAGUE156 | Follow up on Turkish Airlines Plane Crash [...] (U) Post is not submitting regular sitreps on the situation surrounding the February 25 crash of Turkish Airlines Flight No. 1951, reporting instead on developments as needed. 2. (SBU) Summary: A memorial service, to be attended by the Charge and Consul General, will be held March 7 at Schip [...] | 2009-03-05 16:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC EAIR NL |
09THEHAGUE163 | Details on Investigation into Turkish Airlines Plane Crash [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dutch Safety Board presented its preliminary findings into the cause of the February 25 crash of Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 at a March 4 press conference, pointing principally to a malfunctioning radio altimeter. At the request of the Dutch, Boeing issued a multi-operator [...] | 2009-03-06 14:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC EAIR NL |
09THEHAGUE177 | DUTCH VIEWS ON INCLUSION OF INTERNATIONAL AVIATION IN THE [...] (U) Summary: The GONL supports the EU's decision to include international aviation in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) in 2012. At the same time, the GONL would like to see the issue concurrently being addressed on a global scale, largely through the International Civil Aviation Organizati [...] | 2009-03-12 15:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD SENV EU NL |
09THEHAGUE197 | NETHERLANDS: UPDATE ON KEY AVIATION ISSUES [...] (U) Summary: The Dutch government and KLM are both keen to learn the details of the new U.S. Administration's aviation policy, especially as it relates to the Second Stage of the U.S.-EU Air Transport Negotiations. The aviation tax, implemented in July 2008, continues to cause controversy and [...] | 2009-03-23 11:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD SENV EU NL |
09THEHAGUE310 | NETHERLANDS: DRIVING ON WITH NEW PAY-PER-KILOMETER ROAD [...] (U) Summary: The Dutch government has delayed the first stage of its proposed road pricing system until 2012 at the earliest. This new system would replace fixed automobile taxes with a pay-per-kilometer system. Despite the delay, Parliament still looks poised to pass the new system into l [...] | 2009-05-20 13:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD SENV EU NL |
09TIRANA346 | ALBANIA COULD LOSE OVERFLIGHT FEES [...] (SBU) According to General Electric, a Belgian court has awarded GE some portion of overflight fees Eurocontrol pays to Albania for providing air traffic control for high altitude flights crossing Albanian airspace. Albania receives roughly USD 20 million per year in overflight fees. 2. (S [...] | 2009-06-08 09:49:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAIR PGOV AL |
09TOKYO1021 | JAPAN'S EFFORTS TO ASSIST ITS AILING AIRLINE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) released its "Support Package to Strengthen the Foundation of the Airline Industry" April 10, a set of initiatives to assist Japan's struggling airline sector. The support package does not require Diet approval [...] | 2009-05-01 06:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EIND ETRD WTRO EFIN PGOV JA |
09TOKYO1105 | MEXT SUPPORTS GLOBAL CHANGE OBSERVATION MISSION [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle appropriately. 2. (SBU) The EST Chief delivered ref A points and the letter contained in ref B from Commerce Under Secretary Lubchenco to Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Deputy Director-General Masaaki Tanaka Ma [...] | 2009-05-15 07:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR TSPA SENV JA |
09TOKYO1381 | CIVAIR: VIOLATION OF FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 01:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON JA |
09TOKYO1455 | JAPAN AIRLINES TO RECEIVE LOANS UNDER INDUSTRIAL [...] (U) Summary: Japanese press reports the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) and three other financial institutions will provide Japan Airlines (JAL) a 100 billion yen (approximately $1 billion) loan facility under a GOJ program to assist companies adversely affected by the economic downturn (ref) [...] | 2009-06-26 09:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PGOV ELTN ETRD WRTO JA |
09TOKYO175 | JAPAN AIRLINES DISCUSSES CURRENT CIVAIR MARKETS [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan Airlines (JAL) is coping with the decrease in business travelers by focusing more on the market for leisure travel and maintaining its strategy of flying smaller aircraft with larger load factors, according to a JAL executive. The JAL Vice President for International Affai [...] | 2009-01-26 09:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD PGOV JA |
09TOKYO2380 | AMBASSADOR RAISES AVIATION AND RAIL WITH JAPAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Japan's Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Seiji Maehara, who is also State Minister for Okinawa and Space Minister, seemed intent on discussing only alliance and Okinawa-related issues during his initial meeting with the Ambassador October 14. When pressed [...] | 2009-10-15 08:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR ETRD ELTN JA |
09TOKYO639 | FEDEX AIR CRASH IN TOKYO: SITREP 1 [...] (U) Summary: At 0648hrs local time, FedEx cargo flight 80 from Guangzhou to Narita Airport crashed upon landing and burst into flames on the runway. FedEx and the GOJ confirmed that the two people on-board, the pilot and co-pilot, died. FedEx confirmed the identities for the two individuals, [...] | 2009-03-23 07:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CASC PREL JA |
09TOKYO646 | FEDEX AIR CRASH IN TOKYO: SITREP 2 [...] (SBU) Summary: As a result of the crash of FedEx cargo flight 80, large numbers of passenger flights at Narita Airport are delayed, diverted, or canceled. Runway A, the site of the crash, remains closed, and runway B is heavily congested with additional flights. In addition to the National [...] | 2009-03-23 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CASC PREL JA |
09TOKYO658 | FEDEX AIR CRASH IN TOKYO: SITREP 3 [...] (U) Summary: Narita Airport's Runway A, where a FedEx aircraft crashed on March 23, has re-opened and resumed operations. The temporary closure of runway A affected both Japanese and foreign airlines' international flights, resulting in delays, diversions, and crowded conditions at airport [...] | 2009-03-24 06:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CASC PREL JA |
09TOKYO917 | JAPANESE AIRLINES DISCUSS CIVIL AVIATION AIR [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese airlines report slight improvements in the international civil aviation market, particularly for leisure travel, but that the business, domestic, and freight sectors show no sign of recovery. Japan's position as a regional hub, according to Japan Airlines (JAL) and Al [...] | 2009-04-21 09:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ELTN PGOV ETRD JA |
09TOKYO980 | U.S. AND JAPAN SIGN BILATERAL AVIATION SAFETY [...] Charge and Japan's Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone signed the Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement (BASA) Executive Agreement April 27 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo, as per instructions contained in ref. During the same signing ceremony, FAA Acting Assistant Administrator Doro [...] | 2009-04-28 09:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD KTIA PREL JA |
09TRIPOLI198 | BLACK SHEEP MADE GOOD? SAADI AL-QADHAFI'S EXPORT FREE ZONE IN WESTERN LIBYA [...] (C) Summary: Saadi al-Qadhafi, son of Muammar al-Qadhafi, has recently turned his attention to transforming an area near the western Libyan town of Zuwara into an Export Free Trade Zone. The project would include an airport, immigration and customs operations, a high tech industrial park, banks, me [...] | 2009-03-03 14:42:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EIND EINV ETRD EAIR LY |
09TRIPOLI248 | LIBYA WANTS TO SIGN AVIATION AGREEMENT, COMMENCE FLIGHTS TO U.S. CLASSIFIED BY: Gene Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, U.S. Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) On March 20, the Libyan General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA-equivalent) delivered a diplomatic note proposing the United States and Libya sign a bilateral aviation agreement and that state-own [...] | 2009-03-23 15:23:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | LY ECON EAIR EPET PGOV |
09TRIPOLI697 | LIBYAN DIPLOMATIC NOTE REQUESTING DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE FOR [...] (SBU) As reported reftel, MFA A/S-equivalent Ahmed Fituri convoked CDA August 27 to formally request that Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi's Ifriqiyah Airways plane be granted diplomatic clearance -- including full privileges and immunities -- when Qadhafi travels to New York for the UNGA. Emb [...] | 2009-08-27 16:38:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR OVIP LY |
09TUNIS210 | MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION BRINGS UP OPEN SKIES [...] (SBU) During an Embassy reception, a senior Tunisian official from the Ministry of Transportation told the Ambassador the GOT is very interested in having an Open Skies Agreement with the United States and wants to proceed quickly through concrete actions. He suggested bilateral meetings bet [...] | 2009-04-06 07:28:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD EINV TS |
09TUNIS696 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPEN SKIES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 17:21:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA TU |
09TUNIS783 | TUNISIAN MINISTER OF DEVELOPMENT WANTS TO REVIVE [...] (SBU) During an October 19 introductory call, Minister of Development and International Cooperation Mohammed Jouini told the Ambassador he lamented the loss of momentum in the bilateral economic dialogue since the promising TIFA Council meetings in March of 2008 and hoped to see the process re [...] | 2009-10-21 17:11:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON EAIR PREL TS |
09TUNIS827 | TUNISIAN FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES OPEN SKIES AND [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and Tunisian Minister of Finance Mohamed Rachid Kechich discussed the U.S.-Tunisian trade relationship, Open Skies, franchising, and the possibility of a U.S. trade delegation in early 2010. Kechich expressed a strong desire to improve the bilateral trade relationship, bu [...] | 2009-11-12 14:23:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD ECON TS |
09TUNIS829 | TUNISIA WANTS TO REVIVE TIFA TALKS, GIVES MIXED [...] (SBU) After Minister of Development and International Cooperation (MDIC) Jouini expressed interest in reviving the Trade Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) process (stalled since March 2008,) Tunisia Country Officer Molly Hayes and Emboffs met with the Americas Desk representatives of the M [...] | 2009-11-13 06:20:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAIR EINV ECON EIPR TS |
09TUNIS890 | TUNISIA TO UNVEIL ENFIDHA BEN ALI AIRPORT [...] (SBU) On December 4, Enfidha Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali Airport is set to receive its inaugural flight. Constructed in only 24 months, the airport is located 100 kms south of Tunis and is significantly larger than Tunis-Carthage International Airport. The first of four terminals has a capacity [...] | 2009-12-03 15:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV ETRD TS |
09TUNIS938 | Tunisia: Ambassador Highlights Cairo Goals and Trade [...] (SBU) In a December 24 courtesy call, the Ambassador and Minister of Commerce and Handicrafts Ridha Ben Mosbah discussed U.S.-Tunisia trade and investment and USG initiatives following the President's Cairo speech. While the Minister emphasized his desire for a free trade agreement (FTA) with [...] | 2009-12-29 14:00:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAIR TS |
09USEUBRUSSELS241 | NO EU FUNDING PLANS FOR AIRBUS A350XWB [...] (SBU) According to officials at DG Transport and Energy and DG Competition, the European Union has no plans to fund the development of the Airbus A350XWB or to provide launch aid. 2. (SBU) Industry contacts have heard no rumors of funding from Brussels, but thought that there would be pres [...] | 2009-02-20 14:02:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EIND ETRD EUN |
09VIENNA1287 | Chinese XAC to Buy Austria's Leading Aviation Technology [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chinese XAC will take over FACC, Austria's leading enterprise for the development/design and production of composite components and systems for civil aircraft. FACC supplies major civil aircraft manufacturers including Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, and Pratt & Whitney. A takeove [...] | 2009-10-08 13:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV AU |
09VIENNA1447 | Faymann In Moscow: Austria Reaffirms South Stream Interest; [...] (U) Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann discussed energy and transportation issues with Russian President Medvedev and PM Putin during a November 10-11 trip to Moscow. According to press reports, the Medvedev meeting was a brief courtesy visit while the Putin meeting was a three-hour discussi [...] | 2009-11-13 12:07:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EAIR ELTN ECON PREL AU RS |
09VIENNA225 | Austrian Airlines Financial Situation Grim; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Austrian Airlines (AUA) is in increasingly dire financial straits despite bridge loans from the GoA. On February 19, new management announced a 2008 operating loss of EUR 100-125 million which would wipe out half of AUA's remaining capital base. Including financial items (wri [...] | 2009-02-26 15:18:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EUN AU |
09VIENNA585 | Lufthansa Buyout of Austrian Airlines Clears Shareholder [...] SUMMARY. With Lufthansa in control of 85% of Austrian Airlines (AUA) shares, the merger with Lufthansa is on track to meet a July 31 deadline. The buyout remains contingent on European Commission approval of the deal and a EUR 500 million GoA subsidy -- and AUA must remain solvent until the m [...] | 2009-05-15 15:08:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PGOV AU |
09VIENNA910 | Austrian Airlines Skates on Thin Ice as Lufthansa Takeover [...] SUMMARY: As the buyout of Austrian Airlines (AUA) by Lufthansa (LH) nears its contract deadline of July 31 (AFTER which LH can back out or seek modified terms),AUA is preparing for the worst while hoping the European Commission and LH can come to an understanding. Commission approval for key [...] | 2009-07-22 12:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PGOV AU |
09VIENNA949 | Austrian Air-Lufthansa Deal Looking Up [...] Lufthansa's amended July 28 offer for Austrian Airlines (AUA) has raised hopes of a successful deal. Although the Commission has refused to comment specifically on the new offer, Austrian press reports indicate that Lufthansa has agreed to reduce the number of flights to Frankfurt in return fo [...] | 2009-07-29 13:54:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PGOV AU |
09VIENTIANE66 | LAOS: STILL SEEKING GOL INTERAGENCY CONCURRENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 6 the Ambassador met with Minister of Transport and Public Works Sommad Pholsena, who emphasized his commitment to securing Government of Laos (GOL) approval for a bilateral civil aviation agreement negotiated in October 2008. The Minister confessed the still unsat [...] | 2009-02-10 06:55:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR PREL LA |
09VLADIVOSTOK109 | SAKHALIN GOVERNOR PUSHEDS FOR MORE COOPERATION WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Sakhalin Region Governor Khoroshavin would like to strengthen business and cultural ties with the United States. U.S. businesses such as Exxon Mobil employ hundreds in Sakhalin, and many local students speak English, but Khoroshavin said that U.S. foreign direct investment (FDI [...] | 2009-11-16 00:21:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAIR EPET ETRD CMGT RS |
09VLADIVOSTOK114 | ANNUAL RUSSIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP (RAPP) SEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Fourteenth Annual Russian American Pacific Partnership (RAPP),entitled "A Meeting of Shared Interests," took place in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk September 29-30. USG and GOR officials touted the benefits of such fora and the strengthening of U.S.-Russian ties that they fostered. GO [...] | 2009-12-02 03:07:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD ECIN EAIR KDEM RS US |
09VLADIVOSTOK9 | YAKUTSK: DISPATCH FROM COLDEST CITY IN THE WORLD [...] Vladivostok Political/Economic Officer and FSN paid a mid-winter visit to Yakutsk and met with several officials of the Sakha Republic. Officials discussed economic and development plans for the area, including infrastructure development, possible areas of cooperation with United States busi [...] | 2009-02-09 07:57:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR ETRD RS |
09WELLINGTON37 | BOEING BIDS TO SELL AIR NEW ZEALAND FIFTEEN NEW AIRCRAFT [...] (U) Summary: Boeing Corporation hopes to secure a new tender for the sale of fifteen new 737s to Air New Zealand worth US$1.2 billion. If successful this will add to Boeing's already lucrative contract to supply the national carrier with state-of-the-art aircraft. Air New Zealand is awaitin [...] | 2009-02-13 03:12:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EAIR EIND EINT EINV ENRG ETRD NZ |
09WINDHOEK38 | NAMIBIA: TURBULENT SKIES AND RICKETY RAILS [...] (SBU) A recent spate of small aircraft accidents has highlighted the poor state of the Namibian private aviation sector. Industry insiders point to the lack of proper oversight as a key weakness. Members of the Directorate of Civil Aviation (DCA) acknowledge that they lack sufficient air tra [...] | 2009-02-04 15:27:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR ECON ELTN PGOV WA |
09YAOUNDE1062 | CAMEROON'S PRIME MINISTER ON ECONOMY AND GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Summary: In a December 15 meeting with Ambassador, Prime Minister Philemon Yang said the Cameroonian economy was improving, with renewed focus on the energy an agriculture sectors. He appreciated recent productive meetings with Boeing and Lufthansa Consulting to revive the national airl [...] | 2009-12-17 14:30:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM EAIR ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SENV |
09YAOUNDE123 | TRANSPORT MINISTER ON CAMAIR, PORT PROJECTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Competing interests within the highest levels of the Government of Cameroon (GRC) continue to fight for control of Cameroon's national airline, rebaptized CAMAIRCO, implied Gounoko Haounaye, Cameroon's Minister of Transport, in a January 29 meeting with Emboffs. Haounaye prai [...] | 2009-02-06 06:43:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EWWT EINV ETRD ECON CM |
09YAOUNDE247 | CAMEROON: CIVAIR DIRECTOR SAYS CAMAIRCO STALLED [...] (SBU) In a February 26 meeting with Pol/Econ Chief, Director General of the Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority (CCAA) Sama Juma Ignatius said he was awaiting more information to finalize the investigation into the 2007 Kenya Airways crash. The government is breaking up a long held monopoly o [...] | 2009-03-12 14:42:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM EAIR ECON |
09YAOUNDE430 | CAMAIRCO BACK TO SQUARE ONE [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with then Charge d'Affaires, Deputy Secretary General of the Presidency and Chairman of the Board of CAMAIRCO Philemon Yang provided an update of the government's plans to start up a new national airline after the liquidation in 2006 of CAMAIR. Yang noted t [...] | 2009-05-12 15:44:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM EAIR ECON PGOV KCOR |
09YAOUNDE504 | CAMEROON'S ECONOMY MINISTER OUTLINES ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 28, Ambassador met with Minister of Economy,Planning and Regional Development Louis Paul Motaze. Motaze was frustrated with Cameroon's weak economic growth, poor budget implementation, and slow progress on major infrastructure projects. He blamed insufficient project [...] | 2009-06-05 10:59:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND |
09YAOUNDE696 | CAMEROON'S NEW MINISTER OF TRANSPORT WANTS [...] Summary: In a July 31 meeting with Ambassador, Cameroon's new Minister of Transportation Bello Bouba Maigari expressed interest in purchasing three additional Boeing aircraft and said the Kenya Airways crash investigation should be finalized within three months. The government plans to deve [...] | 2009-08-12 16:10:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP CM EAIR ECON ELTN EWWT PINR |
09YEKATERINBURG83 | NEW GOVERNOR STRESSES ECONOMIC MODERNIZATION [...] (SBU) Newly appointed Sverdlovsk oblast governor Aleksandr Misharin (see reftel) hosted a holiday toast for the Urals-based diplomatic corps at the governor's residence on December 10. For most of the foreign diplomats present, this was the first face to face meeting with the new governor. Th [...] | 2009-12-16 11:12:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR EINV PGOV PREL RS CH |
09ZAGREB117 | NEW CIVIL AIR AGENCY TAKES CHARGE [...] Summary. The new Croatian Civil Aviation Agency (CCAA) assumed authority over all civil aviation oversight activities in Croatia on March 2, 2009. The CCAA will also absorb 90 percent of the staff of the former civil aviation authority within the Ministry of Transport. This key reform in c [...] | 2009-03-03 15:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON HR PGOV |
09ZAGREB667 | ZAGREB WEEKLY REPORT - NOVEMBER 13, 2009 [...] (SBU) KOSOR APPOINTS NEW ECON MINISTER; EXPANDS DEPUTY PM POSITIONS: Croatian PM Kosor announced the appointment of Croatian Employer Association (HUP) Executive Director Duro Popijac as new Minister of Economy November on 13. PM Kosor also announced that Health Minister Darko Milinovic and Fi [...] | 2009-11-13 14:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EFIN PREL PGOV HR |
09ZAGREB73 | CROATIA CIVIL AVIATION REFORM: POSITIVE SIGNS BUT [...] Summary. Econoff met with the director of the recently formed Croatian Civil Aviation Agency (CCAA) to disQs reform of aviation oversight and the IASA proQs. The director appears to have a good grasp of the problems and challenges identified by the FAA during their IASA inspection last year [...] | 2009-02-09 11:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON HR PGOV |
10ABUJA61 | NIGERIA'S VICE PRESIDENT JONATHAN REASSURES U.S. HOMELAND [...] (C) Vice President Goodluck Jonathan reassured U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute of the commitment of the Nigerian Government (GON) to aviation security and counter-terrorism efforts during a January 12 meeting. He lamented the December 25 at [...] | 2010-01-21 11:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAIR OVIP PGOV PINR NI |
10ABUJA67 | DHS DEPUTY SECRETARY LUTE MEETS WITH NIGERIAN AVIATION [...] (C) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Deputy Secretary Lute met with senior-level Nigerian policy makers on January 12 to underscore the need for global cooperation to strengthen international civil aviation security and counter-terrorism measures. Deputy Secretary Lute met with [...] | 2010-01-21 14:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAIR OVIP PGOV PINR NI |
10ACCRA143 | GHANA TO CONSIDER SIGNING IATA STATEMENT OF POLICY [...] Econoffs delivered the demarche requesting host government endorsement of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Statement of Policy Principles Regarding the Implementation of Bilateral Air Services Agreements (Reftel). Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Director-General Kwame [...] | 2010-02-19 13:29:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EINV GH |
10ACCRA46 | CIVAIR GHANA: GOG ACCEPTS DESIGNATION OF UNITED AIRLINES [...] The GOG Ministry of Foreign Affairs has no objection to U.S. designation of United Airlines pursuant to Article 3 of U.S.-Ghana Air Transport Agreement. This is contingent on United Airlines's compliance with Ghana Civil Aviation Authority's (GCAA) technical requirements. 2. GCAA will co [...] | 2010-01-19 08:06:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON GH |
10ANKARA74 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BOEING SALE WITH [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Transportation Binali Yildirim confirmed to Ambassador Jeffrey that price is now the main sticking point in the prospective purchase of Boeing aircraft by Turkish Airlines (THY). Yildirim stressed, however, that price is not the only consideration and that THY is looki [...] | 2010-01-19 05:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP ETRD EAIR PREL TSPA TU |
10ASHGABAT106 | TURKMENISTAN'S UNDERDEVELOPED TRANSPORT SECTOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Private transportation companies in Turkmenistan reported gradual growth in 2008-2009 in the country's trucking, railway and maritime sectors. Despite this growth, transportation companies acknowledged serious inf [...] | 2010-01-22 11:32:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAIR ELTN EWWT EINV BTIO IR TX |
10ATHENS162 | Greece - Demarche on U.S.-EU Second Stage Air Transport [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to George Patsiavos, Director of the International Affairs Division in the Ministry of Infrastructure, Transportation, and Networks on February 3. Patsiavos took the points on board, but noted that Greece is not involved in the February 15-17 negotiations [...] | 2010-02-04 15:26:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EUN KTIA GR |
10BAGHDAD175 | MANAGEMENT CHANGES MAY SIGNAL NEW OPPORTUNITIES [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Najaf reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on January 11, PRT Najaf Team Leader, PRT Transportation Advisor, and Najaf International Airport (NIA) Director Issa al-Shemeri reviewed the status of negotiations over management of the [...] | 2010-01-24 13:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EINV PGOV KISL IZ |
10BAMAKO90 | CIVIL AVIATION DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MINISTRY OF [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-16 16:39:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ML |
10BASRAH4 | BASRAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: GREAT TRANSPORT AND COMMERCIAL [...] (SBU) Basrah International Airport (BIA) could play an important role in facilitating economic growth in southern Iraq, and become a force-multiplier for hydrocarbon, services, ports, and other commercial activity. Relatively new and under-utilized, the airport also connects to Iraq's rail, po [...] | 2010-02-09 13:27:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ICAO EINV IZ |
10BEIJING241 | CHINA REJECTS PROPOSAL ON NEW FEDEX FLIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) authorities rejected a U.S. Government request to approve new flight segments to FedEx's hub facility at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport. CAAC Director General Li Jiangmin's January 29, 2010 response, faxed to the Embassy, cited the airspa [...] | 2010-01-29 09:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA CH |
10BEIJING268 | TAIWAN ARMS SALES: U.S. FIRMS' EXPOSURE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives of major U.S. firms involved in the Taiwan arms deal (and with significant China operations) tell the Embassy they are concerned about possible Chinese sanctions resulting from the deal, but have not yet been contacted by Chinese authorities. Chinese media have f [...] | 2010-02-02 10:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAIR PREL CN TW |
10BEIJING295 | TAIWAN ARMS: CHINESE CALL IN U.S. FIRM [...] (C) SUMMARY. China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) summoned General Electric (GE) China President Mark Norbom to the MFA on February 4 to warn GE on its participation in Taiwan arms sales, referring specifically to the sale of Sikorsky helicopters "built by UTC and GE." The MFA official, [...] | 2010-02-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAIR PREL CN TW |
10BEIJING312 | THIRD U.S.-CHINA TOURISM WORKING GROUP HELD IN SANYA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Third U.S.-China Tourism Working Group (TWG) meeting under the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) was held on January 13, 2010, in Sanya, China, chaired by U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Services Joel Secundy and Vice Chairman Zhu Shanzhong of the China Natio [...] | 2010-02-05 11:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ETRD CVIS EAIR CH |
10BEIJING394 | CAAC DISCUSSES CAPE TOWN TREATY AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Embassy officials met with the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) on February 1, 2010 to discuss China's implementation of the Cape Town Convention and the status of its Technical Cooperation Agreement with FAA. CAAC stated t [...] | 2010-02-18 08:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA ETRD CH |
10BEIJING406 | CHINA MAKES IT THROUGH ANOTHER SPRING FESTIVAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Weather permitting, China's travel network looks set to make it through the strains of yet another Spring Festival travel rush. China's Ministry of Transport (MOT) expects 2.54 billion passenger trips to be taken over the 40 day season centered on the February 14 Spring Festiva [...] | 2010-02-19 08:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN EWWT EAIR CN |
10BEIRUT123 | SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' FEBRUARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Beirut warmly welcomes your February 16-17 visit to Lebanon. As the country emerges from a six-month struggle to form a new national unity government, your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri will rein [...] | 2010-02-05 16:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS PBTS KPAL EAIR |
10BEIRUT154 | CRASH OF ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES 409, GOL CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The January 25 crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 409 into the Mediterranean minutes after takeoff from the Beirut airport has brought to light the GOL's weak crisis management planning and interagency coordination. While such deficiencies are common around the world, Lebanon's u [...] | 2010-02-17 11:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PGOV PREL MASS MCAP LE ET |
10BEIRUT21 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NEW AIR PASSENGER SCREENING [...] (C) On January 7 the Ambassador delivered reftel points to Minister of Transportation and Public Works Ghazi al-Aridi and to Presidency Director General Naji Abi Assi. Aridi responded that while he opposed the decision to impose additional screening requirements on travelers from Lebanon, he [...] | 2010-01-07 14:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PTER ASEC ECON LE |
10BEIRUT74 | CRASH OF ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES FLT 409: LEBANESE GOVERNMENT REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE IN SEARCH AND RESCUE, RECOVERY [...] The Lebanese government has requested immediate USG assistance in search and rescue and/or recovery operations following the crash of Ethiopian Airways flight 409 on January 25. The plane, en route from Beirut to Addis Ababa, went down shortly after its 02:30 hrs (local) take-off approximate [...] | 2010-01-25 10:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR CASC KEMR MOPS LE |
10BERLIN180 | CHANCELLOR MERKEL ANGERED BY LACK OF GERMAN MEP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chancellor Merkel is privately angry over the lack of support German members of the European Parliament gave the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) interim agreement and is worried that Washington will view the EP's veto as a sign that Europe does not take the terrorist threat s [...] | 2010-02-12 17:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KTFN PGOV PREL PINR ETTC EAIR EFIN KCRM |
10BOGOTA217 | "FTA WITH U.S. IS BLOCKING COLOMBIA'S GLOBAL TRADE POLICY," [...] (C) SUMMARY. Colombian Trade Minister Luis Guillermo Plata told us the lack of U.S. Congressional action on the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) is hampering Colombian efforts to integrate into the world economy and in particular threatening pending accords with Canada and the E [...] | 2010-02-11 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL ELAB EAIR PGOV CO |
10BOGOTA249 | DIPNOTE: COLOMBIA FREQUENCIES DESIGNATION [...] (U) Colombia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered a diplomatic note dated February 11 to assign 99 weekly frequencies for Avianca, AIRES and Aerorepublica airlines. A copy of the diplomatic note and accompanying letter from AeroCivil has been emailed to DOT and EEB/TRA/AN. The unofficial [...] | 2010-02-12 22:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR CO |
10BOGOTA253 | DIPNOTE: COLOMBIA CARRIER DESIGNATIONS [...] (U) Colombia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered a diplomatic note dated February 11 to assign 99 weekly frequencies for Avianca, AIRES and Aerorepublica airlines. A copy of the diplomatic note and accompanying letter from AeroCivil has been emailed to DOT and EEB/TRA/AN. The unofficial [...] | 2010-02-15 21:24:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON CO |
10BOGOTA26 | CIVAIR AND MINISTRY OF TRADE RAISE OPEN SKIES, WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Colombian civil aviation authorities have long resisted signing an Open Skies agreement with the United States, in an effort to protect its former national airline, Avianca, and Colombia's air cargo industry. Director General of Aeronautica Civil Francisco Sanclemente and Vic [...] | 2010-01-05 20:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD ECON PGOV CO |
10BOGOTA266 | U.S. CARRIER DESIGNATION DIPNOTE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 21:58:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR CO |
10BOGOTA45 | RECALL 10 BOGOTA 45 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 19:38:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA CO |
10BOGOTA47 | DIPNOTE: COLOMBIA AGREES TO EXTEND AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT [...] (U) Colombia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered a diplomatic note dated December 30, 2009 accepting the U.S. proposal to extend the expiration date of paragraphs 1 and 3 of the amendments effected by the 2000 Agreement to the 1956 Air Transport Agreement to December 31, 2010. The u [...] | 2010-01-15 19:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA CO |
10BRASILIA16 | Brazil: Scenesetter - DHS Deputy Secretary Lute visit [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-06 13:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ASEC BR |
10BRASILIA48 | BRAZIL: DHS DEPUTY SECRETARY LUTE'S VISIT TO BRAZIL JANUARY [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the failed bombing attempt of Delta flight 253 destined for Detroit on December 25, 2009, DHS Deputy Secretary (DEPSEC) Lute visited Brazil on the last stop of a 10 country trip designed to elicit support from partner nations in adopting a multilateral/global respo [...] | 2010-01-20 11:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ASEC BR PTER PREL |
10BRATISLAVA7 | EXPLOSIVES BLUNDER REVERBERATES; FACTS REMAINS MURKY [...] (U) Summary. As much of the world now knows, a January 2 airport security exercise in Poprad, Slovakia, went terribly awry. Slovak police had placed a 100-gram sample of RDX explosives in the bag of a Slovak citizen traveling to his residence in Dublin to test detection capabilities. Ap [...] | 2010-01-08 16:06:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAIR EI LO |
10BRUSSELS120 | EU PARLIAMENT POISED TO VETO U.S.-EU CT TFTP AGREEMENT; PNR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The European Parliament is increasingly likely to veto the U.S.-EU Terrorist Financing Tracking Program (TFTP, also known as SWIFT) next week. There are two aspects to this action. First, members of the European Parliament do not feel that they know enough about the operational [...] | 2010-02-01 06:15:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN PGOV PREL PINR ETTC EAIR EFIN KCRM KJUS |
10BRUSSELS197 | EU REVISES ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. The EU formally agreed on February 15 to extend its sanctions against Zimbabwe by twelve months. Changes include the de-listing of six individuals and nine entities; the EU otherwise rolled over all existing program measures. Preambulatory paragraphs within the Council Deci [...] | 2010-02-19 13:37:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN BEXP KJUS EWWT EAIR PTER EFIN EUN |
10BRUSSELS211 | THE EU AND SANCTIONS (INTRODUCING THE EU, PART [...] (C) This cable describes political and procedural dynamics associated with the creation and maintenance of EU-wide sanctions programs. Effective USG influence over specific EU sanctions policies generally requires early, sustained, and strategic outreach to Member State capitals, Member Stat [...] | 2010-02-23 16:11:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BEXP EAID EAIR EFIN ETRD ETTC EUN EWWT KHLS |
10BRUSSELS219 | U.S. - EU SANCTIONS INFORMAL [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. On February 3, an interagency delegation held an off-the-record roundtable discussion on sanctions issues with Spain (current EU Presidency) and the EU institutions. Topics included legal challenges to sanctions regimes, innovations to UN and EU counterterrorism programs, d [...] | 2010-02-25 08:42:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BEXP BM EAIR EFIN ETTC EUN EWWT KJUS KN KNNP |
10BRUSSELS35 | EU REVISES CT, DPRK, GUINEA SANCTIONS [...] (C) On December 22 the EU Council formally revised EU counterterrorism (both UN/Al-Qaeda & Taliban and autonomous regimes),North Korea, and Guinea sanctions programs. The December revisions reflect an EU willingness to move beyond UN common denominators in the sanctions domain. Procedural [...] | 2010-01-14 05:45:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN BEXP KJUS EWWT EAIR PTER UNSC EFIN |
10BUDAPEST14 | RENATIONALIZING MALEV AIRLINES: JAN 31 THE LATEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent press reports indicate that the GOH is close to finalizing a deal by January 31 to reacquire a majority stake in struggling Malev Airlines from Russia's Vnesheconombank (VEB). The conclusion of such a deal would help close a turbulent era for Malev under de facto Russian o [...] | 2010-01-12 07:23:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAIR EINV EFIN RU HU |
10BUDAPEST96 | HUNGARY REPLY: U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE AIR TRANSPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-16 11:53:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EUN KTIA HU |
10BUENOSAIRES142 | Argentina Economic and Financial Review, January 29-February [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period January 29-February 4, 2010. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ Deputy Jason Witow at WitowJN@state.gov to [...] | 2010-02-05 17:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
10BUENOSAIRES168 | Argentina Economic and Financial Review, February 5-February [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period January February 5-February 12, 2010. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ Deputy Jason Witow at WitowJN@sta [...] | 2010-02-12 18:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
10BUENOSAIRES206 | Argentina Economic and Financial Review, February [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period February 12-February 19, 2010. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ Deputy Jason Witow at WitowJN@state.gov [...] | 2010-02-19 18:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
10BUENOSAIRES254 | Argentina Economic and Financial Review, February [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period February 20-February 26, 2010. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ Deputy Jason Witow at WitowJN@state.gov [...] | 2010-02-26 18:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
10BUENOSAIRES48 | Argentina Economic and Financial Review, January 18-21, 2010 [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period January 18-21, 2010. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be inclu [...] | 2010-01-21 20:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
10BUENOSAIRES96 | Argentina Economic and Financial Review, Jan 22-28, 2010 [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period January 22-28, 2010. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be inclu [...] | 2010-01-29 14:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
10CAIRO221 | New Transport Minister Supports Greater Cooperation with [...] (SBU) Ambassador made a courtesy call February 1 on newly appointed Egyptian Minster of Transport Alaa El Din Fahmy. Appointed January 3, 2010, Transport Minister Fahmy is responsible for all safety, operations, and infrastructure issues relating to civil aviation, marine transport, ports, rive [...] | 2010-02-21 15:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN EAIR EWWT ETTC EG |
10CAIRO368 | Egypt Requests Support for Reelection to the ICAO Council [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Post received on February 8 a diplomatic note from the MFA's Multilateral Affairs Division. The dip note was addressed to all embassies accredited to Cairo, and was accompanied by a detailed aide memoire requesting support for a GO [...] | 2010-02-24 16:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EG ICAO PREL |
10CANBERRA34 | DHS DEPUTY SECRETARY LUTE VISIT TO AUSTRALIA [...] SUMMARY: In January 10 meetings with Australian Transportation Minister Albanese and National Security Advisor Lewis, DHS Deputy Secretary Lute stressed the need for global cooperation to strengthen security on international flights following the attempted Christmas Day terrorist attack. D/S [...] | 2010-01-14 02:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EAIR PTER PREL AS |
10CARACAS143 | Venezuela: Airlines Close to Deal with GBRV on Arrears [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reached an agreement with the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV) to use the new 2.6 bolivares fuertes (BsF) to $1 exchange rate to liquidate foreign exchange requests pending with the GBRV from international airlines prior to the Ja [...] | 2010-02-04 14:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD PREL SNAR VE BEXP EINT ETTC |
10CARACAS19 | Despite Implementation of New TSA Regulations, Ongoing [...] (C) Summary: On January 4, Post contacted both U.S. and domestic carriers to ensure compliance with the new TSA security directive. Given the inability of TSA to certify Venezuelan airports, airlines have already imposed heightened security measures. Contacts in the aviation industry, thou [...] | 2010-01-08 21:51:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON VE EAIR PGOV PTER PINS |
10CARACAS27 | Venezuela: Chavez Devlaues Bolivar and Creates a Second Rate [...] (SBU) Summary: President Chavez announced a devaluation of the bolivar (Bs) on January 8. Instead of an official exchange rate of 2.15 Bs/USD, there will be two rates: an "official" rate of 2.6 Bs/USD (a devaluation of 17 percent) and a "dolC!r petrolero" rate of 4.3 Bs/USD (a 50 percent de [...] | 2010-01-11 19:07:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN VE PGOV EPET EINV ETRD EAIR CVIS |
10CHENGDU18 | SW CHINA: CHENGDU MAYOR GE MEETS CONSULATES [...] (SBU) Summary: Chengdu will build on its strengths in high tech areas such as IT, software services, and the aircraft industry, Mayor Ge Honglin said January 22. Chengdu will lead in cutting carbon emissions: it closed all coalmines in the larger Chengdu municipal region, and is now replacing [...] | 2010-01-26 09:12:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ELTN EAIR PGOV PINR SENV BEXP CH |
10CHENGDU9 | TIBETAN HERDERS IN SICHUAN'S HONGYUAN COUNTY FACE UNCERTAIN [...] (U) This is the second of two cables on economic development and nomad settlement policies in Tibetan communities of Hongyuan County, in Aba (Tibetan: Ngaba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, western Sichuan, based on travel there in November and December. See ref A for first report. [...] | 2010-01-11 03:44:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PHUM EAIR EAGR SENV SOCI CH |
10COLOMBO103 | HAMBANTOTA PORT COMPLEX: WILL SRI LANKA REALIZE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka is betting on becoming a global trading hub, and a key part of its strategy is developing a giant port and industry facility in the southern rural area of Hambantota. Robust development in Hambantota, specifically the seaport and the international airport, is progres [...] | 2010-02-09 04:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EAIR ELTN EWWT PGOV CH CE |
10DUBAI1 | RAK Airport Sleepy, but with Residual Russian Connection [...] (C) Summary: The Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Airport is attempting to reinvent itself as a cargo transit point for the RAK Free Zone in the wake of RAK Airways suspension of regular commercial flights in late 2008. The airport is also working to distance itself from its reputation as a transport facilitat [...] | 2010-01-07 07:41:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PGOV PREL AE |
10FRANKFURT218 | FUTURE OF NIGHT FLIGHTS AT FRANKFURT AIRPORT REMAINS [...] SUMMARY: In December, the Hesse Administrative Court published its August 2009 decision dismissing all claims against further expansion of the Frankfurt airport. The ruling, however, left the future of night flights at the airport unclear. The court advised the State of Hesse to "revisit" its [...] | 2010-01-22 12:58:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EIND ENRG PGOV SENV EU GM |
10HARARE33 | IATA MEETING WITH SEC NAPOLITANO [...] (SBU) Air Zimbabwe CEO Dr. Peter Chikumba requested a meeting with conoff on January 20 to relay his agenda in advance of a planned meeting at the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) offices in Geneva on January 22 with DHS Secretary Napolitano. Chikumba, an aircraft engineer with [...] | 2010-01-21 06:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ATRN ECON PTER PREL ASEC ZI |
10HAVANA26 | CUBA STILL IN THE DARK ABOUT PASSENGER SCREENING, [...] (SBU) Chief of Mission and Pol-Econ Chief met on January 11 with Cuban Foreign Ministry officials to deliver points per Reftel A on the new regulations on passenger screening. The officials, including North America Division Director Josefina Vidal, said that this was the first official informa [...] | 2010-01-11 19:29:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR PGOV CU |
10HAVANA8 | CUBA AGHAST ABOUT LANDING IN FLIGHT SCREENING LIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Cuba (GOC) complained about reports that it had been included on the list of countries whose nationals would require additional screening before flying to the United States. Moreover, the GOC said that it was in the dark about the extent and application of th [...] | 2010-01-06 17:27:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR PGOV CU |
10HONGKONG199 | MACAU AIRPORT INTEGRATING SERVICES WITH MAINLAND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Faced with declining passenger and cargo traffic, the Macau International Airport Company Ltd. (CAM) has ventured into the Mainland's Pearl River Delta (PRD) in hopes of better integrating its cargo and passenger services with the region. An increase in air cargo volume from the [...] | 2010-02-04 00:54:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ECIN TW MC HK |
10HONGKONG77 | AIRPORT CAPACITY EXPANSION IN HONG KONG AMID [...] (SBU) The Hong Kong Government (HKG) has decided to move forward with airport upgrade and expansion plans despite the combined pressures of the economic crisis and the loss of Taiwan passenger volume to cross-strait direct flights. During a recent meeting with the Consulate, Airport Authority [...] | 2010-01-14 03:35:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ECIN TW HK |
10JAKARTA144 | EXPANDED IRAN SANCTIONS: IMPACT ON US EXPORTS TO INDONESIA [...] The Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009 (HR2194 and S2799),if it becomes law in its current form, would have potentially disastrous effects on our ability to export U.S. goods to Indonesia. The proposed Act stipulates that any entity that provides substantial support to the Iranian p [...] | 2010-02-02 10:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAIR MCC PGOV PREL BEXP PARM ETTC ID |
10JEDDAH50 | GACA COMMENTS ON US-SAUDI OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. On February 3, Captain Mohammed Ali Jamjoom, Vice President Safety and Economic Regulation at the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA),discussed issues needing to be resolved for the U.S. and Saudi Arabia to sign an Open Skies agreement (reftels). Jamjo [...] | 2010-02-27 13:05:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON KTIA PREL SA |
10KABUL229 | BORDER ACTIVITY UPDATE: CUSTOMS, BORDER STRUCTURES, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Effective control of its borders is critical to Afghanistan's security and economic prosperity. The Embassy's Border Management Task Force (BMTF) plays a significant role in building Afghan capacity to manage its borders, creating institutions for coordinating border plans; harmo [...] | 2010-01-24 09:24:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS EAID ETRD PREL EFIN EAIR AF |
10KABUL361 | AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON MINISTER OF HAJI AND [...] (C) Summary: In the Ambassador's January 26 meeting with the new Afghan Minister of Haji and Islamic Affairs (MHIA),Dr. Mohammad Yousef Niazi, they discussed ways the Ministry could promote respect for fundamental human rights, peace, justice, and national unity through Afghanistan's netwo [...] | 2010-01-30 12:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF EAIR AP |
10KABUL538 | Afghan Government Requests Intervention in Contract Dispute [...] (SBU) This is an action request for U.S. Mission to ICAO, U.S. Mission to NATO and FAA. See paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Transportation and Civil Aviation (MOTCA) is increasingly agitated by the performance of contractors working for the International Civil Aviation Organi [...] | 2010-02-11 12:48:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EAID PGOV PREL AF |
10KABUL705 | Assistance for Afghanistan's Provincial Airports [...] (U) Summary: Antiquated and overcrowded, Afghanistan's provincial airports are struggling to handle existing passenger traffic and unable to handle increasing demand for international and domestic flights. Embassy Kabul is upgrading three provincial runways in cooperation with the Asian Develo [...] | 2010-02-28 06:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EAID PGOV PREL AF |
10KATHMANDU163 | NEPAL: AIRBUS DEAL IN TROUBLE, EU LOBBIES HARD [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Nepal is unlikely to guarantee the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) loan to purchase two Airbus aircraft, according to Finance Secretary Khanal, essentially killing the deal and reviving Boeing's hopes to sell its aircraft to the NAC. The European Union continu [...] | 2010-02-24 12:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAIR PREL NP |
10KHARTOUM74 | GOS AND MEDIA COMPLAIN ABOUT ENHANCED U.S. AVIATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Sudan (GOS) officials and state-controlled media have reacted negatively to the news of enhanced airport security screening for U.S.-bound Sudanese nationals. Complaints centered on Sudan's inclusion on the list of countries receiving increased scrutiny by the U.S. [...] | 2010-01-13 13:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR KPAO OIIP PREL PTER SU |
10KINGSTON194 | JAMAICA: IMF STANDBY FACILITY APPROVED [...] (SBU) After a series of missed deadlines, the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) finally has secured a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). On February 4, the IMF approved a USD 1.27 billion Standby facility for Jamaica, opening the door for a further USD 1 billion in funding from other m [...] | 2010-02-08 15:48:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PREL PINR SOCI EAIR IDB IBRD IMF JM |
10KINGSTON214 | JAMAICA LOOKS TO THE EAST [...] (SBU) Jamaica's relationship with China has continued to blossom after Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding led a delegation to Beijing from January 30 to February 6 (Reftel A). The delegation, which also included three government ministers as well as several public sector officials, discussed a [...] | 2010-02-10 20:41:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO BEXP ECIN ECON EAIR EIND EINV EMIN ETRD ELTN |
10KINGSTON27 | Jamaica: Fertile Soil for Terrorism? [...] (C) Jamaica has a significant penchant for violence, frequently gang related, and often exported to the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Some perpetrators appear to be in search of the sense of security and strength offered by gang membership, or perhaps to fill the void of an a [...] | 2010-02-25 15:31:00 | Embassy Kingston | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON PTER SOCI EAIR ASEC PREL PINS PINR KISL KCRM |
10KINGSTON84 | JAMAICA: A GOOD WEEK FOR GOLDING, BUT DAUNTING CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding and his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP)-led Government of Jamaica (GOJ) have enjoyed a much-needed string of policy successes in recent weeks: rapid progress on negotiations for an International Monetary Fund (IMF) Standby Agreement, initiation of a debt-excha [...] | 2010-01-22 19:38:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD ECON SNAR ASEC CJAN CVIS EAIR EFIN |
10KINSHASA102 | CONGO EXPRESS, A NEW AIRLINE FOR THE DRC [...] (U) Congo Express was launched on January 25 in association with South African Express, part of South African Airways, and will be based in Lubumbashi, Katanga Province. The new airline will operate a fleet of CRJ200 aircraft and will initially provide domestic connections between Kinshasa, L [...] | 2010-01-29 07:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV ETRD ECON PGOV CG |
10LIMA272 | CIVAIR: PERU RESPONSE TO IATA'S "AGENDA FOR FREEDOM" [...] Summary. The Peruvian aviation authority indicated that Peru will not be interested in endorsing reftel policy statement. The policy of the Peruvian government is to enter into bilateral aviation agreements instead of general agreements. Peru has bilateral aviation agreements with thirty coun [...] | 2010-02-10 20:24:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD ECON PGOV PE |
10LISBON58 | PORTUGAL: DEMARCHE ON U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE AIR [...] Emboffs delivered reftel demarche on February 8 to Joao Confraria, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Portuguese Civil Aviation Authority (INAC),and Fernanda Bandarra, Head of the Market Access Department at INAC, urging a realistic and pragmatic approach in the upcoming round of U.S.-EU neg [...] | 2010-02-09 12:53:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EUN KTIA ECON PO |
10LISBON64 | PORTUGAL: DEMARCHE ON U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE AIR [...] Emboffs delivered reftel demarche on February 8 to Joao Confraria, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Portuguese Civil Aviation Authority (INAC),and Fernanda Bandarra, Head of the Market Access Department at INAC, urging a realistic and pragmatic approach in the upcoming round of U.S.-EU neg [...] | 2010-02-11 09:19:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EUN KTIA ECON PO |
10LONDON255 | UK SEES FOREIGN OWNERSHIP AS KEY ISSUE IN UPCOMING U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE NEGOTIATIONS IN MADRID [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-04 10:15:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR ECON EU SENV SP UK |
10MADRID135 | SPAIN RECEIVES U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE AIR TRANSPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-04 08:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EUN KTIA IC NO SP |
10MADRID136 | SPAIN RECEIVES U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE AIR TRANSPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-04 08:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EUN KTIA IC NO SP |
10MADRID176 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEBRUARY 8-12 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-12 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ELAB ECPS SP |
10MADRID42 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JANUARY 11-15, 2010 [...] (U) Local media reported on German government criticism of President Zapatero's EU statement calling for economic sanctions for EU member countries that fail to meet specified objectives in the successor to the Lisbon Strategy for EU Growth. Rainer Breuderle, German Minister of Economics and [...] | 2010-01-19 12:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB KIPR SP |
10MANAGUA3 | NICARAGUA: NEW TSA PASSENGER SCREENING PROCEDURES IN PLACE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-05 20:05:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR NU |
10MANAGUA69 | AIRLINE BUSINESS STEADY IN NICARAGUA DESPITE TENSE RELATIONSHIP WITH GON [...] (C) Despite ongoing clashes with the GON's airport authority, commercial air carriers that serve U.S./Nicaragua routes reported steady sales and healthy load factors during the DCM's quarterly civil aviation roundtable on January 28. According to the airlines, long shifts worked by airport ramp and [...] | 2010-02-08 17:29:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV ETRD PGOV NU |
10MANILA385 | TOURISM - BASIS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] Summary: The Philippine Tourism Act of 2009, signed into law on May 12, 2009, describes tourism as an indispensable element of the national economy. The new law seeks to develop a robust tourism industry, turn the Philippines into a world-renowned destination, and attract foreign investment [...] | 2010-02-24 08:39:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EAIR ETRD RP |
10MEXICO106 | Mexico Economic Weekly - January 9 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...] | 2010-01-13 22:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
10MEXICO198 | NEW FINANCE SECRETARY MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR, NSC [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Carlos Pascual and NSC Senior Director David Lipton met with newly appointed Secretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) Francisco Cordero and Deputy SHCP Secretary Alejandro Werner. They discussed the current state and outlook of Mexico's economy, the importance [...] | 2010-01-21 18:35:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
10MEXICO230 | Mexico Economic Weekly - January 22 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...] | 2010-01-25 15:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
10MEXICO308 | Mexico Economic Weekly - Jan 29, 2010 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...] | 2010-01-29 20:56:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
10MEXICO348 | NEW CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON THE ECONOMY AND MONETARY POLICY [...] Summary. In his first speech as central bank (BOM) governor on January 27, Agustin Carstens addressed the state of the global economy and its impact on Mexico's recovery. He also discussed the BOM's monetary policy and projections for inflation in 2010 and 2011. Carstens said the temporary [...] | 2010-02-02 23:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
10MEXICO428 | Mexico Economic Weekly - February 5, 2010 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...] | 2010-02-08 14:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
10MEXICO630 | Mexico Economic Weekly - February 19, 2010 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...] | 2010-02-22 15:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
10MONROVIA236 | CIVAIR LIBERIA: LCAA RESPONSE TO ASSISTANCE REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 16:23:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA LI |
10MONTEVIDEO4 | URUGUAY IMPLEMENTS TSA SECURITY DIRECTIVES AMIDST OPENING OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post has been in regular contact with Uruguay's National Directorate of Civil Aviation (DINACIA) since December 26 to confirm delivery and implementation of TSA security directives for non-stop flights to the U.S. GOU authorities responded quickly in coordination with American [...] | 2010-01-05 15:07:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR PTER PINS UY |
10MOSCOW153 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OECD INVITING RUSSIA TO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 12:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR ETRD EINV EFIN RS |
10MOSCOW155 | WILL PROPOSED AEROFLOT-ROSAVIA DEAL UNDERMINE [...] (SBU) On December 30, during a meeting chaired by First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, Minister of Transport Igor Levitin reportedly suggested that control over new Russian airline RosAvia be transferred to Aeroflot. Under the proposal, Russian state corporation Rostekhnologia, 51% owne [...] | 2010-01-22 14:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD EINV RS |
10MOSCOW239 | AFGHAN TRANSIT: GOR STILL DEMANDS ICAO STANDARDS [...] (C) Summary: EmbOffs met with GOR officials to discuss how to implement more effectively the U.S.-Russia Afghan Air Transit Agreement, especially the use of ICAO standards for shipping hazardous cargo on civilian charter flights contracted by the U.S. military. The GOR confirmed there are no [...] | 2010-02-01 15:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR EAIR RS AF |
10MOSCOW265 | PUTIN SUPPORTS PLAN TO MERGE ROSTEKHNOLOGIA'S [...] (SBU) On February 2, Prime Minister Putin announced support for Transport Minister Levitin's plan to transfer Rostekhnologia's aviation assets to Aeroflot. According to Levitin's proposal, all the regional airlines that would have become Russia's new national carrier RosAvia, will be absorbed [...] | 2010-02-05 09:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD EINV RS |
10MOSCOW435 | CUSTOMS UNION'S AIRCRAFT DUTI... [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 14:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD EINV RS |
10NEWDELHI347 | AMBASSADOR ROEMER VISITS HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the afternoon of February 18, 2010, I visited the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) factory in Bengaluru, along with staff from Embassy New Delhi and Consulate General Chennai. The level of access afforded to us on the factory floor during our visit was highly unusual and [...] | 2010-02-24 12:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL EIND ETTC EAIR MCAP |
10NIAMEY164 | NIGER: POL/ECON UPDATE FOR FEBRUARY 2010 [...] The following is an Embassy Niger compilation of political and economic highlights for February 2010 not otherwise covered in mission reporting. This report covers the following issues: -- Opposition Members Take to the Streets; -- Japanese Donates Food Aid to Niger; -- Chinese Pre- [...] | 2010-02-18 07:45:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM NG JA CH IT EAGR EAID KCRM EAIR SOCI |
10PARIS63 | AIR FRANCE TRAFFIC SAGS, SHIFT IN BUSINESS PLAN [...] (U) Summary. Air France-KLM is feeling the economic downturn: lower capacity utilization, steadily declining passenger traffic, and cargo business stabilized at a reduced level. An audit showed 20 million euros (USD 29 million) missing from a fund managed by AF employee organizations; the GOF [...] | 2010-01-21 15:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EIND ETRD FR |
10PORTOFSPAIN142 | BOEING LIKELY TO WIN CARIBBEAN AIRLINES DEAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Boeing representative told us that Trinidad and Tobago's Caribbean Airlines (CAL) will endorse Boeing's bid to sell the national airline ten new 737-800 aircraft it sorely needs, a deal potentially worth USD 790 million and for which we conducted extensive advocacy. The deal [...] | 2010-02-01 19:11:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAIR EFIN ECON PGOV TD |
10PRAGUE28 | CZECH AIRLINES CONTINUES ITS FIGHT FOR FLIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the Czech cabinet's decision not to complete the privatization process for Czech Airlines (CSA) (Ref. B),the Finance Ministry with the help of several state-owned companies is taking steps aimed at moving the heavily indebted carrier towards financial solvency. Privat [...] | 2010-01-20 16:33:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PGOV ECON EZ |
10PRAGUE74 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON U.S.-EU [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-08 13:22:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA EAIR |
10QUITO77 | New Quito Airport's Phoenix-like Rebirth; Action Request on [...] (C) Department assistance requested; please see paragraph 12. 2. (C) Summary: President Correa met February 4 with the developers/financers of the new Quito International Airport (NQIA),including OPIC and Ex-Im bank officials, and reassured them that they had his full suppo [...] | 2010-02-10 22:46:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EFIN ECON OPIC EXIM PREL IDB EC |
10RABAT98 | IATA "AGENDA FOR FREEDOM" DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche by diplomatic note to Morocco's Foreign Ministry on January 8. EconCouns followed up in person on February 4 with Director of Air Transport Hamid Zhar of the Ministry of Equipment and Transportation, the senior Moroccan official responsible for aviatio [...] | 2010-02-05 17:09:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD EFIN MO |
10RIGA69 | LATVIA PASSIVE ON U.S.-EU AIR TRANSPORT NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 13:19:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EUN KTIA LV |
10RIODEJANEIRO12 | Rio Radar - January 7, 2010 [...] (U) Rio Radar is a regular compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This report's subjects: NUCLEAR REACTORS REMAIN OPERATIONAL AFTER DEADLY MUDSLIDES 2. (U) Brazi [...] | 2010-01-07 17:34:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ASEC HUD OPIC EAIR SOCI BR |
10RIYADH33 | SAUDIS ANGRY & CONFUSED OVER NEW TSA SCREENING [...] AN AVALANCHE OF INQUIRIES: The Embassy has been deluged with media inquiries since the story broke January 4. All Saudi media outlets reported January 5 that the U.S. Department of State had issued a new directive for intensive air screening of U.S.-bound passengers from 14 countries, includ [...] | 2010-01-05 17:35:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER SCUL KPAD SA |
10RIYADH66 | SAUDI LEADERS STUNG BY NEW TSA SCREENING RULES [...] (SBU) Following news of TSA's January 3 designation of Saudi Arabia as a "country of interest," Saudi leaders from the General Civil Aviation Authority (GACA),Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ministry of Culture and Information we talked to all have expressed surprise and dismay that their co [...] | 2010-01-11 15:23:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PREL ASEC ECON SA |
10ROME182 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE AIR [...] (U) EconOff delivered the demarche on U.S.-EU Second Stage Air Transport Negotiations. Post first spoke with Aldo Sansone, director general for airports an air nagivation at the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. Sansone suggested that the demarche be delivered to M. Cristina Fra [...] | 2010-02-12 17:02:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EUN NO IT IC KTIA |
10SANAA90 | ROYG CAUTIOUSLY RECEPTIVE TO ENHANCED COOPERATION [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a January 18 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Rashad al-Alimi, the Ambassador conveyed strong USG interest in enhanced cooperation on airport security, sharing of passenger manifests for international flights to Yemen, and access to information on for [...] | 2010-01-19 10:08:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV ASEC EAIR YM |
10SANAA93 | YEMEN PROTESTS "COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT" OFNEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 18, Deputy Foregn Minister Mohyadeen al-Dhabbi summoned a divere group of ambassadors to express the ROYG's concrns about new passenger screening procedures forinternational air travel that, in his characteriation, unfairly subjects all Yemeni nationals toadditional and [...] | 2010-01-20 05:57:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV ASEC EAIR KPAO YM |
10SAOPAULO76 | BRAZILIAN BUSINESS PERSPECTIVES ON OPEN SKIES [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with Brazilian flag carrier TAM, low cost carrier Azul, U.S. airlines, Brazilian tour operator Agaxtour, FEDEX and the GOB-owned airport concessionaire (Infraero),representatives acknowledged the benefits of a potential Open Skies Agreement (OSA) between the [...] | 2010-02-01 16:41:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV EINV ETRD BR |
10SAOPAULO84 | SAO PAULO KEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS, JANUARY 16-30, 2010 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable highlights economic, energy and science and technology developments in the Sao Paulo Consular District for the period January 16-30, 2010, not covered by broader reporting. Significant developments during the period include: Embraer adjusting to slower global demand, [...] | 2010-02-04 13:29:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV ENRG BR EAIR EIND ATRN |
10SARAJEVO150 | BOSNIA TO TAKE CONTROL OF ITS AIRSPACE IN 2010 [...] (U) Since the war, Serbia and Croatia have managed overflight control of Bosnian airspace, collecting USD 15 million annually in fees. After five years of developing its new air traffic management (ATM) system, Bosnia is poised to take control of this overflight space and the revenues that co [...] | 2010-02-12 09:45:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BK |
10SHANGHAI44 | CHINA EASTERN-SHANGHAI AIRLINES MERGER HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains business proprietary information and is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Central Government-owned China Eastern completed its long awaited merger with local rival Shanghai Airlines on January 29, with substantial concessions to [...] | 2010-02-09 02:40:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EIND PGOV CH |
10STATE1119 | SUBJECT: Combating Illicit Trafficking in Arms--GUIDANCE [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 5. 2. (SBU) The United States would like to follow-up the efforts of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Presidents recent call to ratify the Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking [...] | 2010-01-06 19:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MASS EAIR ETTC PREL OAS PE |
10STATE1187 | ENGAGING ON NEW AIR PASSENGER SCREENING RULES [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 3. Summary and Action Request -------------------------- 2. (C) The attempted Christmas day bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight resulted in a presidential review and new Transportation Security Administration TSA) screening requirem [...] | 2010-01-06 21:20:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PTER ASEC ECON AF AG CU IR IZ LE LY NI PK SA |
10STATE12414 | MEXICO CITY AVIATION SECURITY CONFERENCE: [...] (U) This is background and guidance sent in collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security. Summary and Guidance -------------------- 2. (SBU) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano will travel to Mexico City on February 16-18, 2010 to attend a conferenc [...] | 2010-02-09 19:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR ECON PREL PTER |
10STATE18175 | ACTION REQUEST: ASIA-PACIFIC AVIATION SECURITY [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See paragraph 3. It has been sent in collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano will travel to Tokyo March 12-14, 2010 to attend a confer [...] | 2010-02-26 16:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR IN PGOV PK PTER XB |
10STATE7528 | MANPADS ASSIST VISIT (MAV) AT LAHORE AIRPORT [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2 for action request and paragraph 13 for suggested talking points. Washington leaves to post discretion as to the timing for approaching Pakistani authorities, given the current negative media environment surrounding U.S. passenger scree [...] | 2010-01-26 07:25:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PGOV ECON PK |
10STATE9584 | U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE AIR TRANSPORT NEGOTIATIONS [...] Summary. The seventh -- and possibly decisive -- round of second stage U.S.-EU air transport negotiations will take place in Madrid February 15-17. The November 3, 2009 U.S.-EU Summit Declaration calls for a second stage agreement by the end of 2010. To meet this timetable, both sides must [...] | 2010-01-29 21:43:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EUN KTIA IC NO |
10STOCKHOLM62 | SWEDEN RECEIVES U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE AIR TRANSPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-12 07:56:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA EAIR ECON IC EUN SW |
10TBILISI20 | GEORGIA: CHARTER FLIGHTS TO RUSSIA SET TO RESUME JANUARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Private airline Georgian Airways (formerly Airzena) is scheduled to initiate charter flights to Moscow and St. Petersburg on January 8, 9, and 10. Russia ended direct flights as a part of its embargo against Georgia in October 2006. The new temporary routes will be the first [...] | 2010-01-06 05:43:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAIR ECIN RR GG |
10TBILISI82 | EMBASSY TBILISI BFIF PROPOSAL FOR 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 14:24:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EAIR ECIN RR GG |
10THEHAGUE88 | NETHERLANDS: LATEST DUTCH VIEWS ON THE U.S.-EU [...] (U) On February 11, Econoffs delivered reftel points on the second stage of the U.S.-EU Air Transport Negotiations to Hans de Jong, Special Advisor and Chief Negotiator for aviation issues, and Janneke Kolk, Policy Advisor, at the Ministry of Transport, Public Works, and Water Management. De J [...] | 2010-02-12 15:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EUN KTIA IC NO NL |