U.S. Fines Air Canada For Iraqi Incursions

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Air Canada has been fined $125,000 by the U.S. Department of Transportation for multiple incursions to Iraqi airspace. The flights were operated by Air Canada under its codeshare with United Airlines while carrying U.S. citizens so it was therefore subject to the FAA ban on U.S. overflights of the country. The overflights occurred on flights between the United Arab Emirates and Toronto. Last June, Emirates was fined $1.5 million for carrying JetBlue passengers through Iraqi airspace.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/iraqi-airspace-incursion-fines
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Why not fine United? They were the reason US passengers were aboard. There are consequences associated with code shares.

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Adiós, code share agreement!

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Not overflying Iraq seems like a pretty good idea regardless of where your passengers are from.

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Because the flight was operated by Air Canada.

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I think you mean “au revoir code share agreement.” Lolz.:joy:

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:+1: :laughing:
Oui, cela aurait été plus approprié.

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