zan wrote:Paphitis wrote:zan wrote:Paphitis wrote:Those flights, if aproved, would come under the jurisdiction of the RoC Civil Aviation Department.
We shall see Paphitis......As I said....Don't be alarmed......
President Christofias has no right to compromise the legitimate sovereignty of Cyprus by legitimising direct flights not under the RoC Civil Aviation Authority's jurisdiction.
Now you are panicking...
Agreements are legitimate Paphitis.....Thats the way it goes.
The reason why you the "trnc" can never have direct flights is the following:
It is not possible to fly directly from the UK to the northern part of Cyprus. Under the terms of the International Convention on Civil Aviation of 1944 (Chicago Convention), flights can only operate legally to the international airports designated by the Republic of Cyprus. There are no such airports in the northern part of Cyprus. Under these circumstances, the UK Government has decided that the approval of direct flights by any airline from the UK to the northern part of Cyprus would be incompatible with the UK's international obligations under the Chicago Convention, and with UK domestic legal obligations.
http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-the-fco/ ... pe/cyprus/
Therefore, any direct flights can only occur if the RoC declares ERCAN a legitimate port. That can only happen if ERCAN comes under the RoC Civil Aviation Department's jurisdiction.