That sounds OK Michael, but you can buy a ticket in Toronto from EL AL and fly down to LAX on their regular flight and return. A couple of friends of mine flew to the Airliners International convention in LA this year via EL AL. They went through US Customs in LA, and on their return through Canadian customs in Toronto. Based on that, I would say that if you get off in Toronto. you clear Canadian customs only. If you are travelling through to LA, then you clear in LA. Keith Stibbe YYZ > From: "Michael A. Burris" <yyz_02140@xxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: The Airline List <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Michael A. Burris" > <yyz_02140@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 12:44:28 -0700 > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: El Al Question: PAX Clearing US Customs > > Mark: > > If I understand your question correctly, you are > wondering if a passenger who got on an El Al flight in > Toronto, and that the flight originated in Tel Aviv > bound for Los Angeles, is the passenger likely to, or > required to, clear US customs in Toronto, much like if > I flew up for a weekend from Boston to Toronto or > Montreal and was returning to Boston, I'd clear US > Customs up there. Correct? > > The answer is a double 'no.' Passengers are generally > not allowed to board a flight, in this case, The EL AL > flight bound for Los Angeles, while it is stopped in > Toronto, because that conflicts with the rules for the > airline reciprocal agreement under the Warsaw Pact > established after World War II. > > Toronto originating passengers wishing to fly to Los > Angeles, should be flying Air Canada or some other > carrier whose home is in Canada, not another country. > There are some exceptions, but I believe that this is > the norm. > > Mike Burris > Cambridge, Massachusetts > > > > > > > > > --- Mark Panitz <mpanitz@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> heres question el AL has flight from Tel Aviv to >> Toronto to Lax >> this means they can carry pax from YYZ to Lax >> doesnt that mean those pax that board LY 105 in YYZ >> to Lax >> clear US customs in Candada? r >> but what about those pax who are flying from Tel >> Avia to Lax >> where would they clear US customs? in Lax? or in >> Canada? >> > > > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush