And don't let me forget about CX pax travelling from YVR to JFK, they clear U.S. customs at JFK. Mark -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Greenwood Sent: September 6, 2004 6:03 PM To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: El Al Question: PAX Clearing US Customs LY most definitely has traffic rights between YYZ and LAX and the passengers clear U.S. Customs at LAX. Similarly Air Canada passengers travelling from YVR to HNL clear U.S. customs in HNL because the aircraft continues on to SYD. Mark -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael A. Burris Sent: September 6, 2004 12:44 PM 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