When Aeroflot operated Moscow-US via Shannon, they were not allowed use the US INS pre-clearance facility at Shannon but had to go through the full procedures on arrival in the US. Canadian pre-clearance includes customs and INS. Dublin and Shannon are INS only. Antoin Daltun ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Panitz" <mpanitz@xxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: 06 September 2004 19:50 Subject: heres an interesting questions -El Flights from YYZ to Lax -were do th ose pax clear US customs > 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? >