--- Mark Greenwood <mgreenwood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 AIRLINE: Yikes! So many exception under the various laws, I look like a liar or seriously out of date. Oh well. It's a buyer's market! :-) Mike Burris Cambridge, Mass > 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 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail