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Viewing cable 09AMMAN391, ROYAL JORDANIAN CONFIRMS SOME FLIGHT PATTERNS AVOID ISRAEL

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09AMMAN391 2009-02-11 10:03 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Amman 
VZCZCXRO8375
RR RUEHTRO
DE RUEHAM #0391 0421003
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 111003Z FEB 09
FM AMEMBASSY AMMAN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4431
INFO RUEHGB/AMEMBASSY BAGHDAD 6156
RUEHLB/AMEMBASSY BEIRUT 2977
RUEHEG/AMEMBASSY CAIRO 3906
RUEHDM/AMEMBASSY DAMASCUS 4064
RUEHTV/AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV 1526
RUEHJM/AMCONSUL JERUSALEM 5347
RUEHTRO/AMEMBASSY TRIPOLI 0034
RUEHTU/AMEMBASSY TUNIS 1043
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RUEAHLC/DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WASHDC
RHMCSUU/FAA NATIONAL HQ WASHINGTON DC
 
UNCLAS AMMAN 000391 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/ELA AND EEB 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAIR ECON JO IZ
SUBJECT:  ROYAL JORDANIAN CONFIRMS SOME FLIGHT PATTERNS AVOID ISRAEL 
AT BEHEST OF ARAB COUNTRIES 
 
(SBU) A Jordanian Member of Parliament was quoted in the local press 
saying that he had observed that national carrier Royal Jordanian 
(RJ) flights to Europe and North Africa often circumvented Israeli 
airspace.  He added that RJ pilots told him that it was because 
Israel often changed the flight routes, which he viewed as an 
infringement of negotiated bilateral aviation agreements.  Iman 
Rihani, Director of Public Relations at RJ, confirmed to Emboffs 
that RJ flights from Tunisia and Libya do indeed by-pass Israeli 
airspace.  She explained that this was because Tunisian and Libyan 
officials were reluctant to file flight plans that included Israel. 
She added that when RJ flies from Jordan to those countries it does 
fly over Israel since the Jordanian government does not have similar 
concerns. 
 
Visit Amman's Classified Website at 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman 
 
BEECROFT