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Old 28th Aug 2005, 13:28
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EGXX
 
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Spanish Airspace

My first post on here so here goes!
All civil aircarft flying to Gibraltar from the UK and vice-versa ARE allowed to overfly Spanish airspace. Normal routing from Gib-uk is out to the east slightly via PIMOS then straight up and over via MGA-BLN. There was a time a few years back when relations weren't so good, that civil airliners were denied access to Spanish airspace and had to route out to the west and over Portugal but thankfully those days are long gone (touch wood!).
Military aircraft however are still denied this and have to route to the west around the portugese coast or east and up through France. And this comming from a member NATO state!!

EGXX-Ex LXGB ATC Assistant.
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