Ques 1:
Which Emirates destinations in North America have great circle routes which pass thru Canadian airspace on their way to DXB?
Ans:
IAH
SFO
LAX
JFK
YYZ
Ques 2:
What happened to Aeroflot during a 2003 Canada-Russian airspace dispute?
Ans:
Nov 2003...
The dispute began last month when Russian authorities refused permission for Air Canada to fly over Russian airspace on a new nonstop route from Toronto to New Delhi. The Russian government claimed the flights do not meet the terms of an aviation treaty signed in 2000, but Air Canada believes it was refused permission to prevent the airline from competing with Russian carriers.
In response, the Canadian government banned all flights passing over Canada by Russian carrier Aeroflot, including flights from Russia to the U.S., and it cut Aeroflot's Moscow-Toronto flights from four a week to two. In another tit-for-tat move, Russia canceled Air Canada's overflight rights for its Vancouver-Beijing route. "We believe under the [bilateral] agreement we have every right to use [the route over Russia], but Russia disagrees with our interpretation," Chen said...
In the end Russia backed down because they could not afford the cost to divert around Canadian airspace.
Ques 3:
Who is in the drivers seat here, Canada or Dubai? I hope cooler heads prevail...if the base gets closed Emirates entire north american operation is going to become a money losing operation.
What do you think?