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DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
January 30, 2006 6:52 a.m.
TEHRAN -- Iran will grant landing rights to U.S. airlines if its request for such rights in New York and Los Angeles receives a positive response from Washington, a state-controlled daily newspaperquoted the head of the country's Civil Aviation Organization, or CAO, as saying Monday.
In a letter to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, last week, the CAO asked permission to establish direct round-trip flights from Tehran to the two U.S. cities.
"If the U.S. gives Iran a positive answer on the request for the flights, their flights will also get landing permits at Iran's airports," said CAO director Reza Niaraki.
He said the CAO had asked the FAA for a quick answer but no response has yet been received. The request by Iran for resumption of direct flights comes more than 25 years after diplomatic relations and air links between the two countries were severed.
The U.S. government is currently making efforts to have Iran referred to the U.N. Security Council for punitive measures for its efforts to develop nuclear weapons manufacturing capability. According to the CAO, the idea of resuming direct flights was proposed by Iranians living in the U.S. to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when he New York in September.
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
January 30, 2006 6:52 a.m.
TEHRAN -- Iran will grant landing rights to U.S. airlines if its request for such rights in New York and Los Angeles receives a positive response from Washington, a state-controlled daily newspaperquoted the head of the country's Civil Aviation Organization, or CAO, as saying Monday.
In a letter to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, last week, the CAO asked permission to establish direct round-trip flights from Tehran to the two U.S. cities.
"If the U.S. gives Iran a positive answer on the request for the flights, their flights will also get landing permits at Iran's airports," said CAO director Reza Niaraki.
He said the CAO had asked the FAA for a quick answer but no response has yet been received. The request by Iran for resumption of direct flights comes more than 25 years after diplomatic relations and air links between the two countries were severed.
The U.S. government is currently making efforts to have Iran referred to the U.N. Security Council for punitive measures for its efforts to develop nuclear weapons manufacturing capability. According to the CAO, the idea of resuming direct flights was proposed by Iranians living in the U.S. to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when he New York in September.
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Northwest Jet Leaves After Emergency Landing In Tehran
Date 6/20/2005
A Northwest Airlines flight from Mumbai to Amsterdam
made an emergency landing in Tehran on Sunday, but no one was hurt and the plane continued its journey after repairs, a civil aviation official said.
The United States and Iran have been on hostile terms since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
The Northwest flight landed at 4 a.m. (2330 GMT, Saturday) at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport after encountering a technical problem with its cargo section, Mohammad Jafarzadeh, spokesman for Iran's Civil Aviation Organization, said.
"All 255 passengers and crew are safe and sound and were taken to the airport transit lounge," he said.
After repairs, the airliner left with all its passengers for Amsterdam at 11:10 a.m. (0640 GMT), Jafarzadeh said later.
There are no air links between Iran and the United States.
Date 6/20/2005
A Northwest Airlines flight from Mumbai to Amsterdam
made an emergency landing in Tehran on Sunday, but no one was hurt and the plane continued its journey after repairs, a civil aviation official said.
The United States and Iran have been on hostile terms since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
The Northwest flight landed at 4 a.m. (2330 GMT, Saturday) at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport after encountering a technical problem with its cargo section, Mohammad Jafarzadeh, spokesman for Iran's Civil Aviation Organization, said.
"All 255 passengers and crew are safe and sound and were taken to the airport transit lounge," he said.
After repairs, the airliner left with all its passengers for Amsterdam at 11:10 a.m. (0640 GMT), Jafarzadeh said later.
There are no air links between Iran and the United States.
This story is posted on...the Iranian Civil Aviation Organisation website.
