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Air Routes: Cyprus |
| Question ID: |
1758779 |
| UIN: |
HL4442 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-27 |
| Asking Member ID: |
2478 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Rogan
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Lord Rogan
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) legal, and (2) diplomatic, considerations relevant to establishing direct flights from the United Kingdom to Northern Cyprus. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-10 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4972 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
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| Answer text: |
Under the 1944 Chicago Convention, only the Republic of Cyprus may designate Ercan as an international customs airport and grant permission for flights. It has not done so. This means that no direct air services between the north of Cyprus and the UK can ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |