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Dec 2, 2008 (newstodate): Georgia is vehemently against international flights at break-away province Abkhazia.
Plans are on the table for opening of flights between Abkhazia's Sukhumi Airport and Moscow, but Georgia threatens any international airline entering the airport with legal steps.
Georgia's position is that international civil aviation authorities issue flight permits to states only, and refutes the validity of the province's self-proclaimed independence that has gained little international recognition outside Russia.
Already prior to the armed conflict between Georgia and Russia over Akhazia, ICAO prohibited international flights at Sukhumi Airport as ICAO will only accept international flights if warranted by Georgia's air space control, which is certainly now not forthcoming.
Abkhazia, however, maintains that international flights will be launched, regardless of ICAO ojections
Plans are on the table for opening of flights between Abkhazia's Sukhumi Airport and Moscow, but Georgia threatens any international airline entering the airport with legal steps.
Georgia's position is that international civil aviation authorities issue flight permits to states only, and refutes the validity of the province's self-proclaimed independence that has gained little international recognition outside Russia.
Already prior to the armed conflict between Georgia and Russia over Akhazia, ICAO prohibited international flights at Sukhumi Airport as ICAO will only accept international flights if warranted by Georgia's air space control, which is certainly now not forthcoming.
Abkhazia, however, maintains that international flights will be launched, regardless of ICAO ojections