UAE banishes Canada from base, blocks [Defence Minister] MacKay from its airspace

[watchsnowfall]

The United Arab Emirates abruptly ended years of collaboration with the Canadian Forces on Monday, forbidding Defence Minister Peter MacKay and his top general from even flying over the country on a return trip from Afghanistan.

The public rebuke flowed from a spat over Canadian landing rights for airlines based in the Gulf and will complicate the

Comments

[akuma_river]

Holy fuck.

[ladypolitik]

Hm.

[lickety_split]

I need to go home, I seriously read that as "blocks Mickey Mouse from airspace".

[escherichiacola]

Well the UAE is run by assholes though.

[fishphile]

Fascinating.

The fear was that the UAE was more interested in stealing lucrative international traffic from Air Canada to cities such as Frankfurt than simply flying more customers to its domestic airports.

Is there proof of this?

[watchsnowfall]

TBH, I'm not really sure if it's a legitimate concern or if it's just the excuse reps from Air Canada are using for their opposition to the UAE airlines getting more slots.

I'm spectacularly unhelpful, sorry.