U.S. Issues Rules to End Air Relations With Libya
Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Hanford Dole issued an order today aimed at suspending all aviation relations between the United States and Libya in retaliation against the regime of Col. Moammar Kadafi.
The order will prohibit U.S. airlines from selling, anywhere in the world, transportation to and from Libya.
It also will ban any air carrier from engaging in transportation between the United States and Libya using aircraft of Libyan registry, and would prohibit sale in this country of any ticket or the issuance in the United States of any airway bill with Libya included in the itinerary.
Dole said comments on the proposed order must be filed by Monday. The prohibitions are expected to take effect Feb. 1.
Currently, no scheduled U.S. airlines are flying to Libya and no Libyan planes are serving U.S. points.
The secretary also announced that the Coast Guard already has prohibited the entry of Libyan flag vessels into U.S. ports following a presidential directive last December.
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