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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-06-04more like thismore than 2014-06-04
answering body
Ministry of Defence more like this
answering dept id 11 more like this
answering dept short name Defence more like this
answering dept sort name Defence more like this
hansard heading Gibraltar: Spain remove filter
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government why Royal Air Force aircraft flying to Gibraltar cannot fly over Spain; what cost that adds to the flight; and what representations they have made to the government of Spain about the restriction. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Hoyle remove filter
uin HL40 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-06-18more like thismore than 2014-06-18
answer text <p> </p><p>All requests to Spanish authorities by any nation for a military over flight that has Gibraltar as a departure or arrival airfield, is routinely denied by Spanish authorities. We make clear to the Spanish government that this is not the sort of arrangement close allies should have to manage.<br><br>The military aircraft that routinely fly to Gibraltar are the Hercules C130 and C17 Globemaster. The difference in cost of a direct flight to Gibraltar from, for example, RAF Brize Norton and a route not overflying Spain is as follows.<br><br>C130 - £2,600 each way<br>C17 - £4,900 each way<br><br>It should be noted that Spanish authorities are swift and cooperative in allowing our military aircraft to pass through Spanish airspace to any other destination. The refusal to use their airspace to access Gibraltar is an irritant that we have managed since the 1980s, and is set against an otherwise productive defence relationship between our two countries.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-06-18T16:49:24.4141749Zmore like thismore than 2014-06-18T16:49:24.4141749Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever more like this
tabling member
1000
label Biography information for Lord Hoyle more like this