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Aeroflot Airline Fights Smoking Ban
The Associated Press
Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2000; 4:21 p.m. EDT
MOSCOW -- Russian airline giant Aeroflot said Wednesday it has urged
the U.S. government to lift a ban on smoking on regular airline flights
between the United States and other countries.
Aeroflot maintains that the ban, which went into effect June 4, violates
international law, and has appealed to the International Air Transport
Association to step into the dispute.
Aeroflot representatives met with U.S. State Department officials in
Washington last week to discuss lifting the ban, Aeroflot said in a statement.
Details of the talks have not been released.
The head of Aeroflot's legal department, Boris Yeliseyev, said that if the ban
remains in place, Russia may retaliate by demanding that foreign airliners
that carry Russian passengers have Russian-speaking flight attendants on
board, in accordance with Russian law.
Russia is one of the most smoker-friendly nations in the world, with few
limits on smoking in public places.
© Copyright 2000 The Associated Press
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