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air corridor

A restricted air route specified for use by friendly aircraft and established for the purpose of preventing that aircraft from being fired on by friendly forces.
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If a commercial jet flies off an air corridor, it must eventually fly back into a corridor in order to land at a commercial airport.
SDTC, a not-for-profit, arms length organization created by the Government of Canada, will provide $1 million (US$740,000) for the Clean Air Corridor demonstration.
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec 27 ( ANI ): India and Afghanistan on Wednesday inaugurated the second air corridor between Mumbai and Kabul.
Special thanks were sent to the central administration and local government for smoothly and efficiently establishing yet another vibrant air corridor in China, enabling greater traffic flows to and from the two nations and beyond.
If Moscow stops the air corridor lifting military supplies to Damascus, the Syrian army will quickly run out of ordnance for fighting the rebels.
Crowded sky: Aircraft flying through the air corridor on their descent towards Heathrow between 8.15am and 5pm are superimposed in this picture
Cairo International is set to have an additional runway, an extra air corridor and a third terminal.
The near miss took place in a heavily congested air corridor. It would seem the air traffic controller could have issued instructions sooner to prevent the two approaching planes from coming closer to each other.
Referring to the air corridor over Egypt, he says: "The plane was intercepted by the Israelis when it used the newly introduced air corridor.
When Arens was finally allowed to go, he met with Bush and Baker but found both cold to his demands for a cleared air corridor to Iraq so Israeli warplanes could strike back.
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