Permission for foreign military aircraft to overfly the State is subject to strict conditions. These routinely include stipulations that the aircraft must be unarmed, carry no arms, ammunition or explosives and must not engage in intelligence gathering, and that the flights in question must not form part of military exercises or operations. Overflights by US military aircraft are permitted without prior notification, on the basis that the aircraft are unarmed, carry only cargo and passengers and comply with navigational requirements.
The table below provides details of the overflights that took place from 1 January 2017 to 31 August 2020. In addition, from 1 January 2017 to August 2020 a further 92 requests were refused or cancelled.
|
Country
|
2017
|
Country
|
2018
|
Country
|
2019
|
Country
|
Jan-August 2020
|
|
Australia
|
5
|
Angola
|
2
|
Angola
|
1
|
Australia
|
1
|
|
Bahrain
|
1
|
Australia
|
6
|
Australia
|
3
|
Belgium
|
8
|
|
Belgium
|
17
|
Bahrain
|
3
|
Belgium
|
15
|
Canada
|
4
|
|
Bolivia
|
1
|
Belgium
|
26
|
Canada
|
36
|
Colombia
|
1
|
|
Brazil
|
1
|
Canada
|
14
|
China
|
1
|
Congo
|
1
|
|
Cameroon
|
2
|
Colombia
|
2
|
Congo
|
2
|
Czech Republic
|
1
|
|
Canada
|
16
|
Cuba
|
1
|
Cyprus
|
2
|
Egypt
|
12
|
|
Czech. Rep
|
6
|
Cyprus
|
2
|
Czech Rep.
|
5
|
France
|
19
|
|
Colombia
|
1
|
Czech Rep.
|
2
|
Egypt
|
14
|
Germany
|
16
|
|
Cyprus
|
2
|
Egypt
|
17
|
France
|
36
|
Hungary
|
16
|
|
Egypt
|
19
|
France
|
52
|
Germany
|
46
|
Italy
|
18
|
|
France
|
36
|
Germany
|
50
|
Greece
|
4
|
Kuwait
|
1
|
|
Germany
|
53
|
Greece
|
6
|
Honduras
|
1
|
Jordan
|
5
|
|
Greece
|
7
|
Honduras
|
2
|
Hungary
|
22
|
Nigeria
|
1
|
|
Hungary
|
7
|
India
|
1
|
India
|
2
|
Qatar
|
15
|
|
India
|
2
|
Italy
|
17
|
UAE
|
7
|
Russia
|
1
|
|
Italy
|
20
|
Japan
|
2
|
Italy
|
9
|
Serbia
|
1
|
|
Iran
|
2
|
Jordan
|
18
|
Japan
|
8
|
Slovak Republic
|
2
|
|
Iraq
|
6
|
Lebanon
|
2
|
Jordan
|
21
|
Switzerland
|
2
|
|
Ivory Coast
|
1
|
Luxembourg
|
2
|
Lebanon
|
2
|
Tunisia
|
2
|
|
Jordan
|
31
|
Malaysia
|
3
|
Luxembourg
|
2
|
USA
|
307
|
|
Lebanon
|
2
|
Mali
|
1
|
Malaysia
|
3
|
Netherlands
|
1
|
|
Luxembourg
|
1
|
Mexico
|
1
|
Morocco
|
1
|
|
|
|
Malaysia
|
2
|
Morocco
|
5
|
Netherlands
|
10
|
|
|
|
Mali
|
1
|
Netherlands
|
9
|
New Zealand
|
1
|
|
|
|
Mexico
|
3
|
Nigeria
|
1
|
Oman
|
6
|
|
|
|
Netherlands
|
9
|
Oman
|
6
|
Pakistan
|
4
|
|
|
|
Nigeria
|
1
|
USA
|
724
|
United Kingdom
|
2
|
|
|
|
Oman
|
2
|
Vietnam
|
4
|
Portugal
|
1
|
|
|
|
Pakistan
|
4
|
Poland
|
1
|
Qatar
|
16
|
|
|
|
Poland
|
3
|
Qatar
|
9
|
Romania
|
2
|
|
|
|
Rep. of Ghana
|
2
|
Republic of Ghana
|
1
|
Slovak Rep
|
12
|
|
|
|
Slovak Rep
|
15
|
Slovak Rep
|
8
|
Spain
|
3
|
|
|
|
Switzerland
|
8
|
Switzerland
|
8
|
Switzerland
|
3
|
|
|
|
Tunisia
|
6
|
Sweden
|
1
|
Togo
|
1
|
|
|
|
Turkey
|
4
|
Tunisia
|
5
|
Tunisia
|
5
|
|
|
|
Ukraine
|
1
|
United Kingdom
|
4
|
Turkey
|
6
|
|
|
|
UAE
|
1
|
UAE
|
2
|
USA
|
734
|
|
|
|
UK
|
5
|
|
|
Colombia
|
1
|
|
|
|
US
|
1419
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vietnam
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
1726
|
Total
|
1020
|
Total
|
1050
|
TOTALS
|
435
|
