harvyk
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Actually you'd find that it's based on the laws of the country or state which the aircraft currently resides in... A few years ago I remember an airline (I believe it was CO) had its rights to serve alcohol in a certain US state revoked. This meant that this airline was not allowed to serve alcohol to pax whilst the plane was flying over the specific state.
I'd expect that you'd find that 3 sets of laws apply to an aircraft, first is laws of the country which the aircraft is registered in, the second is the laws of the country which the aircraft is destined, and third the laws of the country which the aircraft is currently over.
I don't think you can really compare aircraft ops to "Flag Law", as a ship typically spend most of its time in international waters unless it's specifically in port, where as an aircraft can just as easily fly over a country as it can over a international waters (airspace).
I'd expect that you'd find that 3 sets of laws apply to an aircraft, first is laws of the country which the aircraft is registered in, the second is the laws of the country which the aircraft is destined, and third the laws of the country which the aircraft is currently over.
I don't think you can really compare aircraft ops to "Flag Law", as a ship typically spend most of its time in international waters unless it's specifically in port, where as an aircraft can just as easily fly over a country as it can over a international waters (airspace).