Netanyahu again flies through Canadian airspace en route to Washington
CBC
Online flight trackers show that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew hundreds of kilometres through Canadian airspace on his way to meet U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday — despite Prime Minister Mark Carney previously saying he would honour an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Netanyahu is wanted by the ICC for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Carney was asked last October by Bloomberg if "Netanyahu would be arrested if he came to Canada."
The prime minister twice responded "yes."
But this is the second time that Netanyahu's official Israeli government aircraft has carried him through Canadian sovereign territory in the last two months.
On Dec. 29, Netanyahu's Boeing 767, known as the Wing of Zion, overflew Newfoundland and Nova Scotia on its way to land in Florida, where Netanyahu met Trump at his Mar-A-Lago residence.
When CBC News asked for an explanation of that flight, Global Affairs Canada spokesperson Samantha Lafleur responded the department "does not comment on which route a foreign state chooses to take. For security reasons, we are unable to provide further details."
On Tuesday, Netanyahu's flight crossed Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick before entering U.S. airspace in Maine.
Canadian protocol requires foreign government flights to seek permission well before entering Canadian airspace.
"Applications for foreign state, military or scientific aircraft to operate within Canadian territory should be submitted at least three working days (72h) before the proposed date of entry into Canadian airspace," says the government's website. "This advance notification is critical."
CBC News has asked Global Affairs if the government of Israel sought permission for the latest flight, but had not received an answer at time of publication.
Netanyahu has flown to the U.S. seven times since Trump's second inauguration.
During that time, his flying patterns have shifted in a way that suggests he is increasingly less worried about the risk of arrest.
When the Israeli prime minister travelled to the U.S. on Sept. 25, 2025, Wing of Zion took a number of detours as it crossed the Mediterranean in order to stay mostly over water, and entered the Atlantic through the Strait of Gibraltar.
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