Fatwa on airlines started by traveling sheikh

The time for breaking the fast when one is airborne should be on the basis of the actual time of sunset and not in accordance with the time at the landing destination, Qatar’s prominent Islamic scholar Dr Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi has said in a fatwa he issued yesterday.
As reported in the local Arabic press, the fatwa was issued in the context of the announcement made by the captain of the Qatar Airways flight from Cairo to Doha on which Sheikh Qaradawi was a passenger on the first day of Ramadan.
The captain had announced that it was time for breaking the fast while it was still broad daylight and much time left for sunset.

A fatwā (Arabic: فتوى‎; plural fatāwā Arabic: فتاوى‎), in the Islamic faith is a religious opinion concerning Islamic law issued by an Islamic scholar. In Sunni Islam any fatwa is non-binding, whereas in Shia Islam it could be binding, depending on the status of the scholar. Western media frequently uses the term incorrectly to specifically mean an Islamic law pronouncing a death sentence upon someone who is considered an infidel or a blasphemer, whereas the term's correct definition is significantly broader.^[1] Fatwā cover social and political issues andjihad. If a fatwā does not break new ground, then it is simply called a ruling.