Civil aviation in the Gulf States of Bahrain, Kuwait and Sharjah; clearance of charter and non-scheduled flights by Saudi Arabia, Middle East Air Line and Air Liban aircraft. Code GA file 59
FO 371/99714 1952Description
This file contains correspondence relating to:
- Procedure for clearing chartered and private flights by foreign aircraft to and from Bahrain, Kuwait and Sharjah (1)
- Charter flights from Beirut to Kuwait (2)
- Unauthorised charter flights from Beirut to Kuwait made by Middle East Airlines Company (MEAL) (3)
- Supply of aviation fuel and oil to civil aircraft at Masirah Island (5)
- Non-scheduled flights unauthorised by MEAL and traffic rights at Kuwait (6)
- Clearance of charter flights by Saudi Arabian aircraft (7)
- Records of discussions on civil aviation in the Gulf (8)
- Clearance of charter flights to Kuwait and other Gulf territories and of non-scheduled flights in the Gulf (8-10)
- Non-scheduled flights by Air Liban and MEAL without prior permission (11)
- Non-scheduled flights in the Gulf area (12)
- Discussions with Sir W R Hay on 4 July on civil aviation in the Gulf (13)
- Unauthorised non-scheduled operations of MEAL to aerodromes in the Gulf (14)
- Question of what action should be taken against MEAL if the unauthorised non-scheduled flights to Kuwait continues (15)
- Application by Air Djibouti for an unlimited number of flights from Bahrain to Jeddah during August and September (16)
- Request from the Middle East Airlines Company to extend their Beirut-Kuwait-Dhahran service on 23 and 25 September to Bahrain, in order to return Lebanese teachers to Bahrain from Beirut (17)
- Proposal by a charter company to operate as a Colonial Air Service (18)
- Captain Wolfson of British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) subsidiary companies arrives in Bahrain on 23 November for a visit (19)
- Proposal by Skyways Limited to introduce a Colonial Coach Service to the Gulf (20)
- Coach class services in the Gulf; the Ministry of Aviation propose to deny traffic rights (21)