Negotiation for revision of the UK-Bahrain Air Agreement; offer of US surplus glide-path equipment for use at Bahrain or Sharjah. Code GA file 60 (papers 1 to 26)
FO 371/99715 1952Description
This file contains correspondence relating to:
- Protest from British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) at the transhipment tax levied by Bahrain customs on all goods transmitted from one aircraft to another (1)
- Payments of rental and services at Bahrain airport to the Ruler of Bahrain Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa (2)
- Policy in relation to the amendments of re-registration of the UK Bahrain Civil Air Agreement (3)
- Revision of the UK Bahrain Civil Air Agreement (4)
- Extension of the air strip at Doha (5, 7)
- Query on Treasury approval for the post of civil aerodrome commandant at Bahrain for a further 12 months (6)
- New civil airport at Bahrain (8)
- Draft contract agreement between the Air Ministry and International Aeradio Limited (IAL) for the operation of services at Bahrain Aerodrome (9)
- Revision of the UK Bahrain Civil Air Agreement (10)
- Appointment of an airport commandant at Bahrain (11)
- Minutes on a discussion of civil aviation in Qatar (12)
- Request that Bahrain and Sharjah supply aviation fuel for French flights between France and Indo China (13)
- Report on a discussion between Sir W R Hay and the Ministry of Civil Aviation’s representative in Bahrain and delegation of authority to grant non-scheduled flights (14)
- Air transport facilities for pilgrims attending the Hajj from Pakistan at Bahrain and Sharjah (15)
- Construction of fuel storage tanks at Muharraq by Anglo Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) (16)
- Responsibility for the maintenance of Doha air strip (17)
- Mr Champniss selected to succeed Mr Jupp as Aerodrome Commandant, Bahrain (18)
- AIOC's right to construct storage tanks at Muharraq (19)
- Revision of the Bahrain Air Agreement (20)
- Supply of fuel and oil at Bahrain by the AIOC (21)
- Exchange of letters with the Ruler of Bahrain Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa amending the Civil Air Agreement (22, 26)
- New Civil Air Agreement with Bahrain (23)
- Instructions issued by the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani on the work to be done at Doha Airport (24)
- Confirmation of the appointment of Mr Champniss as Aerodrome Commandant (25)