Coll 5/84(4) ‘Middle East Summaries from Ministry of Civil Aviation’ [‎14r] (28/107)

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Iran
61 i In paragraph 17 of Liddlo East Summary No, 5 it was recorded that
Iranian airways had acquired another Dakota, They have also acquired two/***
more Fairchilds, Their fleet new consists of.eight Dakotas and four
Fairchilds, The company...has made a trial flight -to Tabriz and announce that
they will institute a regular service, but they are being hampered by lack of
adequate met reports from the Russian meteorologist at Teheran,
62, The Russian company, a subsidiary of Aerflot, continue
to operate more or less regular services.to lieshed and Tabriz from Teheran.
Afghanistan
63* There is nothing further to rejjort.
Saudi Arabia
64* The Saudi Arabian Government is asking to exercise Third and
Fourth freedoms at Lydda,
65* It is reported that Dhahran will be connected by rail to a new
deep-water harbour, which is being constructed by the nrabian-American Oil
Company at Damman on the Persian Guild
66 . On January T, ..A#.started its onee—weekly service to India, which
calls at Dhahran on the last stage to Bombay,
Ethiopia
67. An advertisement appeared in the "Ethiopian Herald" on 27th January
announcing that Pan-African Charters Ltd of Johannesburg will call every
Tuesday at Addis Ababa and will accept freight and passengers for Asmara,
Cairo, xrthens, Rome, Marseilles and London, No doubt this is another
example of a ‘regular’ non-scheduled flight series. According to Mitchell
Cotts representative in Addis Ababa this has been instituted under verbal
agreement with the Ethiopians.
'■d£ypt
68 . Egypt has not yet formally ratified the U.S. Agreement of 15th June
1946. (Appendix A to Middle East Summary No, 1 ref era)
69- According to press reports of the 31st January negotiations for a
Franco-Egyptian air transport agreement have been suspended. The mam questions
are said to have already been settled and the discussions have been suspended
to allow consideration by the two governments of outstanding points, mir
France is to continue to havu operating rights on a non-discriminatory basis.
70. The Department of Civil Aviation is in an unsettled state: the
Arab Press announcement, quoted in paragraph 28 of Middle East Summary No.. 5 ,
that Rushdi Bey had resigned his appointment is not strictly true: it seems
that King Farouk has declined to confirm his appointment as Under Secretary
of State for Air. Moursi Bey is acting as Director General Civil Aviation but,
although Rushdi Bey is supposed to be on leave outside the capital, he is in
fact in Cairo and is proving a source of embarrassment to his successor.
71. Reference has been made in previous summaries to the existence of
two airfields serving Cairo: Almaz a, which is used by B.O.i.C., Misr and •
most international operators; and the cx-UMLa-, i.,F» base at Payne Field
(since re-named King Farouk Field). The P. I.C.a. C. Middle East Regional
Conference recommended that both airfields should be designated as Long Range
Regular Airports and should be brought up to P.I.C.a.O, Standard B.