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Ext 609/48 'Monthly newsletters of Middle East civil air attaché (December 1947, January 1948)' [‎5v] (10/78)

The record is made up of 1 file (37 folios). It was created in 28 Feb 1948-15 Mar 1948. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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CONFIDENTIAL.
EGYPT - SECTION I - GOVERNvlENT IUCTflSTmTON - Pm&IVm 6.
6 . AERODRqSS PO LICY.
(a) Yfe understand that the Egy^otian government' s policy is now to
build up parouk Airport and not Almasa as the future international
Airport of Egypt. This decision has 10011 taken because : -
(i) The majority of foreign operators have expressed a preference
for parouk from the technical aspect; K. L.M., Air prance
and SABENA in addition to T.W.A., panair de Brazil and
Scandinavian Airlines are among such operators, although
K.L.M. are still operating from lydda.
(ii) parouk is loss congested with aircraft operated by numerous
local companies, charter firm: etc.
(iii) The Heliopolis Oasis company housing estate programme is
beginning to interfere with the approaches to Almaza, and
the government has no powers to stop this.
(iv) The Heliopolis oasis company arc about to embark on the
construction of a model village called Aeropolis situated
near parouk. This would, of course, solve one of the
problems connected with the use of the airport.
(b) The Government has agreed on a five year construction plan, at
the end of which time, parouk: will emerge as an I.C.A. 0. class n B"
aerodrome. in addition a teminal building will be constructed exactly
similar to that designed for Almaza in 1944 , but which was never built.
This building would provide a certain amount of accommodation for night
stopping passengers and crews, and obviate the necessity for operating
companies transporting their -passengers into Heliopolis or C^-iro.
(c) phase one of the construction programme is to be the construction
of a completely new runway to the I.C.A.O. specification for a class
"B" blind landing runway. The present main runway is not considered to
be sufficiently into the prevailing wind, and there would be difficulties
in extending it for technical reasons, principally the gradient trouble.
All other runways are to be lengthened and strengthened. The bearing
strength is to be "in excess of 12 o, 000 “lbs".
(d) phase two - probably early 1950 - is to be the construction of the
terminal building in which will bo contained the Gust errs, immigration
and Quarantine Sections, Area and Tower control, Mot. etc. As mentioned
in section n para. 1 below, a sum of LE. 200,000 has boon granted for this
year plus an additional IE. 12,000 Dor making small improvements to the
existing easterns and Quar ntinc Departments as a temporary measure.
(e) Almaza is to remain as a civil airport for use by the local
companies, and for non-scheduled operators. The Royal Egyptian Air Force
will also remain there. smbaba will be used by plying clubs and Schools.
(f) is probable tint sometime within the next five years B.O.A.C.
will have to move frern Almaza to parouk. The future possible disposal
of B.O.A.C. - owned buildings and installations at Alniaza will therefore
have to be considered.
• SECTION II. AERODROMES.
1. FAROUK.
(a) it was reported in LE PROG-RES EGYPTIEN of 15 th January 1948 that a
credit of LE.2oo>000 had ‘boon allocated for improvements to parouk Airport.
(b) ¥e understand that the new area control lay-out at parouk (in place
of Almaza) is quite satisfactory from a technical, point of view, and given
well-qualified control staff should be adequate for the provision of I.C.A.O.
Standards/
SECTION II, paragraph 1(b)/

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This file contains the monthly newsletter of the Commonwealth Air Transport Council's 'civil aviation in the Middle East' issued from the British Embassy in Cairo for the year 1948. The newsletter lists the Middle East's various locations serviced by air transport links. The majority of the newsletter's instructions covers items such as custom's regulation, immigration, documentation, and prohibited areas for aircraft.

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1 file (37 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 39; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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