News digest, Vol. 1, No. 22, August 5, 1945

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NORTH ATLANTIC POUTS Ci.SS TO BE REOPENED
The Civil Aeronautics Board will probably act very soon on petitions for reopening the North Atlantic Case, according to Aviation Daily* Four have now hoen filed — two ty domestic airlines, PCA and Northeast; and o third hy Moo re-Me Com' ck Lines, Inc., a steamship company, and a fourth by Pan American World Airways*
In its brief, Pan American petitioned the CAB to corrects its recent decision in order to permit the pioneer transoceanic airline- to compete on even terms for the transatlantic traffic with TWA and American Airlines so long i. s the policy of permitting competition between American companies in the foreign field continues.
An important point cited the inconsistency of proposing competition between three U.S. flag companies and then not permitting Pan American to compete for traffic to five of the six largest transatlantic traffi* centers -Paris, Berlin, Rome, Moscow and Cairo, The proposed allocation would constitute a government-be. eked monopoly in favor of TWA for Paris and Rome and in favor of American Airlines for Berlin and Moscow.
Of the six large transatlantic traffic centers, only London would be available to Pan American but 110% on a monopoly basis for American would also be able to compete for this traffic in addition to British Overseas Airways, the British Airline monopoly.
Another inequality, cited by Pan ¿Jnerican in its Brief, was the proposed conferring on TWA, also on a monopoly basis, of the time-honored trade route to the Middle East via Rome, Athens, and Cairo, while Pan ¿jnerican would be prevented from competing with them over this route. Instead, Pan American is restricted to a narrow, mountainous corridor in the Russian sphere of influence, through Central Europe. This suggested route for aircraft, plying between Great Britain, or Prance, and the Middle East has never been a practical route, despite heavy subsidies.
SENATORS RECOMMEND INTERNATIONAL OPERATORS BE GIVEN DOMESTIC ROUTES
Thirteen sen. tors have recommended to President Truman that American oversets air operators be allowed to share in the domestic transport business if domestic firms are allowed to enter the trans-ocean field as authorized recently, the Dow Jones Ticker reported on Aug. 2, 1945. The story points out that while no company is specifically named Pan American is the only exclusive overseas opera .tor,which has applications ponding for domestic service.
-	U*S. NEGOTIATES SIGHT ADDITIONAL 4tIR agreements
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Eight rn: ro 9 untries h vc signed' aviati n agreements, the State Department Has announced* .Most recent, signatories are Paraguay, Australia, Belgium, Iraq, Luxembourg, Sweden, Switzerland and Syria. Discussions are now being held with other countries including India.
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