Berlin: Allied Policy on Berlin Air Services

Summary

A file containing documents concerning Allied policy on Berlin air services. Subjects covered in the file include flights between Berlin and Turkey for migrant workers; proposals for charter flights between Berlin and Spain; standby fares introduced by British Airways on the route between West Berlin and Hanover; and plans by the West German government to phase out subsidies for air services between Berlin and West Germany and to impose a tax on aviation fuel. Other subjects discussed in the file include new West German regulations on holiday charter flights; a Soviet protest against flights between West Berlin and Copenhagen using the air corridors; declining traffic levels, putting the economics of the inner-German air services in doubt; and new proposals by DirectAir to fly from West Berlin to Copenhagen, Zurich, and several destinations in West Germany. Documents in the file include a legal and historical guide to Berlin air services.

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turkey united kingdom france tourism taxation united states of america civil aviation aircraft airspace denmark international relations law migrant workers transportation spain switzerland soviet union fuel air safety berlin east germany west germany american foreign policy helmut kohl soviet foreign policy french foreign policy british foreign policy Soviet-West German relations airfields West Berlin Border Security and Migration Sport, Leisure, and Tourism commercial airlines West German press Berlin air corridors John Taylor Berlin Senate