JOINT OWNERSHIP SUGGESTED

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25178, 8 May 1947, Page 7

JOINT OWNERSHIP SUGGESTED

INTERNATIONAL AIR ROUTES

BRITISH PROPOSAL TO 1.C.A.0.

(Rec. 8.40 pan.) OTTAWA, May fl. Britain called for joint ownership of the world’s main international air routes when the International Civil Aviation Organisation opened its first assembly at Montreal to-day. Mr W. C. Gribbett, outlining the United Kingdom’s position, said that his Government would do everything possible to bring about a single worldwide airline company to own and operate the principal international services. If that could not be achieved now, the British proposed that a start be made on a regional or area basis, with airlines to be owned jointly by countries having a close community of interest. , a Mr Garrison Norton, head of the United States delegation, said that his groqp intended to work for a general agreement on some principles of international air commerce, but did not believe in seeking a general exchange of commercial rights now, as information on some major problems was inadequate. The United States would seek agreements covering the capacity of services, rates, unfair practices, and the outlawing of discrimination Both Britain and the United States will seek Spain’s expulsion from the 1.C.A.0.