PLAN OUTLINED IN CHICAGO

Southland Times, Issue 25538, 5 December 1944, Page 5

PLAN OUTLINED IN CHICAGO

CONVENTION NEARLY COMPLETED (Rec. 12.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, December 4. The joint drafting committee of the Chicago Aviation Conference has submitted a virtually completed International Civil Aviation Convention, the final form of which will be acted upon at file plenary session, says the Chicago correspondent of the New York Times. The convention says that the Governments signing it agree on tire development of international civil aviation operated soundly, economically and in a safe and orderly manner on a basis of equality of opportunity without discriminatory or exclusive' arrangements against any signatory. Every nation is to have complete sovereignty over its air space and it is recognized that military planes are excluded from the agreement All nations agree not to use civil aviation for any inconsistent purpose. FREEDOM OF FLIGHT Freedom of flight over the territory of contracting nations is granted to private planes not. engaged in scheduled international air services, subject to every country’s right to require landings on prescribed routes and to specify prohibited areas for security reasons. The freedom of flight for planes on scheduled services, left open for coordination with separate documents on the freedoms of air, is still being drafted. All countries reserve the right to carry traffic from one point to another within its territory. Pilotless aircraft are barred.