WHCF Subject File - CA: Civil Aviation

According to the White House Central Files manual, this category was for "material pertaining to safety regulation, air commerce, air freight, development of aeronautics, the control and use of navigable air space, research and development of air navigation facilities, development and operation of a common system of air traffic control and navigation for civil aircraft, and aviation policy."

Exceptions were: federal aid to airport construction (see FA); and military aviation (see ND).



 

CA: Civil Aviation
Executive 1200 pp. / General 400 pp.
Diverse items on numerous civil aviation topics, most notably the administration's international aviation policy review and airline regulatory reform legislation.

CA 1: Accidents
Executive 30 pp. / General 20 pp.
Items on miscellaneous civil aviation accidents around the world, primarily cross-references to State Department cables of condolence sent or received, and White House correspondence with airline pilot and air traffic controller organizations.

CA 2: Airports
Executive 300 pp. / General 150 pp.
Material on the Airport and Airways Development Act of 1976; and miscellaneous ceremonial, development and administrative matters at various airports such as Washington National, Dulles, and the proposed St. Louis regional. CA 3: Rates
Executive 150 pp. / General 75 pp.
Miscellaneous items on rates and rate policies, and especially cross- references to fare proposals filed at CA 7.

CA 4: Routes - Navigation
Executive 75 pp. / General 50 pp.
Items on route, landing right and overflight requests and concerns.

CA 5: Safety - Traffic Control
Executive 100 pp. / General 50 pp.
Items on air safety and traffic control, including DOT Secretary Coleman's response to presidential concerns about recent midair collisions.

CA 6: Subsidies
Executive 150 pp. / General 225 pp.
Almost entirely material on aid to Pan Am..

CA 7: Cases - Decisions
Executive 1600 pp. / General 2 pp.
Material on improving the procedures for presidential review of Civil Aeronautics Board decisions as provided for under Section 801(b) Federal Aviation Act of 1958. Also includes material on specific CAB cases, especially the Transatlantic route supplemental proceedings, very similar to that filed in the next category below. Also miscellaneous items on Concorde SST, international baggage allowances, and other CAB matters.

CA 7/(alphabetical): Cases - Decisions/(alphabetical)
Executive 16000 pp. / General 75 pp.
Material on specific CAB route, rate and other decisions which required an 801(b) presidential review. Most materials are formal CAB decisions or orders of suspension and investigation; and memoranda relating to presidential review, including interested agency comments. Arrangement is alphabetical by airline, route( origin - destination), or service areas. Individual airlines are cross-referenced in the WHCF Name File.

CA 7/Allegheny Airlines
Executive 75 pp.
Re rates for U.S. - Canada routes.

CA 7/American Airlines
Executive 25 pp.
Re route exchange between Pan American and American Airlines.

CA 7/Argentina - U.S.
Executive 50 pp.
Re schedules of Aerolineas Argentinas.

CA 7/Bahamas - U.S.
Executive 25 pp.
Re Eastern Airlines certificate.

CA 7/Belgium - U.S.
Executive 20 pp.
Re SABENA fares.

CA 7/British West Indies - U.S.
Executive 70 pp.
Re Southern Airways service to the Cayman Islands.

CA 7/Braniff Airways
Executive 180 pp.
Re amending certificate and reorganization of corporate structure.

CA 7/Canada - U.S.
Executive 2500 pp. / General 6 pp.
Re permits for Canadian air carriers and service by American carriers to Canada.

CA 7/Capital Airlines
Executive 1 p.

CA 7/Caribbean - Virgin Islands
Executive 35 pp.
Re permit transfer from Leeward Island Air Transport to LIAT.

CA 7/Chile - U.S.
Executive 20 pp.
Re withdrawal of designation of Aero Lineas Flecha Austral Limitada.

CA 7/China - U.S.
Executive 150 pp.
Re fares of China Airlines.

CA 7/Colombia - U.S.
Executive 35 pp.
Re transfer of permit between two Colombian air carriers.

CA 7/Concorde
Executive 1 p.

CA 7/Congo - U.S.
Executive 45 pp.
Re permit for Air Afrique.

CA 7/Costa Rica - U.S.
Executive 35 pp.
Re permit of Lineas Aereas Costarricenses.

CA 7/Czechoslovakia - U.S.
Executive 60 pp.
Re permit of Ceskoslovenske Aeolinie.

CA 7/Denmark - U.S.
Executive 100 pp.
Re permit for Maersk Air.

CA 7/Dominion of Fiji - U.S.
Executive 30 pp.
Re permit for Air Pacific.

CA 7/Eastern Airlines
Executive 1 pp.

CA 7/Ecuador - U.S.
Executive 90 pp.
Re schedule of Compania Ecuatoriana de Aviacion.

CA 7/Europe - U.S.
Executive 45 pp.
Re Trans World Airlines and Dan-Air.

CA 7/Evergreen Helicopters
Executive 150 pp.
Re acquisition of Johnson Flying Service.

CA 7/Far East - U.S.
Executive 7 pp.

CA 7/Fiji - American Samoa
Executive 75 pp.
Re permit of Air Pacific.

CA 7/Flying Tiger
Executive 1 pp.

CA 7/France - Mexico
Executive 20 pp.
Re Air France.

CA 7/France - U.S.
Executive 45 pp.
Re Air France.

CA 7/Germany - U.S.
Executive 300 pp.
Re various West German carriers.

CA 7/Haiti - U.S.
Executive 75 pp.
Re permit for Air Haiti.

CA 7/Hilo Service Case
Executive 75 pp.
Re service to Hilo, Hawaii by American carriers.

CA 7/Honduras - U.S.
Executive 250 pp.
Re permits for Honduran air carriers.

CA 7/Hong Kong - Okinawa
Executive 10 pp.
Re permit for Cathay Pacific Airways.

CA 7/Hughes Airwest
Executive 1 pp.

CA 7/Indonesia - U.S.
Executive 50 pp.
Re permit for an Indonesian airline.

CA 7/Iran - U.S.
Executive 40 pp.
Re fares for Iran Air.

CA 7/Israel - U.S.
Executive 20 pp. / General 1 p.
Re El Al Israel Airlines fares.

CA 7/Jamaica - U.S.
Executive 75 pp.
Re Air Jamaica permit.

CA 7/Japan - Saipan
Executive 500 pp.
Re awarding of a route to Continental/Air Micronesia over Pan American. Additional materials are filed under Japan - U.S., Saipan - Japan, and Tokyo - Osaka - Saipan.

CA 7/Japan - U.S.
Executive 125 pp. / General 1 p.
Re permits for Japanese air freight lines and awarding the Japan - Saipan route.

CA 7/Jordan - U.S.
Executive 60 pp.
Re permits for ALIA - The Royal Jordanian Airlines Corporation.

CA 7/Korea - U.S.
Executive 75 pp.
Re cargo rates for Korean Air Lines.

CA 7/Laker Airways
Executive 1 pp.

CA 7/London - U.S.
Executive 5 pp. / General 1 p.
Re Laker Airways.

CA 7/Mexico - U.S.
Executive 125 pp.
Re fares and permits for Mexican air carriers and service to Mexico by U.S. carriers.

CA 7/Morocco - U.S.
Executive 50 pp.
Re permit for Royal Air Maroc.

CA 7/Nauru - Japan
Executive 35 pp.
Re permit for Air Nauru.

CA 7/Nauru - U.S.
Executive 25 pp.
Re permit for Air Nauru.

CA 7/Netherlands - U.S.
Executive 85 pp. / General 3 pp.
Re K.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines landing rights.

CA 7/Netherlands Antilles - U.S.
Executive 75 pp.
Re permit for Caribbean Air Transport Company.

CA 7/Nicaragua - U.S.
Executive 50 pp.
Re permit for Lineas Aereas de Nicaragua.

CA 7/Nigeria - U.S.
Executive 55 pp.
Re Nigeria Airways permit.

CA 7/North Atlantic
Executive 45 pp.
Re air fares. See also Transatlantic.

CA 7/North Central Airlines
Executive 1 p.

CA 7/Northwest Airlines
Executive 200 pp.
Re fares, cargo rates, and routes.

CA 7/Pakistan - U.S.
Executive 200 pp.
Re permit for Pakistan International Airlines.

CA 7/Pan American
Executive 350 pp. / General 25 pp.
Re the Pan Am financial crisis and route exchanges.

CA 7/Panama - U.S.
Executive 200 pp.
Re permits for Air Panama and other Panamanian air carriers.

CA 7/Peru - U.S.
Executive 150 pp.
Re permit for AeroPeru.

CA 7/Philippines - U.S.
Executive 150 pp.
Re permits and fares for Philippine air carriers.

CA 7/Portugal - U.S.
Executive 75 pp.
Re fares for Transportes Aereos Portugueses.

CA 7/Puerto Rico - U.S.
Executive 20 pp.
Re permit for Caribwest Airways of Barbados.

CA 7/Purdue Airlines
Executive 1 p.

CA 7/Saipan - Japan
Executive 150 pp.
Re selection of Continental Air Lines/Air Micronesia over Pan American. See also Japan-Saipan, Japan - U.S., and Tokyo - Osaka - Saipan.

CA 7/Saturn Airways
Executive 2 pp.

CA 7/Seabord World Airlines
Executive 3 pp.

CA 7/South Africa - U.S.
Executive 150 pp.
Re permit for Pan American.

CA 7/South Pacific
Executive 2 pp.

CA 7/Spain - U.S.
Executive 75 pp.
Re permit for Spantax.

CA 7/Standard Airways
Executive 1 p.

CA 7/Switzerland - U.S.
Executive 250 pp.
Re permits for various Swiss air carriers.

CA 7/Thailand
Executive 25 pp.
Re permit for Air Siam.

CA 7/Tokyo - Osaka - Saipan.
Executive 12 pp.
Re decision between Continental/Air Micronesia and Pan American. See also Japan - Saipan, Japan - U.S., and Saipan - Japan.

CA 7/Transatlantic
Executive 1400 pp. / General 75 pp.
Re transatlantic route decisions affecting American air carriers.

CA 7/Trans International
Executive 175 pp.
Re proposed merger of Trans International Airlines and Saturn Airways.

CA 7/Trans World Airlines
Executive 1 p.

CA 7/United Kingdom
Executive 500 pp.
Re rates and permits for British Airways, Lake, and other British air carriers.

CA 7/Universal Airlines
Executive 200 pp.
Re transfer of certificates for Universal Airlines, Standard Airways, and Purdue Airlines.

CA 7/Venezuela - U.S.
Executive 60 pp.
Re Delta service to Venezuela and permit for Venzolana Internacional de Aviacion.

CA 7/Western Airlines
Executive 100 pp.
Re fare increases.

CA 7/Western Samoa - U.S.
Executive 30 pp.
Re permit for Polynesian Airlines.

CA 7/Yugoslavia - U.S.
Executive 75 pp.
Re permit for Jugoslovenski Aerotransport.

CA 8: Aircraft Development
Executive 900 pp. / General 75 pp.
Material on civil aircraft development, especially landing rights for the Anglo-French Concorde SST and formulation of administration general policy on aviation noise abatement.


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