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1944
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5&2 FLIGHT MAY 25TH, 1944 Air Transport Charter ? The Claims for Fair Participjitkm~~~:by. European Nations in future Air yraffii Oepirtment of the Polish Ministry of Commerce, THE author of this article is Dire Industry and Shipping. He is a wetl-knoWn PSlisrT technician antiaircraft designer and has been closely connected with air development in his native Poland for nineteen years. Here he pleads the cause of the smaller nations and suggests bases upon which their claims to inclusion in the post-war air-line network might be founded. PLANS for post-war civil aviation which hitherto have been made public deal with its organisational form and ignore the most vital problem—that of an equitable and reasonable division of the tasks, rights and obligations of the different nations of the world. It is often suggested that if commercial aviation were to be wholly or even partially internationalised, this in itself would cure all troubles resulting from its present dis rupted state and would remove so-called harmful competi tion. Alternatively, it is held by many that at least an international body should be set up, endowed with con siderable authority and empowered to grant licences for air-line operation to aviation companies of national or mixed character. All these plans, far-reaching as they are, do not suggest a basis for the just and proper par ticipation of individual countries in Europe and elsewhere Consequently, as the moment approaches for the final shaping of the coming organisation of the world's air traffic, it is per- INTERNATIONAL UNITS fcOO- 400- 10O- MILES IOOOO -15 tinent to ask what should be the qualification (in the legal sense of the term) of those who seek entry into the air community of the world. Furthermore, if an international organisation is to be created, there must be a basis on which the needs of all nations, small or large, can be fairly assessed. If post-war aviation is to become an instrument of pro gress and an important factor in bringing nations together, and above all, if it is to become a real carrier of the world's commerce, it is essential to establish now the fundamentals of its development. Free or Controlled? There appear to be two possibilities: ekher the develop ment of air transport should be left to individual nations, which may consider it expedient to establish unions or federations, or (should there exist the fear of unhealthy national ambitions and excessive competition which could •temporarily thwart the development of aviation) some definite rulings would have to be enforced from the start. If the small nations are to be won over to the inter national conception of aviation, their rights to participate in future development and to reap the ensuing benefits should be clearly denned. From this point of view the 1919 Paris Convention, although not free from defects, did satisfy the desire for elementary justice. The principles regulating the development of air traffic were applied equally to large and small countries. The small bnt enterprising • WORLD'S TRADES •EUROPEAN TRADES ROUTE MILES INCOME PER HEAD I! s § 1 8 5 o Z This comparative diagram of route miles with reference to the share in European and World trade, and the income per head of population in 1938, shows clearly the general interdependence of air traffic and econonvc factors. The figures were based upon the following sources of information : "International Air Transport," by Sir Osborne Mance ; "Civil Aviation Technical and Statist'cal Review, 1938," British Air Ministry, " Europe's Trade," League of Nations, Geneva, 1941 J "The Economics of i960," by Colin Clark, M.A.
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