Negotiations were opened here today concerning the renewal of the aviation agreement between Israel and the United Kingdom which governs the apportionment of flights between the national airlines of the two countries. It is understood that Britain is demanding an increase in its share of the London-Lydda passenger traffic.
The E1 A1-Israel National Airlines today has rights to five weekly flights between London and Lydda and under the prevailing system of reciprocity, the British carriers–the British Overseas Airways Corporation and British European Airways–would have rights to the same number of flights.
The British delegation, which is headed by R.R. Lejoy of the British Aviation Ministry, wants E1 A1’s three weekly flights to New York via London to be taken into consideration when setting the quota for the British carriers. Britain is also demanding the right to take on passengers at Lydda for Teheran, which would compete with E1 A1’s present flights to the Iranian capital.
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