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Reference
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BT 245
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Title
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Ministry of Civil Aviation and successors: Air Services and International Relations Group: Minutes and Papers
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Date
(When the record was created)
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1938-1994
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Description
(What the record is about)
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This series includes files of the divisions of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Aviation dealing with civil air services and international relations in this field.
The subject matter of the files includes:
- agreements and negotiations relating to international civil aviation services
- British involvement in international organisations and committees concerning civil aviation, including the International Civil Aviation Organisation
- emergency planning and civil defence, including the use of civil aircraft as troop transports
- aircraft testing and registration, including policy relating to the development of aircraft types such as the Comet and the Princess
- navigational aids
- United Kingdom airports and heliports
- the Berlin airlift
- policy relating to air accidents
- the carriage of goods by air
- the regulation of air transport companies, particularly the British Overseas Airways Corporation
- air traffic control arrangements
- club flying
- civil aviation legislation
- aircrews licensing
- the taxation of aircraft and aviation fuel
- correspondence with Civil Air Attachés and Advisors
- policy papers concerning the Air Transport Licensing Board
The series also includes the minutes of the Air Transport Advisory Council on Air Services, and the minutes of and evidence submitted to the Committee of Inquiry into the Civil Air Transport Industry (Edwards Committee).
The Air Services and International Relations Division used the AS, ASCH, ASR and CR file series, but some of these papers were re-registered in the EL and EM series. The Aviation Overseas Policy Division used the EB and ED series, of which the EB series includes some re-registered AS and ED files.
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Related material
(A cross-reference to other related records)
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For registered files of the Aviation Overseas Policy Division and successors of the Ministry of Aviation and successors see
AVIA 120
Other related registered files are in
AVIA 106
Papers of the Air Transport Advisory Council are in
BT 257
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Held by
(Who holds the record)
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The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference
(Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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AS, EB, ED, EL and EM series
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Legal status
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Public Record(s)
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Language
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English
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Creator(s)
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- Air Ministry, 1918-1964
- Department of Transport, 1976-1997
- Ministry of Civil Aviation, Air Services Division, 1945-1953
- Ministry of Civil Aviation, International Relations Division, 1947-1953
- Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, Air Services Division, 1953-1959
- Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, International Relations Division, 1953-1959
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Physical description
(The amount and form of the record)
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2092 file(s)
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Access conditions
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition
(When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1982 Department of Industry
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Subjects
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- Topics
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Taxation
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Transport management
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Air Force
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Air transport
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Disasters and emergencies
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Operations, battles and campaigns
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Accruals
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Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background
(Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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On the establishment of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the Air Services Division was formed and was responsible for the encouragement and development of British civil aviation and relations with air service operators. An International Relations Division was established in 1947 to deal with the Department's international responsibilities, especially representation within the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
These divisions continued under the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, but on the formation of the Ministry of Aviation their functions were distributed among a number of new divisions, including the Aviation Overseas Policy Division, the Aviation Economic Planning Division and the Aviation General Policy Division.
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Record URL
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3282/