The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-19

IN NW NC-MAAEAllEA the government will sponsor the ''one chosen instrument" company to operate all international air routes under the American flag. or whether the business viii be split mp among a number of competing companies. The fact that there are io7 applications on file from % c0mpaiies to establish service over the eight new routes which CAB on June l4 announced as commercially feasible indicates the pressure to break away from the One-conpany operation.
 IT action Of the CAB in holding the hearings before Congress has determined its own policy seems a bit premature. it may be explained that the process of deciding what companies are best qualified to fly the various routes is long and inc volved. and the idea is to have all data studied and ready for decision at the earliest possible date.
 GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS SET
 APART
 This involves preliminary CAB conferences with applicants wanting Co fly into given area. securing of agreement on what type plane should be flown over the route. what the traffic will be, what service should be supplied to meet it. and so on. Geographical areas are set apart thus: North Atlantic. South Atlantic, North Pacific. Central Pacific. Australia and Honolulu.
 After the conferences, some oi which have already been held, the formal hearings before CAB exam liners will begin on the following schedule: Honolulu. Sept. (: North Atlantic. Oct. I6: South Atlantic, Nov. |: North Pacific. Dec. i3; Cen. tral Pacific, Jan. 10: Australia, Feb I.
 Every company having an applica- ton on fife will present arguments as to why it sllold be granted the right to fly over the route. This gill require several days. so, in the case of the North Atlantic service. fog which there are % applications. at least two months viii be required to hear evidence. Tt gill probably take another month t0 weigh evidence. Extended hearings may be necessary for more evidence, so these eases sill drag on into next summer.
 When the board has decided shat the routes are to be. it gill be up to the Department Of State to cons elude agreements with tine eoun. tries over which the routes will pass. to permit landing and airpassage rights. This, too, is dependent on congressional determination of W'hat U. s. air policy is to be-wlletheg reciprocal landing rights will be granted to the airlines Of other countries. hOw flying over U, 6. teF- Fitory by planes Of other countries Is io be regulated. and so on.
 WE'VT GOT q MISSION 1G SPAIN
 Not all the negotiations for land- ing rights, however. must walt on congressional Rnd CAB action. For instance. the Department Of State has just announced that . three man technical mission is in Spain tO work out details of an agreement ip principle on granting landing rights to U. s. commercial alTljnes.
 Granting Of reciprocal landing rights on U. s. territory to the Span isb government owned C0mpania NaeiOnaj Iberia, which operates Epain's domestic alTlines. is not . question tn this agreement, which ss understood to cover only the gagbf Of U. s. e0snmereial-E0t military planes to fly into spanish aiTports and over spanish terTtt0TyT What U. s. companies will serve Spain ts get to be determined,
 frhe pew spanish agreement has no relation whatever to the present 25-yesT exclusive U, g..P0Ttlieuese air rights held by Pap AmeFieaD AtTgaysD
 But t is by this tbFee.way cen. eressi0Dal, Department of State and CAR action that the future os U, s. international afr transport is being n-aa