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1985 May 3 - 1986 Jan 24
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1665
Aerospace (Future and structure of British Airways: settlement of litigation concerning the collapse of Laker Airways; airports policy; USA/UK future aviation strategy; economic regulation of airports; competition regime for UK/US aviation) (Part 4)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 387
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86 Jan 16 Th Major Aerospace: Biffen letter to Michael Howard (“Airports Bill”) [amendment] [declassified 2014]
85 Sep 25 We Major Aerospace: Brittan letter to Howe (“US/UK Aviation: Future Strategy”) [“the antitrust issue must be on the agenda; otherwise a move towards a more liberal regime would merely increase the risk of new disputes like Laker”] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 20 Mo Major Aerospace: Brittan letter to John MacGregor (“Laker Class Action Settlement: Claims by Government Departments”) [opposes idea] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 20 Fr Major Aerospace: Brittan letter to Nick Ridley (“A bilateral competition regime for UK/US aviation”) [“it will be important to be sensitive to developments in the work of the President’s Task Force on Anti-Trust”] [declassified 2014]
85 Nov 28 Th Major Aerospace: Brittan minute to MT (“Application of US anti-trust law to international civil aviation”) [“the proposed flotation in the United States is likely to make BA an easy target for American contingency fee lawyers”] [declassified 2014]
85 Jun 12 We Major Aerospace: Chairman of British Airports letter to MT (response to Airports Policy White Paper) [‘Stansted go-ahead “excellent news for air transport industry”’] [declassified 2014]
85 Aug 30 Fr Major Aerospace: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Nick Ridley (“Privatisation programme”) [timing of BA sale, announcement that sale will go ahead in 1986] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 13 Mo Major Aerospace: Howard letter to Nick Ridley (“Airports Bill”) [requests amendment in relation to CAA powers] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 10 Fr Major Aerospace: Howe minute to John MacGregor (“Laker Class Actions Settlement: Claims by Government Departments”) [disappointed that Government will not be making claims] [declassified 2014]
85 Jun 10 Mo Major Aerospace: Howe minute to Nick Ridley (“Laker: attempted settlement”) [“sooner we can wind up the civil action… the better, not least for the civil aviation relationship between [UK & US]”] [declassified 2014]
85 May 22 We Major Aerospace: Howe minute to Nick Ridley (“UK/US Civil Aviation: Bermuda 2”) [“objectives and negotiating strategy”] [declassified 2014]
85 Sep 23 Mo Major Aerospace: Howe minute to Nick Ridley (“US/UK Aviation: Future Strategy”) [“our hand is extremely weak”] [declassified 2014]
85 Oct 14 Mo Major Aerospace: John MacGregor letter to Nick Ridley (“BA pay”) [“a settlement at the level of the opening offer would be unhelpful for other public trading sector negotiations”] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 22 We Major Aerospace: John MacGregor minute to Nick Ridley (“Laker Class Actions Settlement: Claims by Government Departments”) [“content… with the proposal that departments should not submit claims”] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 24 Fr Major Aerospace: John Moore letter to Nick Ridley (“Airports Bill”) [defence against separate privatisation of Stansted] [declassified 2014]
85 Nov 7 Th Major Aerospace: John Moore letter to Nick Ridley (“Economic regulation of airports”) [pleased that “the CAA’s powers will be directed at unreasonable discrimination against any class of airport user”] [declassified 2014]
85 Oct 29 Tu Major Aerospace: John Moore letter to Nick Ridley (“Economic regulation of airports”) [“reservations about the functions which you envisage for the CAA”] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 24 Fr Major Aerospace: Ken Clarke letter to John MacGregor (“BAA pay”) [“danger that we may be becoming too complacent about our alleged success in reducing public sector trading settlements”] [declassified 2014]
85 Sep 20 Fr Major Aerospace: Ken Clarke letter to Nick Ridley (BA pay proposals) [“an offer of 10% to BA engineers would seriously undermine attempts to moderate public pay sector increases”] [declassified 2014]
85 Oct 4 Fr Major Aerospace: Lynda Chalker letter to MT (“Economic regulation of airports”) [objectives: privatisation of BAA and conversion of local authority airports into companies] [declassified 2014]