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1984 Mar 5 - 1984 Sep 27
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1163
Aerospace (Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Review; airline competition policy; position of British Caledonian and other independent airlines) (Part 2)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Secret
Page count: 313
Any docs withheld?

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Datesort ascending Value Title
84 Aug 14 Tu Major Aerospace: Lord McAlpine letter to MT (British Airways) [intercession on behalf of Lord King] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 8 We Major Aerospace: No.10 minute: Sherbourne to Alison (Chairmen of the independent airlines) [request to meet with MT] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 3 Fr Major Aerospace: British Caledonian Airways Ltd. letter to No.10 (Chairman's letter to Members of Parliament) [copy sent, after reference made during Chairman's recent meeting with MT] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 1 We Major Aerospace: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("British Caledonian") [Robert Young record of conversation with BCal Chairman, Sir Adam Thomson] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 1 We Major Aerospace: Attorney General's Chambers letter to Ridley PS ("Civil Aviation Authority review") [transfer of routes] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 1 We Major Aerospace: No.10 Policy Unit record of conversation ("British Caledonian") [Robert Young, Adam Thomson] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 1 We Major Aerospace: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Ridley, Sir Adam Thomson, Sir Peter Masefield) ["CAA Review: British Caledonian"; Civil Aviation Authority review of the implications of British Airways privatisation] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 1 We Major Aerospace: No.10 briefing for MT ("CAA Review") [Civil Aviation Authority review of the implications of British Airways privatisation: route transfers] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 1 We Major Aerospace: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Civil Aviation Authority Review") [CAA review of the implications of British Airways privatisation: summary of report; route transfers; handling] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 1 We Major Aerospace: Chairman of Caledonian Aviation Group letter to MT ("Civil Aviation Authority Review") ["Following our discusson earlier today I am writing to address some of the concerns you expressed"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 31 Tu Major Aerospace: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("BA, BCal and the CAA") [Civil Aviation Authority review of the implications of British Airways privatisation; "The key issue is whether or not to transfer routes... We have advised you strenuously against this hitherto, and we still do so now"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 27 Fr Major Aerospace: Julian Amery MP letter to Biffen (Civil Aviation Authority report) ["write to you as Leader of the House... on the procedural implications"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 26 Th Major Aerospace: MT letter to Chairman of British Caledonian Airways Ltd. (Civil Aviation Authority report) ["I have asked... [Nicholas Ridley] to report the outcome of your discussions to me"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 20 Fr Major Aerospace: No.10 letter to Ridley PS ("CAA Review - British Caledonian") [Civil Aviation Authority review of the implications of British Airways privatisation; request for advice on BCal Chairman's request for meeting with MT] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 20 Fr Major Aerospace: Howe minute to Ridley ("Civil Aviation Authority Review") ["I see no foreign policy complications in the course you propose"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 18 We Major Aerospace: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Parliamentary Affairs: Civil Aviation Authority Review") [arguments against CAA proposed transfer of routes from British Airways to other airlines] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 17 Tu Major Aerospace: Chairman of British Airways letter to MPs ("Future of the British airline industry") ["I am urging... [the govt] to keep... [BA] intact and to introduce more competition on our routes"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 17 Tu Major Aerospace: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Civil Aviation Authority Review") [Govt response & timing of the announcement of its decisions] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 11 We Major Aerospace: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Ridley, Tebbit, Biffen, Wakeham) ["Civil Aviation Review"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 10 Tu Major Aerospace: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Civil Aviation Policy Review") ["the world at large will see our response to the CAA review as symbolic of our real intentions towards privatisation"] [declassified Jan 2014]