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A BROADSHEET (No. 208) entitled “International Air Transport”, which PEP (Political and Economic Planning) has put forward as a contribution to the widespread discussions now taking place, is concerned with the extent to which the organization of international transport can be entrusted to international bodies. It reaches the main conclusion that there is a strong case for setting up an International Board for Air Navigation and for international public corporations for the operation of certain international services. A start should be made with corporations for Europe and for the North and South Atlantic. It is suggested that out of the large-scale emergency air-services which the United Nations will need to operate in the immediate post-war years to the shattered areas, distributing food and medical supplies, and carrying officials, medical men and technicians, a European airways corporation could naturally grow. Discussing future prospects, the broadsheet considers it certain that air transport will carry more and more international passenger traffic, cost and speed being two of the determinants. Much prewar ocean travel in the first and cabin classes will be shifted into the air. Air mail is also likely to become more and more important.
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International Air Transport. Nature 152, 351 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152351b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/152351b0