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 4078 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. Decimber 21,1945, and Agreement between the United States of America and Spain respecting January 15, 1940 IT. I. A. s. 2131] air transport services, amending the agreement of December 2, 1944. Effected by exchange of notes verbales dated at Madrid December 21, 1945, and January 15, 1946; entered into force January 15, 1946. The American Embassy to the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs No. 1379 NOTE VERBALE The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compli- ments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and has the honor to inform the Ministry, under instructions received today from the Department of State, that Transcontinental World Airways, the airline indicated by the Civil Aeronautics Board of the United States to operate the route between the United States and Madrid via Lisbon, plans to inaugurate its service to Madrid on January 1, 1946 from New York, via Newfoundland, Ireland and Lisbon. The first flight is due to reach Madrid on January 2. It would depart from Madrid on its return flight on January 3. The service, for the time being, would be weekly; departures from New York being on January 1, 8, 15, etc. and from Madrid on Jan. 3, 10,17, etc. However, it is the Embassy's understanding that the runway extension at present under construc- tion at Barajas airport probably will not be completed in time to permit of this service being inaugurated as planned by the company, which is being kept informed of the progress of the construction work at Barajas by the Embassy. Until such time as this airline is enabled to extend its services eastward from Madrid, this city will be its European terminus. At such time as this route can be extended to conform with the Trans- continental and Western Airline's route as communicated to the Min- istry of Foreign Affairs in the Embassy's Note Verbale No. 535 of July 11, 1945, [1] this company will provide service through Madrid to Algiers, as authorized in Article I (a) (Route No. 2) of the Civil 58 stat. 1473. Air Agreement signed at Madrid on December 2, 1944. Under date of July 11, the Embassy communicated to the Ministry the details of the air routes between the United States and Europe by which the CAB of the United States had authorized three airlines of the United States to operate. The Ministry will have noted that the route allocated to Transcontinental and Western Airlines pro- vides for a spur route to be operated by this company from Madrid to Rome, thence to North Africa via Athens. This spur route is not covered in Article I (a) 2 of the Civil Air Agreement of December 58 Stat. 1473 . 2, 1944. 1 Not printed.

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