TRAVEL BY EXTRA-FARE PLANES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP68-00140R000200430029-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 5, 2009
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: January 18, 1960
• Content Type: DISP

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Travel. by Extra-Fare Planes
ACT fON REQUI:RL'i1.:
Revise Travel lrstrontions and. Inform A IA Personnel.
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RK Notice presently in tne process of cuordtnation wi.l,l adopt
the recent rev ia:; ?or,. of the For?ea.gn. Service l`ra` al. Regulations concer-ni.ng the use
of interrnats.or.a.l extra- fare planet . Fer;ding its publ.icat:.i.on, authorizes
the adoption of the provisions of the Notice, wht.ch is quoted here in t is entirety.
2. "Per-.ding the full psc aIe inauguration of jet plane service to all major capital
cities of the world, the cost of -,-.ravel ty international extra-fare planes (includ,
ing deluxe, xirst, tourist or economy-class jet planes) is authorized as advanta-
geous tc the Government whenever the use of such aircraft via the direct or usually
traveled route from the point of origin to the point of destination reduces flight
time ani; the cost cf such transpo:-tation (including surchaYrge and sleeper seat) 25X1
does not exceed the cost of prope"..ier-?driven first-class plane tr. ensportation plus
berth ac:cozaamodations that would have been allowable under the provision of
approved.) by the authorizing officer, in accordance with the provisions of
3. "Travel by jet deluxe aircraft, in other circumstances may be authorized or
paragraph 7.a.(4). Under these c Lrcumstances the authority for the use of jet
deluxe travel need not be spec, 4 -Picax ll.ly included. In the travel order. Official
Airline Guadtes will. be used as the basis for determining the cost and elapsed
flying time of the propeller-driven aircraft. 25X1
paragraph '7,d., if in his 3udgrren?ft the use of such aircraft is advantageous to the
Government. Under such circumste,ices the authority for the use of jet deluxe travel.
should FFFe specifically included t,-i the original. travel order.
"Thc: use of met. econ class travel is authorized without specific inclusion in
the travel order to any point wit:..tout regard to cost as being more advantageous to
the Government. When jet economy class accommodations are utilized, accompanied
excess baggage is routinely allow tble for the difference between the free baggage
allowance provided for jet economy travel and that provided for first-class travel
(normaijy 44 and 66 pounds, respeti.;tive:ly).",
16 January ?.
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