CIVIL AIR ROUTES OF COMMUNIST COUNTRIES INTO THE FREE WORLD

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INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH AID
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CIA/RR A.ERA 64-5
December 1964.
CIVIL AIR ROUTES OF COMMUNIST COUNTRIES
INTO THE FREE WORLD
DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE
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FOREWORD
This research aid supersedes CIA/RR A.ERA 64-2, Civil Air Routes
of Communist Countries into the Free World, April 1964, CONFIDENTIAL,
copies of which should be destroyed.
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CONTENTS
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Civil Air Routes of Communist Countries into the Free
World 1
Table
Civil Air Agreements of Communist Countries with
Countries of the Free World 2
Maps
(Inside Back Cover)
Figure 1. Civil Air Routes of Communist Countries into the
Free World, November 1964
Figure 2. Civil Air Routes of the USSR into the Free World,
November 1964
Figure 3. Civil Air Routes of Czechoslovakia into the Free
World, November 1964
Figure 4. Civil Air Routes of Poland into the Free World,
November 1964
Figure 5. Civil Air Routes of Hungary into the Free World,
November 1964
Figure 6. Civil Air Routes of Bulgaria into the Free World,
November 1964
Figure 7. Civil Air Routes of Rumania into the Free World,
November 1964
Figure 8. Civil Air Routes of Communist China into the
Free World, November 1964
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CIVIL AIR ROUTES OF COMMUNIST COUNTRIES
INTO THE FREE WORLD*
This research aid provides a handy reference on civil air routes
of Communist countries into the Free World. An over-all view of
all civil air routes of Communist countries that extend beyond the
borders of the Bloc is shown in Figure 1. The same information for
each Communist country individually is shown in Figures 2 through 8.
Cuba and Yugoslavia are treated as countries of the Free World in
this research aid. Cities of the Free World not connected into the
networks by route lines are shown on the maps to indicate that civil
air agreements are in existence. All existing civil air agreements
between Communist countries and countries of the Free World are shown
in the table.
An insert is provided in Figures 2 through 8 showing the trip
number, the route and sequence of stops, the number of flights per
week, and the type of aircraft used for each individual route.
The changes reflected in this revision of A. ERA 64-2 are summarized
below:
The USSR signed air agreements with Iran, Tunisia, and the
Congo (Brazzaville) and received overflight rights from the Central
African Republic for scheduled flights to the Congo (Brazzaville).
Extensive route changes by Aeroflot, the airline of the USSR, also
have been incorporated. Flights by the USSR into West Africa have
been reoriented and now include Tunis. The Moscow-Nicosia-Damascus
route has been extended to Baghdad. Aeroflot's Asian flights have
been revised considerably. Trip number SU045 has dropped the New
Delhi stop and now stops at Karachi. Trip number SU061, a new flight,
is scheduled to fly the Moscow-Teheran-Karachi-Colombo-Djakarta route.
Teheran and Colombo were not previously served by Aeroflot.
Czechoslovakia signed air agreements with Algeria and Greece
and a provisional agreement with West Germany. The Czechoslovak air
carrier, CSA, decreased its West African service and now performs
flights to Conakry and Bamako every other week compared with the
former weekly schedule. In the Middle East, CSA has deleted Teheran
and added Sofia on its Prague-Athens-Damascus-Kabul route.
Bulgaria signed an air agreement with Greece, and the Bul-
garian carrier, TABSO, has since incorporated Athens into its Sofia-
Tunis-Algiers route. A new flight, trip number LZ143, is scheduled
Sofia-Athens-Damascus.
Hungary has signed an air agreement with Luxembourg, and
Communist China has signed an air agreement with Indonesia.
* The estimates and conclusions in this research aid represent the
best judgment of this Office as of 30 November 1964.
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Civil Air AgreeMents of Communist Countries with Countries of the Free World
Year ?
USSR
Czecho-
slovakia
Poland
Hungary
Bulgaria
Rumania
Communist
China
Afghanistan
1956
1961
1962
1963
Algeria
1964
1964
1963
Austria
1955
1962
1956
1959
1958
1958
Belgium
1958
1957
1956
1957
1957
1956
Burma
1961
T1960 2/
1955
Cambodia
1964
1963
Canada
T1961 2/
Central African
Republic
T1964 2/Li
Ceylon
1964
1959
Congo (Brazzaville)
1964
Cuba
1962
1960
Cyprus
1964
1964
Denmark
1956
1947
1961
1958
1958
1958
Egypt
1958
1958
1963 i
1958
1959
1958
Finland
1955
1949
1963
1962
France
1958
1954
1960
1960
PR1963 di
1962
Germany (West)
PR1964 di
PR1960 di
PR1960 _di
PR1961 1/
Ghana
1962
1961
1961
1962
1962
Greece
1964
1963
1963
1964
1960
Guinea
1962
1961
India
1958
1960
Indonesia
1961
1960
1964
Iran
1964
T1961 2/
Iraq
1962
1960
1961
1960
Israel
1964
Ireland
T1962 a/
Italy
PR1960 :di
PR dif/
1960
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Civil Air Agreements of Communist Countries with Countries of the Free World
(Continued)
Year
Lebanon
USSR
Czecho-
slovakia
Poland
Hungary
Bulgaria
Rumania
Communist
China
1961
Libya
T1963 2/
Luxembourg
1964
Mali
1962
1961
Morocco
1962
1961
Netherlands
1958
1947
1960
1957
1958
1957
Niger
T1962 .../
Norway
1956
1948
1961
1958
1958
1958
Pakistan
1963
1963
Senegal
1962
Somali
1963
Sudan
1962
Sweden
1956
1957
1956
1957
1957
1957
Switzerland
1947
1960 I/
1959
1960
Syria
1962
1958
1962
1962
1960
Tunisia
1964
1963
1963
Turkey
T1961 2/
1963
UK
1957
1960
1957
1960
T1961 W
Yugoslavia
1955
1956
1955
1956
1955
1956
a. T = Transit (in most cases overflight and technical landing rights for specific routes).
b. In October the Central African Republic reportedly granted the USSR overflight rights for scheduled
operations by Aeroflot to Brazzaville. However, these rights probably were not in the form of a civil air
agreement.
c. Uncertain evidence suggests the existence of an earlier agreement that was not implemented.
d. PR = Provisional.
e. Date of signature is unknown.
f. Agreement initialed in October 1960 and signed at an unknown later date.
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Amsterdam
osloo :Stockholm
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nhagen
St Berlin
Helsinki
Prclett.
Sofia
Route
Prague-Sofia-Ankara-Beirut-
Damascus-Baghdad
Prague-Paris
Prague-Brussels-Amsterdam
Amsterdam-Prague
Prague-Marseille-Rabat-Dakar-
(Conakry-Bamako)*
Prague-Cairo-Dhahran-Bombay-
Rangonn-Phnom Penh-Dlakarta
Prague-Beirut-Dhahran-Bombay-
Rangoon
Cairo-Prague
Prague-Athens-Cairo
Prague-Zurich-Rabat-Dakar
Prague-Sofia-Athens-Damascus-
Kabul
Prague-Belgrade-Tirane
Prague-Amsterdam
Amsterdam-Brussels-Prague
Prague-London
Prague-Rome
Prague-Zurich
Prague-Milan
Copenhagen-East Berlin-Prague
Prague-Copenhagen
Prague-East Berlin-Stockholm-
Helsinki
Prague-Vienna
? Although the Tu-124 is listed
ABC World Airways Guide it has
this flight.
** Flight terminates at Conakry on
week.
Trip Flights Type of
Number per Week Aircraft
OK 506 1 11-18
OK 507 2 Tu-104A/
1 Tu-124*
OK 509 1 Th-l24*
OK 510 1 Tu-124*
OK 513 1 11-18
OK 516 1 Tu-104A
OK 516 1 Tu-104A
OK 519 1 Tu-104A
OK 520 1 Tu-104A
OK 521 1 11-18
OK 528 1 11-18
OK 533 1 11-14
OK 537 1 11-18
OK 538 1 11-18
OK 539 1 Tu-104A/
1 11-18
OK 543 1 Tu-104A
OK 545 1 Tu-124*
OK 553 1 Tu-124*
OK 579 2 Tu-124*
OK 580 2 Tu-124*
OK 586 2 Tu-124*
OK 591 1 11-14
for this flight in the November 1964
not been noted actually performing
e week, and at Bamako the following
?
V
? ? ? am.
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Ankara
?Algiers
Teheran
Kabul
Dhahran
? ...Own,.
fn.."
Bombay
Dakar
Cona
Civil Air Routes of Czecho
into the Free Wonl
November 1964
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Djakarta
Cities of the Free World not c nected into the networks as
route lines indicate that civil air agreements are in existence.
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Moscow
Civil Air Routes of the USSR
into the Free World
November 1964
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CD
CD
London
Brus?s.
Trip
Route Number
Moscow-Stockholm
Moscow-Kiev-Vienna
Moscow-Tashkent-Kabul
Moscow-Belgrade-Algiers-
Bamako-Conakry-Accra
Moscow-Copenhagen SU
Moscow-Cairo-Khartoum SU
Moscow-London SU
Moscow-Cairo
Moscow-Nicosia-Damascus- SU
su
su
stJ
SU
Baghdad
Moscow-Helsinki 1-
Moscow-ATAtefim-Brussels
Moscow-T enty?Karachi-
Rang ."-Djakskta
Moscow urmanshalavana
Moseam-Paris
L ingrad-Helsinki
?
CD
cow-New Delhi
oscow-Tashkent-Kab arachl
CD
Moscow-Belgrade-Tunis- ers-
Rabat
Moscow-Teheran-Karachi-
CO
Colombo-Djakarta
? ?
0
Ankara Tashkent
CD
-P1
0
L- 1.000E0000
New
Delhi
2r.
?? f
.1"
\e?
,
SU
SU
SU
stJ
SU
SU
CU
CU
CU
07
017
019
021
023
029
031
035
7
Flights Type of
per Week Aircraft
1
2
1
1
2
1
2
1
Tu-124
Tu-124
11-18
11-18
Tu-104A
11-18
Tu-104A
11-18
11-18
1.1r1124.0%,_
041
045 1 11-18 /
k d.
047 2 Tu-114, ???? ?-?
049 3 Tu-104A
051 1 Tu-124 ,,f
057 1 , _
44.1u-pj /
053 1
059 1 .f 11-18
.90
?061 1
_
Figure 2
Niamey
Khartoum
Cities not conceded i
indicate that civil air ogreemerils ore in exisirenc
Helsinki
od peAoiddv
Moscow
Civil Air Routes of the USSR
into the Free World
November 1964
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CD
CD
London
Brus?s.
Trip
Route Number
Moscow-Stockholm
Moscow-Kiev-Vienna
Moscow-Tashkent-Kabul
Moscow-Belgrade-Algiers-
Bamako-Conakry-Accra
Moscow-Copenhagen SU
Moscow-Cairo-Khartoum SU
Moscow-London SU
Moscow-Cairo
Moscow-Nicosia-Damascus- SU
su
su
stJ
SU
Baghdad
Moscow-Helsinki 1-
Moscow-ATAtefim-Brussels
Moscow-T enty?Karachi-
Rang ."-Djakskta
Moscow urmanshalavana
Moseam-Paris
L ingrad-Helsinki
?
CD
cow-New Delhi
oscow-Tashkent-Kab arachl
CD
Moscow-Belgrade-Tunis- ers-
Rabat
Moscow-Teheran-Karachi-
CO
Colombo-Djakarta
? ?
0
Ankara Tashkent
CD
-P1
0
L- 1.000E0000
New
Delhi
2r.
?? f
.1"
\e?
,
SU
SU
SU
stJ
SU
SU
CU
CU
CU
07
017
019
021
023
029
031
035
7
Flights Type of
per Week Aircraft
1
2
1
1
2
1
2
1
Tu-124
Tu-124
11-18
11-18
Tu-104A
11-18
Tu-104A
11-18
11-18
1.1r1124.0%,_
041
045 1 11-18 /
k d.
047 2 Tu-114, ???? ?-?
049 3 Tu-104A
051 1 Tu-124 ,,f
057 1 , _
44.1u-pj /
053 1
059 1 .f 11-18
.90
?061 1
_
Figure 2
Niamey
Khartoum
Cities not conceded i
indicate that civil air ogreemerils ore in exisirenc
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Soil-Budapest-Eat Berlin- LZ 103 1
Copenhagen
Sofla-Vienna-Frankfurt-Parie LZ 129 2 11-18
Botia-Athens-Tunis-Algiers LZ 141 1 11-18
Sofia-Athens-Damascus LZ 143 1 11-14
Oslo
o Stockholm?
Amsterdam vs?
Copenhagen
6ast Berlin
Civil Air Routes of Bulgaria
into the Free World
November 1964
Algiers i Tunis
,Isierrd
Cairo?
3
?Accra
BOUNDARY REPRESENTATION IS
NOT NECESSARILY AUTHORITATIVE
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East Berlin-Copenhagen
Bucharest-Sofia-Athens RO 203 1 11-18
Bucharest-Vienna-Frankfurt- RO 205 2 11-18 .
Brussels .
Bucharest-Vienna-Zurich-Paris RC) 209 2 11-18 \
Bucharest-Sofia-Belgrade-Athens RO 215 1 11-14
Bucharest-Prague-East Berlin- RO 221 1 I1-18
Copenhagen IN,
Oslo? Stockholm o
Copenhagen
Civil Air Routes of Rumania
into the Free World
November 1964
BOUNDARY REPRESENTATION IS
111
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Civil Air Routes of Communist China
into the Free World
November 1964
Peiping
Rangoon
Peiping-Mandalay-Rangoon
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Trip Flights Type of
Number per Week Aircraft
CA 143
2
NOTE: Viscounts have occasionally been used on this route.
11-14
Djakarta
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Route
Trip Flights Type of
Number per Week Aircraft
Budapest-Prwie_- _Amsterdam MA 347
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MA 3,55
2
11-18
Budapest-East Berlin-Copenhagen-
MA 380
2
11-18
Stockholm-Helsinki
Munich-Vienna-Budapest
MA 382
1
11-14
Budapest-Munich
MA 383
1
11-14
Budapest-Zurich
MA 385
2
11-18
Budapest-Vienna
MA 387
1
11-14
Budapest-Vienna-East Berlin
MA 389
1
11-14
Budapest-Belgrade-Tirane
MA 391
1
11-14
Budapest-Rome
MA 401
1
11-18
Budapest-Milan
MA 403
1
11-18
Budapest-Athens-Cairo
MA 405
2
11-18
Helsinki
Oslo? 4/
?I Stockholm
Copenhagen
AnisterdaM East Berlin
London
Brussel
rank
unic
Luxembo
Paris
Figure 5
Civil Air Routes of Hungary
into the Free World
November 1964
Milan
Rome
Tirane
Athens
0 Nicosia
Damasedi
0
Baghdad
Cairo
0
Accra
BOUNDARY REPRESENTATION IS
NOT NECESSARILY AUTHORITATIVE
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