Base airports within empires

[Kazari]

The numerous independence announcements prompt a question from me.

I have read the forum and the manual on this. If I understand the Latvia/Soviet Union example, then if you base your airline in Riga in 1970, you should be able to establish other bases throughout the USSR until the breakup.

What if one has an airport in the UK in 1965? Are they able to found other airports within the worldwide British possessions?

If not, why not?

These are British holdings as of that moment and the date they stopped being U.K. possessions...

Hong Kong    1997
Brunei    1983
Nevis    1983
St Christopher    1983
Antigua    1981
Barbuda    1981
British Honduras    1981
Redonda    1981
New Hebrides    1980
Southern Rhodesia    1980
Canton and Enderbury Islands    1979
Christmas Island (Pacific)    1979
Gilbert Islands    1979
Ocean Island    1979
St Lucia    1979
St Vincent    1979
Dominica    1978
Ellice Islands    1978
Solomon Islands    1978
Seychelles    1976
Tokelau    1976
British New Guinea (Papua Territory)    1975
Grenada    1974
Bahamas    1973
Turks and Caicos Islands    1973
Bahrain    1971
Bushire    1971
Qatar    1971
Trucial Oman    1971
Fiji    1970
Oman (Muscat and Oman)    1970
Tonga    1970
Mauritius    1968
Nauru    1968
Rodriguez    1968
Kamaran Island    1967
Barbados    1966
Basutoland    1966
Bechuanaland    1966
Berbice    1966
British Guiana    1966
Demerara-Essequibo    1966

(Source: http://www.britishempire.co.uk/timeline/colonies.htm)

[GDK]

You can. There is another thread in Jet Age forum about an airline in UK opening hub at Bahrain.

[type45]

well I remember Hong Kong had its own system on traffic rights?

I've to say I'm not very sure about this
BOAC had operated a number of routes between Hong Kong and other Asia cities, but the major operator were BOAC owned Hong kong Airways and Swire owned CX
BA also operated HKG-TPE and PEK services in 80s

[GDK]

Yes Hong Kong is special case, same with Macau (Portuguese). They have their own rights and ruled by their own leader even though they are considered as oversea territory of UK and Portuguese. I think there were other territories with similar condition out there.