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