Bahamas Airways Limited Government Correspondence
File of letters between John Swire & Sons, Bahama Airways and Bahama Islands Government relating to the Government's potential participation in the airline. Papers include financial estimates of liabilities; minutes of Bahama Airways Directors' meetings; reports on the future of the airline; Bah...
| Order number: |
JSS Box 2586 |
|---|---|
| Date(s) of creation: |
1970 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| collection |
SOAS Archive |
|---|---|
| id |
JSS.1.4.2.5 |
| recordtype |
archive |
| scb_item_location |
Archive & Special Collections |
| item_location |
Archive & Special Collections |
| scb_loan_type |
Reference only |
| scb_order_with |
JSS Box 2586 |
| callnumber |
JSS/1/4/2/5 |
| callnumber_txt |
JSS/1/4/2/5 |
| callnumber-sort |
JSS/1/4/2/5 |
| scb_alt_ref_no |
JSSI 4/2/5 |
| prefix_number |
5 |
| scb_previous_numbers |
COMP 99 |
| title |
Bahamas Airways Limited Government Correspondence |
| scb_date_creation |
1970 |
| scb_level |
File |
| level_sort |
7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File |
| scb_extent |
1 box |
| format |
Archive |
| scb_admin_history |
John Swire & Sons took a controlling interest of 85% in Bahamas Airways Ltd in 1968, taking control from the British Oversears Airways Corporation. The airline closed two years later in 1970 when Swire liquidated it following a lack of interest in investment from the government in the Bahamas, led by Pindling. |
| description |
File of letters between John Swire & Sons, Bahama Airways and Bahama Islands Government relating to the Government's potential participation in the airline. Papers include financial estimates of liabilities; minutes of Bahama Airways Directors' meetings; reports on the future of the airline; Bahama Airways chairman's report given to Bahama Islands Government |
| scb_access_status |
Open |
| scb_copyright |
Copyright is owned by John Swire & Sons, Ltd, 59 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AJ |
| scb_use_restrictions |
Copying for personal research purposes is permitted. Please contact the archivist for all publication requests. |
| hierarchy_top_id_raw |
JSS |
| hierarchy_sequence |
JSS.001.004.002.005 |