This file contains correspondence relating to negotiations between the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia regarding landing and other concessions at Saudi airports; flights for pilgrims to Jeddah; efforts to control the flow of pilgrims; agreement that Aden Airways will be the only airline serving British passengers during the 1953 pilgrimage.
An aerial view of Abu Dhabi.
Passengers waiting to board a Gulf Aviation airplane arriving at Abu Dhabi airport.
Sir William Luce, the British Political Resident in Bahrain, arriving at Abu Dhabi Airport.
Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan accompanied by Sheikh Mohammad Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan descending from a Middle East Airlines flight upon their arrival to Abu Dhabi Airport from their trip to London and Paris.
Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Sheikh Mohammad Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan upon their arrival at Abu Dhabi Airport from Paris and London on a Middle East Airlines airplane.
Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan at Abu Dhabi Airport upon arriving back from his trip to Paris and London on a Middle East Airlines airplane.
Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Sheikh Sultan Bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi.
Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan descending from a Bristow helicopter after a visit to Umm Shaif offshore oil field.
An oil company's Gulf Aviation charter plane unloading on Das Island, Abu Dhabi.
An aerial view approaching Das Island, the center for offshore oil exploration operated by Abu Dhabi Marine Areas (ADMA) on Das Island, Abu Dhabi.
An aerial view of Das Island, the center for offshore oil exploration, Abu Dhabi.
