Britain Won't Refuse Flight O.K. to HSA

Harvard Student Agencies officials stated yesterday that they did not foresee any difficulty with their charter flight schedule, despite threats by the British Government to refuse clearance for American charter flights.

The HSA charter flights are operated by British Oversees Airways Corporation. Yesterday, a BOAC official explained that "you certainly wouldn't expect the British government to penalize one of its own firms."

Britain has threatened to refuse clearance for the American charter flights after June 15 in retaliation for American restrictions against Cunard Eagle, a British line. The United States Civil Aeronautics Board refused Cunard Eagle's application to operate unlimited chart flights on the grounds that it was a scheduled carrier since its West Indian subsidiaries operated regular flights to the United States.

Board Regulations Limiting

Board regulations provide that schedule carriers are permitted to operate charter flights only to the extent of 10 per cent of their mileage on regularly scheduled flights. Under this provision, Cunard Eagle would only be allowed to operate about 20 charter flights a year to this country.

Cunard Eagle appealed to the Ministry of Aviation, which has discussed the matter with U.S. State Department officials. The dispute was not resolved, but Britain agreed to extend permission for American charter flights to the U.K. until June 15.