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412 FLIGHT. APRIL 28, 1938. AIRLINE COMPANIES of th A Ready-reference Guide to Operators and Their Fleets, British and Foreign : Details of 165 Companies Covering 300,000 Route Miles F LIGHT offers this guide, in conjunction with the loose-inset map givenwith this special issue, as a work of reference that should be of real valueto all having or contemplating dealings with airline companies in any part of the world, or needing information on their activities. It would, perhaps, be rash to say that these pages give details of every air- line company in the world; on the other hand, no pains have been spared to secure information that will make the guide as complete as is possible in these times of sudden business development, occasional business failure, and of enterprise rudely interrupted by wars in both hemispheres. In the case of the British companies, additional information is given cover- ing the constitution of each concern, together with staff data. GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND AER LINGUS, TEORANTA <see IRISH SEA AIRWAYS). ALLIED AIRWAYS (GANDAR DOWER), LTD., Aberdeen Airport. Dyce.—Directors: R. S. Bisset, E. L. Gandar Dower (Managing) and C. Brun- ning (Secretary). Fleet: 3 D.H. Dragon, 2 D.H. Rapide, I Short Scion and 1 D.H. 86.B. Routes served: Aberdeen- Thuiso-Kirkwall-Lerwick, Inverness- Thurso - Kirkwall and Newcastle- Stavanger. BRITISH AIRWAYS, LTD., Terminal House, 52, Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.I. Directors: The Hon. Clive Pearson (Chairman), W. D. L. Roberts, M.Inst.- C.E. (Vice-Chairman), Captain H. H. Balfour, M.C., G. d'Erlanger, Edgar L. Granville, The Viscount Monsell, P.C., G.B.E., E. H. Murrant, M.B.E., W. Cyril Tomlinson and Major J. R. McCrindle, O.B.E., M.C. (Managing). Composition of company: Formed on October 1, 1935, by the amalgamation of Hillman's Airways, United Airways and Spartan Airlines. British Continental Airways was subsequently absorbed in August, 1936. The authorised capital is £365,000, of which £363,204 has been issued. British Continental Airways and Hillman's Airways hold approximately one-sixth each of the shares, and the remainder is divided almost equally be- tween Whitehall Securities Corporation, Ltd., and Erlangers, Ltd. Subsidy at the rate of ^66,000 per annum for mail services to Stockholm and Berlin, and for West African: and South American service development. Fleet: 6 Lockheed Electra 10a and 3 Junkers Ju.52; 4 Lockheed 14 on order. Pilots: (Commanders) E. B. Fielden, V. E. Flowerday, D. W. Lydal, R. H. Mclntosh, C. N. Pelly and E. G. Robin- son; (First Officers) T. W. F. Beach, O. Garden, D. S. 'King, R. P. J. Leborgne, J. F. Marsh, G. P. Moss, G. E. Mustard, E. F. Palmer, D. Prowse, G. Rose, S. P. Reed, D. Scorgie, J. E. D. Scott, S. W. A. Scott, S. D. Slocum, T. G. Thomlinson, J. J. Veasey, R. B. Whitehcad, L. M. K. Williams and A. G. Nicholson. Routes served: London-Paris, London- Hamburg-Copenhagen-Stockholm. Night mail from London to Berlin. West African and South American service in preparation. CHANNEL AIR FERRIES, Shoreham Airport, Sussex, and Westminster House, 10, Smith Square, London, S.W.i. Directors: G. P. Olley, M.M. (Managing), Capt. The Earl Amherst, M.C., J. W. S. Comber and H. C. Mil- man. Composition of company: Private limited company; entire share- holding owned by Olley Air Service, Ltd. Fleet: 2 D.H. Dragon, 1 D.H. Leopard Moth, 2 D.H. Rapide, 1 Short Scion and 2 D.H. Fox Moth. Pilots: C. W. F. Wood, D. L. Dustin, R. D. Hanbury and N. A. Buchanan. Routes served: Heston-Croydon-Isle of Wight- Cardiff and Plymouth-Penzance-Scilly- Isles; Continental services in prepara- tion. IMPERIAL AIRWAYS, LTD., London Airway Terminus, Victoria, London, S.W.i. Directors: Sir George Beharrell, D.S.O. (Chairman), G. E. Woods Humphery, C.B.E. (Managing), Sir John L. Maffey, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., Air Marshal Sir John Salmond, G.C.B., K.C.B., D.S.O. (Government Directors), I. C. Geddes, The Hon. Esmond Harmsworth, Sir Francis L. Joseph, K.B.E., Sir Hard- man Lever, Bt., K.C.B., and H. Scott- Paine. General Manager: Lt.-Col. H. Burchall, D.S.O. Secretary: G. T. Meller. Composition of company: Authorised capital £5,000,000; share capital £649,089. Subsidy payments vary ac- cording to work done on Eurojjean and other services; these totalted £$81,767 in 1937. Fifteen-year agreement for new Empire scheme with subsidies at a de- creasing scale over period; £750,000 per annum for first three years, with total of £Q,ooo.ooO; Mail contract payment by Post Office, £900,000 per annum. Fleet: 7 A.W. Atalantas. 11 D.H. Dianas, 7 H.P.42S, 2 Short Scyllas, 1 Short Scipio and 31 Short Empire Boats; with 1 Avro X, 1 Avro 652, 1 Short Mayo Composite and 1 Westland Wessex in reserve; 14 A.W. Ensigns, 5 D.H. Albatross, 8 "high payload " and three 8o,ooolb. Short boats under construction. Flying Staff: 64 captains, 153 first officers, 90 wireless operators and 24 flight engineers. Routes served: London-Paris, London- Brussels, London-Ostend, London-Frank- furt, London-Zurich, London-Budapest, Southampton - Durban, Southampton- Singapore, Khartoum-Accra, New York- Bermuda and Penang-Hong Kong. Im- perial Airways are associated with Indian Trans-Continental Airways. Rhodesia Overweather : One af A.B. and Nyasaland Airways, Wilson Airways, Qantas Empire Airways and Railway Air Services. IRISH SEA AIRWAYS, operated jointly by AER LINGUS TEORANTA, 39, Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin, and WEST COAST AIR SERVICES, LTD., Westminster House, 7, Millbank, Lon- don, S.W.i. Directors: (West Coast) G. P. Olley, M.M., J. W. S. Comber and H. C. Milman; (Aer Lingus) Sean Oh'Uadhaigh, T. J. Flynn, J. J. O'Leary and A. P. Reynolds. Composition of Company: The whole of the capital of Aer Lingus Teoranta (£100,000) is held by Aer Rianta Teoranta. The whole of the capital of West Coast Air Services, Ltd., is held by Olley Air Service, Ltd. The two companies are entirely separate in finance, directorship and shareholding. Each is responsible for its own expendi- ture, but there is a pooling arrangement in the matter of receipts. Fleet: 2 D.H.86B and 2 D.H.89. Pilots: G. E. B. Stoney, R. E. P. Bliss, O. E. Armstrong and I. B. Hammond. Routes served: London-Dublin, Liverpool-Dublin and Isle of Man-Dublin. ISLE OF MAN AIR SERVICES, LTD., Isle of Man Airport, Derbyhaven; I.O.M. Directors: W. P. Bradbury, O.B.E. (Chairman), (L.M.S.), J. W. S. Comber (Olley) Wing. Commdr A. Hi Measures, O.B.E. (L.M.S.), Capt. G. P. Olley, M.M., and A. Robertson, O.B.E. (I.O.M. S. P.). General Manager and Secretary : R. L. Carter. Composition of Company: Formed by Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, the London v Midland and Scottish Railway and Olley r Air Service, with equal holdings. Fleet: 5 D.H. Rapidea, 2 D.H.86.B, and 1 D.H. Dragon. Pilots: J. C. Higgins (Air
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