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1947
1947 - 2173.PDF
DECEM3ER I8TH, I947 FLIGHT 699 Civil Aviation News so that party groups may sit facing each other. As the newConstellations go into service, they will replace existing ones without sleepei accommodation which will be transferred toTranscontinental and Western Airways for domestic services. T.W.A. plan to fly the new aircraft on the New York-Parisroute without a refuelling stop at Gander or Shannon. The order brings [he fleet of T.W.A. up to 132, and includes 34Constellations, 15 DC-4S (all in overseas operation), 5 Strato- liners and 78 Dakotas. AIRCRAFT TYPES FOR THE CORPORATIONSW HEN Mr. John Freeman, Joint Parliamentary Secretaryto the Ministry of Supply, gave a written answer to a question in the House recently, he said that twelve types ofaircraft were on order for the three Corporations. This total is presumably made up by the Brabazon I, D.H.106, Hermes,Tudor, Viking, Marathon, Conccrdia, Solent and Sandringham, S.R.45, S.51 helicopter, and either the Viscount or the Ambas-sador. US. AIRLINES INCOME DOWN TDASSENGERS. mails and freight carried by American air--L lines in the second quarter of 1947 showed-increases over the figures for the same quarter in 1946. Though revenuerose, operating expenses rose faster. For the year ended June 30th, 1947, the net loss for the internal airlines was$22£ million. The following figures are issued • by the C.A.B. : — Three months endingJune 30,1947 June 30,1946 Revenue-miles flown 79,178,058 76,800,973-Operating revenue Passenger .. .. $82,028,485 $71,376,930Mail 5,618,233 4,504,754 Express .. .. 2,698,456 1,930,300 Freight 1,742,879 731,030All other 1,856,860 1,219,480 Total 93.944.913 79.762.494 Operating expenses 91,162,368 74,524,952 Net operating income 2,782,545 5,237,542 B.E.A.C BRITISH DIVISION -" A SINGLE Division has been formed to operate internal ser-vices in the U.K., out of the English and Scottish Divisions of B.E.A. previous^ based at Speke and Renfrew. The neworganization will be known as the British Division, and have headquarters at Renfrew. The general manager is Mr. G. O.Waters, who was, of course, manager of the English Division. Mr. A. H. Millward will now be known as the general manageras distinct from manager of the Continental Division. The British Division of British European Airways Corporation is,to say the least, a clumsy title, and one wonders how un- British are the other departments in B.E.A. and the otherCorporations. The general manager presumably did not favour " Flight " AUSTRALIAN CONSTELLATION : Captain Ma of QANTAS Empire Airways flying the Gold Plate Constellation "Charles Kingsford-Smith." This aircraft left Sydney on Decem- ber 1st to fly the first through scheduled flight to this country. QANTAS OCCASION : Sir Harold Hartley, Chairman of B.O.A.C, Mr. ]. R. Stewart, London Manager for QANTAS, Lord Nathan, Minister of Civil Aviation, and in the background Mr. Peter Mase- field, at a QANTAS Empire Airways party in London on December 5th. the title ' United Kingdom Division," since he would then beknown as M.U.K.. Perhaps "Home" or "Internal" division would have been a better choice. THE S.A.S. FLEETS OME figures of the operation of S.A.S. (Scandinavian Air-lines System) since it was formed jointly by D.N.L. (Nor- way), D.D.L. (Denmark), and S.I.L.A. (Sweden) have beenreceived. Formed on August ist, 1946, to operate first North Atlantic and then South Atlantic services, S.A.S. flew 2,528passengers in the first quarter of 1947 and its fleet now con- sists of 7 Douglas DC-4 aircraft (D.D.L. 2, D.N.L. 2, S.I.L.A.3). On order for S.A.S. are 7 DC-6s (D.D.L. 2, D.N.L. 2 and S.I.L.A. 3) and also 4 Boeing Stratocruisers (D.N.L. 1, D.D.L.1 and S.I.L.A. 2). AUSTRALIAN AIRLINE BATTLE AN amendment to the Air Navigation Bill in the AustralianParliament seeks to give the Director-General of Civil Avia- tion power to refuse a licence forjeiilines to operate to theNorthern Territory. If it becomedBaw, Guinea Airways may be prevented from competing with Trails-Australia (the Govern-ment airline) on the Adelaide-Darwin route. Guinea Airways pioneered this route ten years ago, and T.A.A. commencedrunning the same route on November ist this year. The Bill also seeks to authorize charges for the use of airfields andfacilities set up by the Government. In recent issues Flight has reported the controversy betweenT.A.A. and Ansett Airways on the question of rates, which Ansetts have refused to raise to T.A.A. levels. The airlinehas met threats of restriction with the claim that the country's constitution prevents restriction of inter-state trade, and thenew amendment would, therefore, modify a part of the con- stitution protecting privately owned airlines. Recently Ansetts lost their /A25,ooo annual subsidy forrunning country services; serving, that is to say, rather out- of the way areas. The grounds for withdrawal were that aMelbourne-Hobart service had been operated without a licence as part of combined aircraft-coach tours of Tasmania. GREEK PENSION FUNDS TO RUN AIRLINE A NEW Greek airline, Hellenic Airlines (Hellas), has beenformed as a result of agreements between Scottish Avia- tion, Ltd., which holds 40 per cent of the shares, and the pen-sion funds of the Greek Navy, Arrry and Air Force, which hold 60 per cent. The British company will supply technical andadministrative staff and at the same time recruit and train, at Prestwick, Greeks who will gradually take over until ulti-mately Hellas will have an all-Greek staff. The new airline will operate external and internal services. The participationof pension funds in an airline is unusual. In Greece, however, Flight hears, Metchikon Tameion, the Services' fund, has widecommercial interests, and owns among other things the largest office block in Athens. Servicemen pay contributions, the accu-mulated capital is invested, and pensions, as well as charitable \ grants where necessary, are paid out of profits. The existingGreek airline, T.A.E., is run jointly by Greek commercial interests and the American T.W.A. company. Hellas will commence with services between Athens andLarissa, Salonika, Crete and Rhodes; a London-Athens service.
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