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1948
1948 - 0231.PDF
ps- FEBRUARY IO/TW, I948 FLIGHT CIVIL AVIATION NEWS Scandinavian Co- operation in Europe: Constellation Inci- dent : Committee for Safety l&.C.A. TRAINING :• A Viking on G.C. approach at Aldermaston where girls are being trained for the U.K. network. Inter- national Aeradio Ltd. are at present operating G.C.A. at Shannon with a team reduced from five to two perions. KXM.'s 27tb FINANCIAL REPORT IT is of interest that the financial year 1946 was the firstsince the formation of K.L.M. that the company closed with a profit. In previous years the State had provided anannual subsidy to cover the loss, and in 1938, the last normal iinancial year before the war, the subsidy had declined to 4.5per cent of expenditure including depreciation. During the war practically the entire fleet was lost as well as almost allthe other fixed assets, and operations were suspended except for sendees in the West Indies and between England andPortugal. In consequence, the whole organization, with the exception of the West Indies Division, was reconstructed afterthe war. Aircraft were purchased, workshops and offices rebuilt and new staff engaged and trained. The profit andloss account however for the first financial year shows a profit of 821,985.19 guilders (approximately ^82,000) after17,000,000 guilders had been deducted for depreciation of air- craft and other assets. The report states that the result wasmainly due to the increased turnover. Freight traffic on regular services increased from 8,584,000 ton-kilometres in1938 to 41,864,000 ton-kilometres in 1946, with a consequent increase in revenue from 10,132,000 guilders in 1938 to06,649,000 guilders in 1946. During the course of 1946 several new services were startedand many existing services were flown at a greater frequency. The. fleet consisted mainly of Dakotas, but in 1946DXiis and Constellations were acquired for the services t(S*w York, Curacao, South America and South Africa, andConvair aircraft were ordered. Operating expenses for the year amounted to 49,025,000 guilders. Depreciation, main-tenance and insurance of the fleet, fuel and oil consumption and the cost of crews amounted to 44,429,000 guilders; landinglees and housing fees for aircraft, station services, surface trans- port of passengers and freight, and catering totalled 10,545,000guilders, sales expenses 5,480,000 guilders, and general expenses 5,828,000 guilders. Since operating expenses pro-duced 58,371,000 ton-kilometres on scheduled services and special flights, the average cost, including depreciation, was1.T32 guilders per ton-kilometre. Revenue from passengers carried on scheduled services was•1'j, 124,000 guilders, for baggage r,531,000 guilders, freight 3,247,000 guilders, and mail 12,747,000 guilders. Specialflights resulted in a revenue of 1,405,000 guilders, and sundry- items of 927,000 guilders. The greatest volume of traffic wascarried on the route from Amsterdam to Bata^ia, and on internal services in Holland the traffic was four times thepre-war figure, one of the principal reasons being that road and rail transport were handicapped by the number of bridgesthat had been destroyed. Load factor on scheduled services was 73.2 per cent and the average yield was 1.592 guildersper traffic ton-kilometre. Since 1929 the issued and paid-up share capital of K.L.M.had amounted to 3,353,200 guilders and in addition the State had granted a loan of 2,500,000 guilders in 1938. Those fundswere insufficient to finance the activities in 1946 and the State granted the Dutch airline a credit of 26 500,000 guilders, which was subsequently increased to 35,500,000 guilders in 1946. Atthe end of the year both the government loan and the govern- ment advance were converted into ordinary shares to a nominalvalue of 38,000,000 guilders, and since then total shareholdings of the State have been 40,000,000 guilders. A reserve forDutch taxation in proportion to the profit amounting to Ooojooo guilders has been appropriated. RESTRICTIONS AT CROYDON TV/T.C.A. Notice to Airmen No. 53 announced that as tromi-VX February 14th, 1948, Croydon Airport will normally \ye. restricted to aircraft not exceeding 22,5001b all-up weight.Permission of the Aerodrome Commandant must be obtained before the airport is used by heavier aircraft. This restrictionmeans that unless special permission is granted Dakotas will be the heaviest aircraft allowed to use this airfield and thenonly if they are operating at less than their maximum take-off weight. B.E.A. APPOINTMENTS TV/IR. K. McKEAN has recently been appointed manager lor-*•'•*• the Scottish Division of B.E.A. Other appointments in the Corporation are as follows : area manager, England andWales, Mr. G. Erridge ; traffic manager, Mr. C. E. M. Adams; sales manager, Mr. J. L. Grumbridge; advertising manager,Mr. T. L Marks; commercial planning superintendent, Mr. S. F. Wheatcroft; chief pilot, Mr. J. W. G. James; aircrewtraining superintendent, Mr. G. D. M". Higham; navigation and telecommunications superintendent, Mr. W. H. Thompson;chief maintenance engineer, Mr. N. H. C. Gordon; chief project and development engineer, Mr. R. C. Morgan. SCANDINAVIAN JOINT OPERATIONSA .B. AEROTRANSPORT and Svensk InterkontinentalLufttrafik A.B. (ABA and SILA), the two Swedish air companies, Det Danske Luftiartselskub (DDL) the Danishnational company, and Det Norske Luftfartselskap (DNL), the Norwegian national company, have agreed to extend co-opera-tion throughout the world. Each company will retain its autonomy but there will be joint operation in accordance withan agreed traffic plan. The object of this collaboration is to obtain a more rational and economical utilization of the fleetsof aircraft at the disposal of the companies, and to enable the airlines, by establishing joint routes, to satisfy the communica-tions requirements of the three Scandinavian countries on a better basis. All the routes will be operated under the name and sign ofScandinavian Airlines System, but the names of the companies actnally responsible for each flight will also be indicated onthe aircraft. The joint traffic will be pooled, the Swedish portion being 3:7, the Danish 2:7 and the Norwegian 2:7.The representation of the Scandinavian air companies outside Scandinavia will be co-ordinated under the heading of Scandi-navian Airlines System, but again the name of each individual company will he maintained. The interests of the whole
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