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1948
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AUGUST 26TH, 1948 FLIGHT 231 CIVIL AVIATION NEWS FRENCH SURVEYOR ; First tests of the Mrosudest S.£. 1010 are progressing. The aircraft is intended for photographic survey at high altitudes and will be used by the I.G.N., the French National Geographic Institution for the air survey of Africa. The aircraft is powered by 4 Gnome-Rhone 14.R engines. . « Financial Reports of Two Airlines : State Training Scheme ; ^ ^ failure : Airwork Expansion in Africa * -- ^ *v I-• K.L.M. PROFIT —I N the annual report for 1947 K.L.M. has declared a net profitof ^13,200. A dividend was proposed and accepted. Net income in 1946 was 69,500,000 guilders, and it had risen to105,600,000 guilders in 1947. The total number of passengers increased by 39 per cent over the previous year, and the volumeof air freight rose by 113 per cent. The most profitable route was from Amsterdam to Batavia, which showed an increaseover the previous year of 8,500,000 guilders. Receipts on other lines were as follows:.European, 18,200,000 guilders; NorthAtlantic, 18,100,000 guilders; West Indies, 9,800,000 guilders; South Atlantic, 8,500,000 guilders; South Africa, 3,600,000guilders. At the end of last year the Dutch airline was operat- ing 70 aircraft which, although less than at the end of 1946.represented a larger carrying capacity owing to the use of larger and more modern aircraft. The K.L.M. report shows that allservices showed substantial increases with the exception of internal routes, which, it is said, were affected by the generalimprovement in road and rail transportation throughout Holland during the year. AIRWAYS TRAINING CLOSING "XS'from the end of September, Airways Training, Limited,**• will be closed down. The company was formed by B.O.A.C. and B.E.A.C. at Aldermaston on April 30th, 1947,for training aircrews and technical staff for the two corpora- tions. As the training requirements were met and a surplusof facilities became available at Aldermaston towards the be- ginning of this year it was decided to throw open the school toprivate individuals, other operating companies and foreign governments. The response has proved unsatisfactory, how-ever, and in the interests of economy the corporations have decided to close down the establishment and carry on- withtraining at their own bases. ' ':• - '. ~ . ,5 AER LINGUS REPORT &FTEK repayment of ail the sums provided by the Exchequerf\ for share capital, development and other expenses, Aerlinte Eireann will have a surplus of about £60,000, due primarilyta profits an the sale of the company's five Constellations, Mtblrn airport showed a profit of £10,700 as against an estimatedloss, of £15,000. Aer Lingris showed a loss ior..the; year *yfric_h totalled £698,421, of which 50 per cent will be borne by theBritish corporations. During the year under review route mileage increased by over 145 per cent over the previous yearand is now 2,516. Passengers carried increased to 156,532 from 76,304. Cargo, also increased from 666,ooolb to 1,658,0001b.Total gross revenue was £892,314 compared with £577.345 in the year 1946-47. In landing charges Dublin airport earned£56,173. as against £11,350 the previous year, and the number of passengers using the airport totalled 162,761. The airporthas handled 2,196,4911b of freight and 88,5391b of mail. Abandonment of the transatlantic route by Aerlinte Eireanninvolved a reduction in staff of 639 from 2,270 in December, 1947, to 1,631 at present. In order to improve the financialprospects of Aer Lingus there will be an increase in passenger fares on a number of routes and an intensive effort is to bemade for developing the cargo-carrying side of the company's services. The report states that unexpectedly heavy mainten-ance expenses for new aircraft and substantial increases in wages and other causes contributed to the Aer Lingus deficit.Attention is drawn to the fact that despite rapid expansion the company's 100 per cent safety record has been maintained. SHOREHAM-COWES-SOUTHAMPTON "DRpOKLANDS AVIATION, LTD., have been granted a-D licence to run scheduled airline services irom Shoreham to Southampton via Cowes, Isle of Wight. The service, whichstarted on August 6th, is, of course, in association with British European Airways and will link up with the Corporation'sChannel Islands service. D.H. Rapides will leave Shoreham twice daily, at 0950 and 1630 hours, arriving at Cowes at 1029and 1704 hours. After a 10-minute interval the aircraft will take off and arrive at Southampton at 1055 and 1730 hours.Services in the other direction will leave Southampton at 1130 and 1750 hours, arriving at Shoreham at 1230 and 1850 hours.Fares from Shoreham to Cowes are: single £1 los, monthly return £2 18s; from Shoreham to Southampton the fare is£2 5s single, £3 15s monthly return; and from Cowes to South- ampton 15s single, 18s return, and £1 IS monthly return.- FLASHING NAVIGATION LIGHTSI N order to avoid confasien between flashing navigationlights on aircraft, and" tBe" switching on and "off of naviga- tion lights by aircraft seeking- to draw attention in an errter-
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