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1948
1948 - 1523.PDF
SEPTEMBER I6TH, 1948 CAMPAIGN AGAINST BOREDOM : Passengers in the SR 45 flying-boat will have ample opportunity of relieving boredom. This interior design has been created by Mr. Richard Lonsdale-Hands and his associate designers for Saunders-Roe Ltd. to provide accommodation for 100 passengers. There are two staircases, 20 sleeping berths, a cocktail lounge, promenade deck, powder rooms, and a fully equipped kitchen. The restaurant is decorated in a combination of light and dark fawn with deep green and maroon, and the main upper cabins are in a general pastel theme of grey and light fawn above head level and maroon and dark green below the lower lines of the port- holes. The seating and sleeping cabins are decorated in a number of themes and colours in harmony with a policy of variety. *' Civil Aviation News fourteen services to London were operated on Sunday, August 29th, and over the period the volume of outbound traffic carried represented a 98 per cent load factor. -_<••' . . FRENCH AIR FLEETA N official return of the air fleet operating for Air Francethroughout the world in July, 1948, showed that the com- pany owned 171 aircraft, composed as follows: 13 LockheedConstellations and 14 Douglas DC-4 Skymasters based on Orly; 44 Langucdoc 161s, of which 20 are based on Le Bourget, 9 in North Africa, 7 on point of delivery and 4 undergoingoverhaul; 45 Douglas Dakotas, 9 are in Central Africa, 6 at Le Bourget, 13 in North Africa and Morocco, 5 at Marignane(Marseilles), 4 on the internal airmail system and the remainder at Bleirut, Bordeaux, Middle East or in the repair shop; 26Junkers 52s, used for the internal airmail service in France and for feeder lines in Madagascar; 17 Caudron 449s, used mainlyfor instructional work at the '' Centre de Perfection de Pilotage et de Navigation" at Le Bourget; 3 de Havilland Dominiesused for feeder services in Madagascar; 6 Latecoere 631s stationed at Biscarosse (Bordeaux); and 3 Catalinas used forthe link between the Antilles and the mainland of South America. BREVITIES K.L.M. are to open a weekly service from New York toShanghai via Amsterdam on September 28th. Con- stellations are be used on the route. Traffic at Gardermoen airport, Oslo, which is used by S.A.S.and A.O.A. for inter-continental traffic and by B.E.A. for their Oslo-London service, increased considerably during themonth of June. The total number of passengers at the airport was 1,986, of whom 907 were incoming and 599 outgoing; 480were passengers in transit * * • Passenger movements at Bromma Airport, Stockholm, during June and July this year showed little change over those for the corresponding months the previous year. In June, 1948, the airport handled 19,570 passengers as against 18,330 passen- gers the previous June, and in July, 1948, there were 20,619 passenger movements, as against 20,921 in July the previous year. : • • • The entire engine installation in the new de HavillandDrovers has been brought forward one foot. This permits the incorporation of all accessories forward of the fire-wall, thusfacilitating maintenance work. The company has announced the sale of 16, of which six are lor T.A.A., four for Q.E.A..two for D.C.A. to replace Ansons, two are for overseas de- livery, and there are two prototypes which rank as governmentpurchase. Production oi 100 is planned. * * * The first of K.L.M.'s 12 Convairs arrived at Schiphol air-port on September 6th. These 40-seater aircraft are to be used on the airline's European routes, and the company arethe first in Europe to use the type. Modifications have included the removal of the ramp. This first aircraft was commandedby a British pilot Commander Michie, and was met by Dr. A. Plesman, President-Director of K.L.M., and other officials. B 15 Substantial reductions in fares and excess baggage chargesare announced by B.S.A.A. On the London-Kingston route, for instance, the return fare has been reduced from ^225 to£207 14s, on the London-Nassau route from ^212 8s to £iHj 2s, and on the London-Bermuda route from /176 8s to ,£174 12s.The through return fare from London via Bermuda and Nassau to Miami is now /187 2s, as against £219 12s pre-viously ; and from London by the same route to Havana, the fare is ^196 2s, as against ^226 16s previously. * * # Pan American World Airways has applied for permission tooperate to Stuttgart, which would then serve as a stop between Frankfurt and Munich, to both of which cities the companyalready runs a service. Adequate airport facilities exist at Echterdingen military airport near Stuttgart, and it is under-stood that the proposal is favoured by the American military authorities as a. move to ease the strain on U.S. Army trans-portation facilities. P.A.W.A. are prepared to start the ne\s service immediately the application is approved. • » • New premises acquired by B.E.A. in Glengall Street, Bel-last, were formally opened on September 1st. Constructed of pre-cast concrete units suitably insulated on thp. interior,the new building contains both passenger and freight accom- modation, the former including an entrance lobby, a left lug-gage office, and a spacious waiting lounge. The site is part of the Great Northern Railway's terminus, and all the faci-lities of the station are at the disposal of airline passengers # # # Figures showing marked increases in air travel between Britain and Northern Ireland were recently quoted by Mr. Gilbert Waters, general manager (British Services), B.E.A. During the year ended August 31st over 81,000 passengers weie carried on the Belfast services, an increase of almost 100 per cent on the 1946 figures. There were also increases in the
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