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DECEMBER 30TH, 1948 FLIGHT 783- ENGINE TESTING: All eight engines on the Brabazon I have been under test during the past few weeks. Those on the starboard side have been run to full take-off power and those on the port up to 2,100 h.p. It is understood that the Bristol engineers are very satisfied with the tests, particularly with the oil coating. :'' FHyht " photograph. were 150,040 passengers carriedon internal routes and 1,831 in the Pacific region, on whichthe average passenger journey is 225 miles and 819 miles re-spectively. The accounts snowed operating expenses of^664,918 and passenger revenue °f ^5Sl-387- The Minister in, charge of the Air Department, New Zealand, explained thatnotwithstanding the substan- tial increase of passenger capa-city provided over the period under review the public de-mand for air travel continued to tax the resources of the Cor-poration, and the Board felt that night flying and Sunday services should be introduced assoon as circumstances and facilities would permit, to provide a utility which was freely available in other countries. THE 'AIR PILOT" AGAIN HPHE Ministry of Civil Aviation is to re-issue '' The Air•*• Pilot " in January, 1949, in the form of a loose leaf book which will be kept up to date by an amendment service, andby monthly supplements. The complete "Air Pilot" in four parts containing general information and sections formeteorology, telecommunications and aerodromes, will cost £1 10s, and the subscription for 1949 for the amendment serviceis £2 10s. Each part can be obtained separately. The existing series of Notices to Airmen will cease shortly after the issue ofthis publication. It is yet another financial burden for the private and club flier to bear. U.S. EXCHANGE NOT NEEDED A CCORDING to the New York Journal of Commerce, there**• is at present no immediate need for an air charter Ex- change in the United States. This is due to the fact thatfreight carrying to destinations outside the U.S. is mainly confined to four-engined aircraft over long distances, and theoperators have sufficient business to operate according to pub- lished tariffs. There are only a few operators of four-enginedaircraft and all are well known; moreover, there is little demand for the chartering of complete aircraft, and suchbusiness can be easily handled through brokers. It is under- stood that some American operators have used the Europeanmarket occasionally when a return cargo was not otherwise available. Since the main interest is speed, the majority ofirregular air carriers consider that negotiating through an exchange would waste time. Although many of the U.S. air- Operating Results for the Three British Airways Corporations ALTHOUGH the accounts for the full financial year whichended last March have only recently been published, the three British Airways Corporations' provisional operating re-sults for the period April to September, 1948, have now been made available. In 1947, from April to September, the totaldeficit was ^4,690,000 exclusive of the provision for losses of B.E.A.s subsidiary and associate companies. This was in-creased by the end of the year to ^10,820,000, nearly two and a half times the figure for the first half-year. The greater loss is3xplained, by the Ministry, by the less favourable results in the winter season and it must therefore be expected that thedeficit of /3,990,000 for this first half-year will be more than doubled by the end of the year, and is consequently expectedto exceed the ^8,000,000 to which the available subsidy limit drops this year from £10,000,000. It is said that the measuresof reorganization and economy have not yet had time to in- fluence the financial results, and some relief in expenditure may be expected from the delivery of new aircraft, particularly withregard to B.O.A.C. It is interesting that the operating ex- penditure and revenue on B.E.A. internal services has in-creased and the load factor has decreased very slightly. This is due to the employment of Dakotas on all internal serviceswith the exception only of the Scilly Isles ferry and the Inter- Channel Islands routes which are flown with Rapides. Theaverage over-all load factor throughout the Corporations is low and has fallen off considerably since last year, particularly isthis noticeable in B.O.A.C. An increase in expenditure in B.S.A.A. is explained by the acquisition of Tudor aircraft andthe consequent training and conversion which was necessary. Increased passenger revenue through the operation of theselarger aircraft was not fulfilled, it is said, on account of delays in deliveries, and the temporary grounding of the aircraft fol-lowing the disappearance of Star Tiger. Tudor IVs are now back in service. THE SIX MONTHS APRIL-SEPTEMBER 1948 COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD 1947. FINANCES ARE STATED IN THOUSANDS OF POUNDS. Operating Revenue Operating Expenditure Operating Deficit Non-operating Expenditure (net) Total Deficit Operating expenditure per capacity ton-miie ... Capacity ton-miles flown (millions) Revenue load ton-miles flown Overall load factor (°,,) Number of employees (average for period) B.O.A.C. 1948 7,544 9,898 2,354 330 2,684 53.25d. 44.6 28.1 63.0 20,869 1947 6,037 8,827 2,790 374 3,164 70.34d. 30.1 21.4 71.2 23,088 B.E.A. 1948 Continen- tal 2.ISI 2,324 143 1 m 57.4 Id. 9.7 6.5 66.6 7,3 Internal 979 1.707 720 6 7 69.33d. 5.9 3.3. 56.1 35 1947 Continen- tal 1,570 2,011 441 1,3 75.l2d. 6.4 4.3 66.2 7,3 Internal 733 1 579 846 28 5 30.53d. 4.7 2.7 56.6 5 B.S.A.A 1948 1.118 1,513 395 15 410 44.77d 8.1 4.5 55.9 1,695 1947 1,043 1,239 196 15 211 44.07d. 6.7 4.1 61.2 1,150 TOTAL I94H 11,822 15 442 3,620 371 3,991 54.22d. 68.3 42.4 62.1 29,949 1947 9,383 13.656 4273 417 4,690 68.28d. 48.0 32.5 67.7 31,553 I.E.A. figures are exclusive of provision for losses of subsidiary and associated companies. l.S.A.A. expenditure and revenue figures for April-Stptember 1947 ore 50 per cent of full year's figures : operating stotist/cs are for the actual 6-mcmh period. 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