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1949
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FLIGHT JANUARY 6TH, 1949 Civil Aviation News Columbia, when surface connections were severed throughsevere floods. The T.C.A. fleet now consists of 20 four-engined North Stars, 27 DC-JJS, and seven Lodestars. Improvementsalong the routes were carried out in office and hangar accom- modation and to runways at some airports. No large routeextensions are foreseen by T.C.A. in the immediate future, but the policy will be to consolidate those routes which are alreadybeing flown. CONSTELLATIONS ON KANGAROO ROUTE /^CONSTELLATIONS have now been put into operation on^—' the B.O.A.C. Kangaroo route from the U.K. to Australia. The new service, which will eventually replace the flying-boats,takes 5J days to cover the 12,000 mile journey. Night stops are made at Rome and Singapore with intermediate stops atCairo, Karachi, Calcutta and Darwin. At present there is one Constellation flight a week and the flying-boat service has beenreduced from three to two a week. It is understood that the Constellation service will be increased to two flights a week inFebruary and the flying-boat service withdrawn altogether. FREIGHTER TOUR TO AFRICA ON Tuesday, January 4th, a New Type 170 Bristol Freighter,African Enterprise, was to leave England on a 17,000 mile demonstration tour of Africa. Considerable interest hasbeen aroused by the two New Type 170 aircraft in service with Central African Airways and demonstrations are plannedfor the three operators East African Airways, South African Airways and West African Airways. Flying via Malta andEgypt the aircraft is scheduled to call at Jidda, Asmara and Aden and reach Addis Ababa on January 10th. After demon-strations at Johannesburg, Salisbury, Lusaka and Elizabeth- ville the aircraft will probably return in mid-February by wayof the Gold Coast and French West Africa. The Freighter is a Type XXIE, designed for the optional carriage of passengersand/or freight. It is expected that the total mileage for this tour will be over 20,000 miles. AIR WORK IN PAKISTAN A CONTRACT has been signed between Pakistan Aviation,Ltd., Karachi, and Airwork, Ltd., London, under which the latter will act as the assistant company and technical con-sultants in the development of an aircraft and engine overhaul shop and training school in Pakistan. Many military and civilBritish and American engines and airframes will be overhauled and the programme is already large. A lot of groundwork isnecessary since technical standards in the Dominion have yet to be established. Workshops will be established at DrighRoad, Karachi, and the huge airship shed originally erected for the R.101 will be modified and used. Some 200 technicianswill be sent to Pakistan and employment will be provided for 400 to 500'semi-skilled and unskilled Pakistanis from whompupils will be selected for advanced training. The contract covers a three year period and it is understood that operationswill start immediately. AIRPORT TRAFFIC IN NOVEMBERM INISTRY of Civil Aviation statistics for November showthat Northolt again handled more aircraft than any other airport in the U.K., but the greatest number of passengerspassed through London Airport. There is a noticeable drop in passenger figures compared with the previous month when atLondon Airport 33,387 passengers, and at Northolt 43,846 passengers were passed through. These figures do not includepassengers in transit. London Airport handled nearly 291 tons of mail and 560 tons of freight, of which 192 tons came in and360 tons went out. Northolt handled nearly 109 tons of mail, of which 23 tons came in and nearly 86 tons went out, and 245tons of freight. The aircraft movements of British operators at some airports have been included in brackets. Aberdeen (Dyce) Belfast (Nutts Corner) Belfast (Sydenham) ...Birmingham (Elmdon) Blackpool (Squires Gate)Bovingdon Bristol (Whitchurch) Cardiff (Pengam Moors) Croydon Edinburgh (Turnhouse) GatwickIsle of Man (Ronalds- way) Kirkwall (Hatiton) ... Liverpool (Speke) London Airport Manchester (Ringway) Northolt Prestwick Renfrew Southampton - (East- leigh)Southampton Water... Weston-super-Mare ... Yeadon All A Movef Arr. 716 — 266807 226337 243 393 372 339 27 i 328 962 410 868 480 266 912 204 235 236 ireraft -nents Dep. 7IS — 277809 226331 243 387369 343 270 331 963 399 884 474 265 914209 234 231 Scheduled Movements Arr. 145 (145) — — 49 78 — 152(93) 652(148) no667 (370) 235 (45) 201 (186) 13335 — — Dep. 145 —_ 48 — 78 — 152 674 113 682 227 210 13139 — Scheduled Passengers Arr. 2,075 96 . 762 . 1,828 9,469 926 8,841 793 2,169 1,078 306 Dep. 2,011 106 - 763 1,626 I3.i67 920 9,369 1,075 2,044 806 891 — \. B.O.A.C. WESTERN DIVISIONW ITH the move of the B.O.A.C. Western Division mainten-ance base, and headquarters of No. 3 line from Dorval to Filton, Bristol, the Western Division headquarters will alsobe transferred from New York to the U.K. In the photograph on this page the Management Committee, some of whom willremain in the U.S.A., are standing in front of the Constellation Bedford. From left to right they are: G/C. G. S. McDougall,O.B.E., Special Representative, Canada; Paul E. Bewshea, Sales Manager; H. Clyde Purnell, Traffic Superintendent; EricWakeford, Accountant; G. A. W Wynne, Public Relations; Erik Nelson, Deputy General Manager; Vernon G. Crudge,O.B.E., General Manager; Charles Abell, O.B.E., Line Mana- ger; J. Ross Stainton, Administration Manager; AlastairThomson, Deputy Sales Manager; Peter Ball, Secretary. The Constellation Bedford was purchased secondhand in July, 1947,for £34,725, and after preliminary work in California was flown to Dorval formodification to B.O.A.C. standards. Work was finished by March, 1948, andthe aircraft was in service the follow- ing month. The total cost of this air-craft after all work was completed was ^114,725, which is less than half theprice of a new aircraft of the type. AIR CHARTER '"THE charter market has been more•*• active during this winter than in previous years, accounted for, it is be-lieved, by a greater appreciation of the possibilities of air freightage amongstcharterers. Also, rates have been re- duced somewhat during the present yearand aircraft owners are meeting their re- quirements to a very large extent byquoting freight rates compatible with the cost of ordinary everyday goods.Before Christmas the increase in small DIVISIONAL COMMITTEE : Members of the B.O.A.C. Western Division Manage- ment Committee at Dorval before the move to the U.K. c 12
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