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FEBRUARY 24TH, 1949 FLIGHT ANTIPODEAN : Operating between Rose Soy, Sydney, and the Solomon Islands, New Hebrides and New Caledonia, Trans-Oceanic Airways Pty., Ltd., employ a fleet of converted Sunderlands, one of which, the 36-passenger Australis, is shown above. The scene is Lord Howe Island, which Trans-Oceanic originally visited on an emergency food-carrying flight: they now operate a regular service. B.E.A. Traffic Figures : I.C.A.O. and Charters : Air France Plans SOUTH AFRICAN CHARTER ECHOA N echo of Mercury Airways' differences with the Ministry of Civil Aviation last summer over the carriage of passen- gers between South Africa and England (reported in Flight of July 1st and September 2nd, 1948) was heard in London on February 17th when a charter firm was fined at Bow Street. The company, Ackroyd's Air Travel, Ltd., was alleged to have carried passengers between Croydon and Le Bourget on six dates between September and November in connection with the South African services which Mercury Airways were termi- nating at Paris. Prosecuting counsel said that Ackroyd's had arranged transport and charged Mercury Airways an inclusive price. The case was found proved, and the defendants were fined £30 and 30 gns costs. DAKOTA -ANSON COLLISIONU NTIL an official enquiry is held, it would be useless to speculate on the possible causes of the serious collision which occurred at 0945 hrs last Saturday at Exhall, i\ miles N.E. of Coventry, in what are reported to have been cloudless conditions. The aircraft involved were a B.E.A. Dakota, G-AHCW, flying the 0905 hrs service from London to Glasgow, and a Royal Air Force Ansou. There were no survivors. In the Dakota were six passengers and the crew of four, the latter consisting of Capt. S. McDer- mott, 1st Off. G. D. Kershaw, R/Off. C. \V. Stamper and Steward J. T. Smith. The Anson crew were S/L. A. R. Rush, Pit. II K. Suwala, Sig. II G. Tillon and Cadet Nav. J. Mackison. BE.A. OPERATIONS DURING 1948 '"TRAFFIC figures for B.E.A. operations during 1948, given •*• in the table below, show substantial increases in pas- sengers, freight and mail carried and passenger miles flown. The number of passengers surpassed 1947's total by more than 100,000, freight by more than 1,500 tons and mail byjust over 1,000 tons. The increase shown in passenger miles was over 42,000,000 miles. The B.E.A. fleet, which nowconsists of 33 Vikings, 24 Dakotas (including four freighters) and 18 Rapides, flew 12,345,309 miles, an increase of morethan 806,000 miles over the previous year. During December, 1948, B.E.A. flew 900,847 miles, a recordincrease of more than 113,000 miles over the figures for tht corresponding month of the previous year. More than 50 tonsof excess baggage, 137 tons of mail and 388 tons of freight were carried during the month and the number of passengerscarried rose to 28,556 compared with 26,240 during December. I.C.A.O. STANDARDS FOR NON-SCHEDULED FLIGHTS '"TECHNICAL standards to cover international flights by -*- aircraft not regularly engaged on scheduled air services are being drafted by the International Civil Aviation Organiza- tion's Operations Division, now holding its third session in Montreal. Operational standards for airliners flying schedules routes have already been prepared but there is an increasing need to draft operational standards for non-scheduled inter- national operations because of differences in working conditions created by their nature. Present I.C.A.O. operational standards require each airline captaiii to have flown over his scheduled route and to have made landings at every regular and alternate airport along the route, before he takes command. It is im- possible to apply such a regulation to charter aircraft which one week may carry passengers to South America and the following week may fly cargo to the Far East. Other subjects to be considered include procedures to be fol- lowed in loading aircraft. Present aircraft design takes into account varying temperatures, runway length, aerodrome height above sea level and physical obstacles surrounding an aerodrome to ensure complete safety of operation. These factors must also B.E.A. OPERATIONS DURING 1948 U.K. Services Continental Services Total Services Distance flown (miles) Passengers carried... Passenger-miles flown Excess Baggage (tons) Mail (tons) Freight (tons) 1947 6,637,578329,325 44,287,274 203608 667 19485,359,087 368,755 56,754.723 292 1,123 823 1947 4,901,483133,610 64,035,423 411 586 1,332 1948 6,986,222196.655 93,885.906 5541,154 2,761 1947 11,539,061 462,935 108.322,697 614 1,194 1,999 1948 12,345,309 565,410150,640,629 8462,277 3.584
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