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1949
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28o FLIGHT MARCH IOTH, 1949 S.A.F.E. Service to hanghai : Dis- cussions to Relax LC.A.O. Design Standards CIVIL AVIATION NEWS CUPPER "AMERICA": Taking off from Boeing Field for delivery to Pan American Airways, is the first of 20 Stratocruisers on order for that American airline. Three more will probably be delivered to P.A.A. this month. NORWEGIAN SERVICE TO FAR EAST PERMISSION has been granted by the Norwegian Govern-ment to South American and Far East Airlines (S.A.F.E.)to operate scheduled services between Norway and the Far East. It is understood that the route will be from Oslo and/orStavanger through Amsterdam, Geneva, Rome, Cairo, Basra, Karachi, Bombay, Calcutta, Bangkok, Hong Kong to Shanghai.The contract is to operate for five years as from March 1st this year. The airline was formed in March, 194G, by Braathens, theNorwegian shipping company, when three Skymasters were purchased from the United States. In 1947 a Dakota andanother Skymaster were added to the fleet and last August the company made its first flight from Norway to Caracas,Venezuela, via Reykjavik, Gander and Bermuda and estab- lished a semi-regular service. Until recently, maintenance work had been carried out byK.L.M. at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, but the company now has its own maintenance organization at Sola Airport,Stavanger. S.A.F.E. operated at a profit during its first year. THE AIMS OF S.I.T.A. THE establishment of a new company to assist and improvecommunications for civil aviation on the Continent was announced in Flight of March 3rd. The primary object is to establish a system of land lines within the Continent and radio links with other countries to eliminate the present excessive delays in dealing with administrative messages amongst the air lines. There will also be a resultant benefit to the public through speedier handling of reservations. Eleven airline companies—A. B. A.. D.N.L., D.D.L., B.E.A.C, B.O.A.C, B.S.A.A., K.L.M., Sabena, Swissair, T.W.A. and Air France—have formed the new company, which will be known as the Societe Internationale de Tele- communications Aeronautiques. It has been thrown open to all members of I.A.T.A. and on its board are represented the British company, International Aeradio, Ltd., and its Ameri- can counterpart. Aeronautical Radio Inc. M. Fraucoise de Keghel of Sabena has been elected chairman and Mr. V. Wolf son, of B.E.A., who is also director and deputy chairman of International Aeradio, Ltd., is on the Executive Com- mittee. It is intended that members shall pool their existing com- munication facilities, so that new means of communication will be available to all operators—means of which they could not otherwise take advantage, owing to the high cost of in- stallation and maintenance. In the initial stages the company will survey the present situation on the Continent and, after policies have been agreed, it is hoped to start work this sum- mer. One of the first undertakings will be to provide direct communications between the main European airports. The articles of association state that no cue company or group of companies of the same nationality can obtain a majority vote and that any resolution is to be carried by a majority of those present at a meeting with the casting vote held by the chairman. The administrative office of the com- pany will be situated in Paris, but the head office will remain at 192, Rue Royale, Brussels. WEST AFRICAN AIRWAYS REPORT "PREPARATION of an annual report for the year 1946-47 •t was deferred since in that first year only preliminary work in the West African Airways Corporation was possible and the first aircraft was not delivered until September 14th, 1947. The annual accounts attached to the report for the two years ended March 31st, 1948, showed a deficit of £76,595, as ap- proximately expected for the period of development. In view of the short period and the rapid development of new services coupled with unavoidable teething troubles, no useful deductions can be made from the figures. The Board state, however, that there are indications that the estimated revenue for 1948-49 will be realized. With a senior staff of 129 and a junior, staff of 795, West African Airways Corporation oper- ated seven de Havilland Doves over seven routes, totalling 2,632 miles. During the year, 1,804 passengers were carried and on scheduled and all other kinds of flights a total of 245,269 miles were flown. During the period there were no accidents which were fatal of which involved injury, but two aircraft were damaged. W.A.A.C. services are of the omnibus type with passengers getting on and off all along the route and under such conditions it is difficult to obtain a high load factor. On scheduled services the load factor was 46.6 per cent throughout the period and the overall average on all flying was 55.8 per cent. I.C.A.O. DESIGN STANDARDS ; THE International Civil Aviation Organization Airworthi-ness Division is preparing performance and design standards for four separate categories of transport aircraft. It is believed that under certain conditions it will be possible to modify the very high standards now recommended for transport aircraft without prejudice to flying safety or efficiency. Aircraft built for short distance operation, for example, would not be called upon to maintain height with one engine inoperative with such a wide margin of safety as an aircraft used on long international flights across seas B 12
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