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656 Civil Aviation News FLIGHT JUNE 2ND, 1940, cations, of surveys, and of scientific studies of the application of new inventions in electronics could proceed together. The New Zealand National Airways Corporation now flies some 2,201 route miles on internal services and 5,273 in the Pacific region. The daily scheduled total mileage is about 11,509 and 753 respectively. B.O.A.C. SERVICES INCREASEI N anticipation of increased summer tourist traffic, B.O.A.C.introduced on June 1st one extra return flight a week on the Atlantic service, bringing the number up to seven returnservices, providing more than 300 seats weekly in each direction. Under the new schedule, westbound flights are madeon Tuesdays and Fridays to Montreal via Prestwick and Gander; on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays to New Yorkvia Prestwick and Gander; and on Wednesdays and Sundays' to New York via Shannon and Gander. Return flights fromMontreal to London fly via Gander and Prestwick oh Wednes- days and Saturdays, while those from New York leave onMondays and Thursdays via Gander and Shannon, and on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays via Gander and Prestwick. Further increases have also been made on the B.O.A.C./Qantas Constellation services between Sydney and London. There will be eight return flights a fortnight, providing 344seats in each direction. Services will leave London Airport each Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday and on alternateFridays and Mondays. Return flights will leave Sydney each Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. The journey of12,000 miles from the United Kingdom takes 87 hours. There is an additional stop at Basra on the return flight from Sydneyand the time taken to London is 97 hours. Intermediate stops BRITISH EXPORT: A Ford Prefect being loaded aboard a Curtiss Commando which few it in one hour 15 minutes from Guayaquil to Quito, Ecuador. Delivery by train across the Andes would have taken two days. " »: ^ are made at Rome, Cairo, Karachi, Calcutta, Singapore asd Darwin. Calls at Batavia are made by the services leaving London and Sydney on Wednesdays. Fares between London and Sydney are £260 single, £468 return. ~ - -.---•- ~ , British Airways* Operating Statistics for February* 1049 Passengers carried Cargo carried ; Mail (tons) ,. Freight (tons) „. „. A • . Average load ; - Pasrengers (No.) ... „ Total (Ib) Average capacity ;Seats (No.) Total (St>) Average length of haul (miles);Passenger ... ... Mail Freight Hours flown ;Revenue ; Passenger services Cargo services Charter and specialflights ... Non-revenue Equivalent annual utilization (revenue hours flown) per aircraft Unduplicated route miles in opera-tion at end of period Percentage regularity Average length of stage flights (miles) ... (figun B.E.A. Ail Divisions 27,627 (22,676) 241.1 (M3.3) 340.6 (225.4) 10.8 ((0./) 2.612 (2,35/) J9.3 (18.3) 4464(4,07/) 319 (32S) 452(388) 519(566) 5,474 (4,9/4) 517 (276) 77 (45) 211 (174) 1,053 (973) 11,885 (13.043) 93.9 (86.4) 205(197) •s for the corresponding period in 1948 ire given <n pirenthesit) B.E.A. British Division 15,034 (13.238) 86.6(68.0) 93.5 (48.2) 8.9 (6.5) 1.861 I/.296) 16.8 (ISA) 3 488 (3,283) 166 </63) 169(139) 186 C65) 2,315 (2,5/9) 77 (4S) 77 (75) 901 (889) 2,387 (3,789) 95.5 (82.6) 105 (120) B.E.A. Continental Division 12,593 (9,438) 154.5 (45.3) 247.1 (/77.2) 11.8 (13.0) 2 929 (3.099) 20.5 • (20.6) 4 888 K630) 489 (S34) 610(760) 645 (675) 3,159 (2,395) 517 (276) 134 (99) 1,183 (/,075) 9,498 (9,254) 91.2 (983) 391 (399) B.O.A.C. All Divisions 8,970 (8,073) 129.7(Z54.9) 254.5 (7/3.0) 15.6 (II 6) 4,940 (3,795) 24.6 C9.fi) 7 962(6,070) 2908 (2,888) 4 769(4,209) 3 781 (3,459) 8,119 (/0,448) 928 (798) 358 (413) 871 (/,836) 1,254 (1.203) 63,786 (60,2/3) 97.1 (98.0) 1 039 (893) B.O.A.C. WesternDivision 1,944 C.758) 29.6(24.7) 48.5 (27.6) 26.7 (16.9) 6,322 (5.227) 41.8 (41.3) 9 929(I/.052) 2318 (2.152) 3 572(3,468) 2 945(2,945) 666 (919) 357 — (96) 52 (588) 8.674 (8,523) 91.8 (83.9) 1 038 (1,152) B.O.A.C. Eastern Division 7,026 (6,3/5) 100.1(/30.2) 206.0 (185.4) 14.4 ('/.«)4,743 (3,632) 22.8 (17.1) 7 682(5,502) 3061 (3,092) 5 122• (4,350) 3 977(3,535) 7,753 (9,529) 571 (798) 358 (3/7) 819 (/,248) 55,112 (5/,690) 97.9 (99.5) 1 039 (87/) B.S.A.A. 2,598 11,138) 16.0 (IS.3) 60.9 (44.7) 8.3 (9./)3,809 (3.835) 20.5 19.5) 8 477(7,226) 818 (3,192) 4 863(5.932) 2 47!(6,005) 1,265 (/,967) 204 (62) 531 198 </63) 1,573 (/.688) 12,926 (/8,375) 98 3. (90.4) 779 0,175) HPRAFFIC and operating statistics for the British Airways-»- Corporations for February, 1949, issued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, show a still further decline, as compared withprevious months, in the number of passengers and amount of freight carried. During the month 37,433 revenue passengerswere carried by the three Corporations, compared with 38,366 in January and 40,026 last December. The total is, however,an increase on the figure for February last year, when 30,087 were flown. Naturally, the short month is contributory. Revenue cargo, mail and excess baggage carried duringJanuary, 1949, amounted to 1,074 tons and during February to 1,042 tons, compared with 765 tons in February last year.Revenue passenger load-factors compared with the same period last year had increased from 42.3 per cent to 52.9 per cent oninternal services and from 57.6 per cent to 60.1 per cent on international services, making a total increase to 59.6 per centfrom 56.4 per cent. The overall revenue load-factor, including freight, decreased from 60.3 per cent to 59.3 per cent. D 10
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