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FLIGHT JULY 14TH, 1949 Civil Aviation News of the Bath Road, which will not be until 1953 at the earliest.It is understood that the primary object of the Order is to limit the height of structures in the immediate approaches tothe runways in conformity with international practice and in the interests of safety. It will also enable the Minister torequire tall trees to be lopped where necessary and to close private rights of way. CHANNEL TRAFFIC HPRAFFIC between France and England reaches its climax•*- during the holiday months of July and August. Air France measures to deal with the increase start to-morrow,July 15th, with certain services operated by 44-seater Sky- masters in place of the usual 33-seater Languedocs. Someweek-end services between London and Paris will use Orly instead of Le Bourget, the former being normally used byAir France on long-distance flights only. On July 27th a new daily service will be introduced to theRiviera, arriving in Nice at 1525 hr and connecting with road services to Juan-les-Pins, Cannes and Monte Carlo. Thereturn aircraft will leave Nice at 1620 hr. On July 29th Air France and B.E.A. will introducespecial London to Paris excursion services (30-day return fare, /io) for those willing to travel between 2200 and 0800 hr. FEBRUARY AIRPORT ACTIVITY THE total number of passengers embarked or disembarkedduring February on scheduled air services and inter- national charter flights at airfields reporting to the Ministryof Civil Aviation totalled 76,177. Nearly 3,000,000 1b of freight and 1,500,000 lb of mail were also handled. Of 23,419take-offs and landings, 8,614 were on a^r transport services. At Prestwick, of the 453 aircraft movements, the majoritywere trans-Atlantic and continental flights, on which 3,917 passengers were in transit. Aircraft movements in column (a) of the accompanyingtable are for scheduled services and international charter nights only ; in column (b) are movements of all other aircraftFigures given in columns (c) and (d) are for passengers and freight on scheduled services and international charter flightsonly. Airport Aberdeen (Dyce) Belfast (Nutts Corner)... Blackbushe Bovingdon Inverness (Dalcross) Isle of Man (Ronaldsway) Kirkwall (Hatston) Liverpool (Speke) LondonManchester (Ringway) Northolt Prestwick Renfrew Southampton (Eastleigh) Southampton Water ... Others Aircraft (a) 249 300 H8 105 232 205 502 313 1,425297 1,876 453 570234 60 1,645 Movements (b) 860 18 301 781 16 53 II 259 517 687 368 335 IIS 922 497 9.115 Passengers 5b6 4.496 1,749 618 1,129 1,655 1,103 3,352 18,7712,455 23,330 5,485 5.115 1,079 1,107 4,147 Freight (Ib) ""el) 9,815 SP. (81 174,265 398,760 18,038 13,184 15,209 72,615 1,193,236113,425 610,956 67,591 38,486 2,453 27.110 132,998 MR. TRIPPE THEORISES IN a recent statement to the United States Senate Committeeon Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Mr. Juan T. Trippe, President of Pan American Airways, said that airlines shouldbe regarded as controlled public utilities. He urged that pay- ment for the carriage of mail should be separated from sub-sidies so that American operators could be placed on a sound financial basis without undue cost to the Government and thetaxpayer. The airlines, he said, were treated as public utili- ties, but at the time were subjected to the com-petition which was proper and appropriate only to uncon- trolled industries. He thought there would be no real solutionto the American airline problem while companies were con- trolled public utilities and at the same time free enterprises. Mr. Trippe presented a programme designed to "maintainfor the United States first place on the airlines of the world." His first point was that United States international airlinesshould be paid only the standard international rate for carrying U.S. mail on foreign routes and that any subsidies which werenecessary to offset comparatively high wages in America should be a separate payment. He considered that mergers shouldbe encouraged so as to reduce the necessary subsidy and that subsidy payments should be determined in advance and in a manner designed to restore incentive. His final point in theprogramme was that the Government should endorse the insti- tution of low-cost tourist fares to stimulate travel abroad.In order to separate direct subsidy from subsidized mail payments, said Mr. Trippe, airlines should be paid at the rateset by the Universal Postal Convention for the most important routes on which American operators met foreign competitionand over those routes on which the U.S. was paying foreign operators for carrying American mail when there was alreadyan American operator. He suggested that the subsidy should be adjusted to make up the difference between the wages ofAmerican airline employees and the lowest rate paid by foreign operators on the same route. In effect, such a scheme wouldconstitute a subsidy to American workmen employed in inter- national aviation. He further suggested that the Civil Aero-nautics Board should be given authority to grant additional subsidy to offset the effect of direct financial aid by foreignGovernments to their own airlines. That suggestion would, in effect, cover the cost of opening up prestige routes and thosewhich would be in the national interest but would have a low traffic potential. In suggesting that the amount should bedetermined in advance, Mr. Trippe said the present system 'of fixing rates retrospectively had imposed a cost-plus philosophywhich was damaging on every count. MILEAGE MILLIONAIRES: At a recent lunch, as related below. Lord Pakenham entertained three pioneer airline pilots (left to right) : Capt. £. S. . A/cock of B.O.A.C, Mr. R. H. Mdntosh of Airwork, Ltd., and Capt. 0. P. Jones of B.O.A.C. BREVITIES B.O.A.C. has announced that for the first five months ofthis year receipts in the United States for transatlantic passenger fares amounted to £100,000 more than in the corre-sponding period of 1948. Cargo receipts were £62,500 more. The total payload flown across the Atlantic during May thisyear was 12.8 per cent greater than the same month last year. • * *Lord Pakenham recently entertained three veteran airline pilots to mark the celebration of 30 years of civil aviation.It was his wish to meet personally some of the pioneer pilots who had played their part in the early days, and his guestswere Capt. E. S. J. Alcock, of B.O.A.C., who has flown nearly 4,000,000 miles; Mr. R. H. Mclntosh, of Airwork,Ltd. (over 3,500,000 miles); and Capt. O. P. Jones, of B.O.A.C. (over 3,000,000 miles). • # # During nine months of the Berlin Air Lift, B.S.S.A. aircraftflew 2,021 sorties, carrying petrol, fuel, oil, foodstuffs, coal and other supplies into the city. In May, the five Tudor Vtankers flew a total of 1,161 hr, equivalent to an annual utiliza- tion rate of 2,786.4 hr per aircraft. During April the sameaircraft had flown 867 hr, a utilization rate of 2,433.6 hr. The achievement reflects great credit on the maintenance staff inGermany and at London Airport and Langley, where major overhauls are carried out. • * # As a result of Hull Corporation Aerodrome Committee'sestimate that running costs would be heavy, it has been decided to recommend that the City Council should not acquirethe R.A.F. at Catfoss for development as a civil airport. The airfield, which is nearly 20 miles from Hull, is being vacated.An alternative suggestion is that, to meet future requirements, B 14
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