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FLIGHT, 22 December 1949 789 CIVIL AVIATION NEWS LEVEL LOADING: Introducing new ideas in air-freight handling, the model freight terminal shown was designed by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation's sales engineer. It incorporates extend- able and movable cargo ramps which permit direct loading and eliminate the need for accurate positioning of the aircraft. mence operations on these routes. The American company asserts that the Montreal-New York route is the only profitable one which it operates and,that if competition by T.C.A. is allowed, it will have to curtail other services.Mr. Dewey has justified his request with the opinion that any cessation of Colonial Airline services in New York State would injure the commerce and transportation of the State generally. Heconsidered that the action of the Canadian Air Transport Board was arbitrary and directly opposed to the interests of thecommunities served by Colonial Airlines. Some American senators are said to have objected stronglyto the State Department's action and that the chairman of the Senate Judicial Committee has called the Canadian step "aretaliatory action which cannot be tolerated by the United States Government." An observer is being sent to report onthe proceedings of the action. RADIO SHOWROOM VX7TTH the object of demonstrating and explaining the** workings of aircraft radio aids, Airwork, Ltd., has opened a radio showroom in the terminal building at GatwickAirport. All types of equipment in current use are being displayed and operated. Prospective customers having littleor no knowledge of radio, may have detailed explanation and comparison of the various types of equipment, together withadvice on the best methods of installing the appropriate units in their aircraft. BREVITIES AT the invitation of the Scottish Advisory Council for CivilAviation, R.M.A. Caledonia, flagship of B.O.A.C's Strato- cruiser fleet, will be officially named by Lord Pakenham atPrestwick on January 7th. _ # • * F.A.M.A., the Argentinian airline, has applied to C.A.B. forpermission to operate a regular service between Buenos Aires and New York. Permission is likely to be granted for a periodof six months, by which time a new bilateral transport agree- ment may be in effect between Argentina and the UnitedStates: the airline's concession would then be extended auto- matically. • * * In addition to her assessment as a member of I.C.A.O.,Canada is contributing to the operations of that organization at the rate of $63,000 a year in the form of lowered rentalcharges on the I.C.A.O. headquarters building at Montreal. This "cost rental," it is believed, has been agreed for a periodof 20 years, the customary procedure for countries in which such international bodies make their headquarters. • • • The Canadian Department of Transport announces that thetrans-Oceanic air-traffic control headquarters will be trans- ferred from Moncton to Gander, with effect from April 1st.The transfer, is a direct result of the Confederation under which Newfoundland now becomes Canada's tenth province, therebymaking Gander the closest centre from which trans-Atlantic traffic may be directed. Headquarters for domestic air-trafficcontrol in the Maritime Provinces will remain at Moncton. • • • It is claimed that more than 17,000 passengers have flownon the Stratocruiser Clippers of Pan American World Airways during the six months ended December 2nd. Of this total,12,000 were carried on 275 trans-Atlantic flights to London or Frankfurt and the remainder on the New York-Bermuda run.Since the fleet of Stratocruisers began their trans-Atlantic duties on June 2nd they have accumulated some 45,800,000passenger miles and approximately 1,120,000 aircraft miles. * * * Philippine Airlines' DC-6 flight which left London for Manilaon November 23rd, is reported to have broken the flight-time record on this route by taking 31 hr 20 min; the scheduledtime is 34 hr 30 min. The line operates a weekly DC-6 sleeper service to London and Manila, via Madrid, Rome, Lydda,Karachi and Calcutta, and from Manila, a bi-weekly DC-6 service to San Francisco via Guam, Wake and Honolulu; aDC-4 service is also flown from Manila to Hong Kong and Tokvo. C.A.B. announces that parties organized under educational,religious or charitable auspices may, from June to September next year, fly the Atlantic at approximately half fares. * • * Situated at Kulayat, near Tripoli, Syria, the first Lebaneseairport capable of receiving four-engined aircraft has been opened by the Premier, Riad el Solh. * » • Negotiations are in progress between the governments ofNew Zealand and Canada for an agreement which will include New Zealand in the operations of a Canadian air service to theSouth Pacific. The negotiations are believed solely to concern the responsibility of providing certain flying aids and facilities,and no great obstacles are anticipated. * * • Air France will fly no London-Paris services on Christmasand New Year's Days. Four supplementary services will be operated on December 23rd, 27th, 28th and 31st, all after1930 hr. On the London-Riviera service the Sunday flights which would normally be made on December 25th and January1st will be flown on December 23rd and 30th respectively. * • # The firm of Mitchell, Cotts and Co., Ltd., will in futurerepresent Cyprus Airways on the Baltic Exchange. The arrangement will be a reciprocal one whereby the airline willoffer freight as well as aircraft, and it will therefore assist the current policy of placing charter business on a sound eco-nomical basis by offering regular " backloads " from Africa and the Middle East. * * * * The mountain-studded South American republic of Colombia,which claims to have operated the first commercial airline and to have introduced the first airmail stamp in the westernhemisphere, celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of its national airline, Avianca, on December 5th. Avianca commencedoperating in 1919 with two four-passenger, single-engined Junkers F-3S, and during the first year carried only 12 passen-gers. To-day it has a fleet of seven DC-4S and 30 DC3S, and last year carried 61,000,000 1b of freight. * • * It has been estimated that United States internal airlineswill show a net profit of $17,000,000 (^6,000,000) for 1949. During the first nine months of the year the ten major airlinesmade a net profit of $16,339,000 (approximately ,£5,750,000) as compared with a net deficit of $7,220,000 (about £2,570,000)for the corresponding period of las* year. According to the
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