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FLIGHT, 20 April 1950 CIVIL AVIATION NEWS.. Convention is 2 million Poincare gold francs, and is propor-tional to the weight of the aircraft at the rate of 250 francs per kilo. The maximum amount for loss of life is 200,000irancF. Under the new draft, the amount of compensation without any proof of fault has teen raised to 6 million francs,the rate of increase being 100 francs per kilo of aircraft weight. Special rules have been laid down concerning gliders, balloonsand smaller aircraft. New principles of distributing the com- pensation have been provided, and the compulsory insurancerequirements of the former convention have been eased in the new draft. A system whereby a court of law in the country in whichan accident occurs has exclusive jurisdiction over all subse- quent actions is recommended. In a report and commentaryon the new draft convention I.C.A.O.'s Legal Committee con- siders that the present text represents a solution which takesinto account both the interests of third parties on the surface and the operator, and therefore should be considered asgenerally satisfactory and acceptable. 505 NEW COLONIAL LINK T) LAN'S i,.r I In- establishment 01 an air link brtween British -*- Guiana and Boa Vista in Brazil will be finalised during a visit to the colony this month Ly Lhe Brazilian Governor of the Federal Territory of the Kio Branco. British Guiana Airways have been granted permission to carry aviation spirit, flour, sugar, rice and cement to Boa Vista from Port George- town. With the exception of rice and sugar, i.u which quanti- ties of 500 tons annually are authorized, t'ic .supplies needed in Boa Vista will not be taken from the local slocks but from imports entering British Guiana as transit cargo. The extensive increases in freight traffic which will result fromthis bilateral agreement will serve to improve the Com- pany's annual revenue and consequently reduce the Government subsidy which is now required to meet the increasing opera- tional losses that are being incurred. The existence of a U.K.-Brazil agreement has removed any currency-exchange difficulties which might otherwise have been involved, and the new service should equalize payloads 011 British Guiana Airways' aircraft in both directions. A photo- graph of a B.G.A, Dakota appeared in Fltght lasi week. BREVITIES A BILATERAL agreement has been concluded between theBritish and Swiss Governments by which Swiss airlines will operate to and through the U.K., and British aircraft will operate into Switzerland. The agreement was signed by Lord Pakeriham and the Swiss Minister in London on April 5th. * • # It is understood that an application by Scottish Aviation to operate the Aberdeen-Belfast service, which was refused by the M.C.A. last year, has again been recommended by the Air Transport Advisory Council. The company plans to run a daily service between Aberdeen and Belfast via Perth, Edin- burgh and Prestwick. * * • When the Vickers Viscount arrived at Northolt after com- pleting the first part of its Continental demonstration tour, Sir Hew Kilner, managing director of Vicker3, said "... every- one who flew in the airliner liked it very much indeed . . . we gave 42 demonstration flights for foreign airline officials, and I think there is a very good possibility of selling the Viscount to two or three of the countries we visited." * * • Panagra inaugurated a service from Miami to La Paz with Jato-equipped DC-4.S on March 30th. The new service, which replaces twin-engined aircraft on a twice-weekly schedule between Lima and La Paz, will connect with flights along the west coast of South America; it will also reduce elapsed time between Miami and La Paz by two hours. The Jato equip- ment will provide the extra power which may be required for take-offs at the high altitude at which La Paz is located STRANGE CARGO : Airwork Ltd. was recently asked to perform an un- usual charter flight which involved the transport of two rare white Rhino- ceroses from Khartoum to Antwerp. The animals—which were accompanied by other fauna for Antwerp Zoo—are shown being unloaded at the airport. I.C.A.O. has announced that Dr. Albert Roper is to retire next year from his post,of Secretary-General. He was formerly Secretary-General to I.C.A.N. in Paris from 1922-47. Dri Roper, who was born in France, served as a pilot with the French Ai: Force during the first World War. * • * In.Information Circular No. 31, M.C.A. announces changes in certain fees chargeable under Schedule IV of the Air Navi- gation Order, 1949. The changes affect certification of aircraft and equipment, permits to fly and also medical examinations for the renewal of crew licences * * * B.O.A.C.'s Yorks used on the Nassau-Miami route were replaced on April 1st by Vikings operated under charter by B.W.I.A., the Corporation's associate company in the Carib- bean area. The Vikings will make two return flights a day throughout the year, but during the peak tourist season the frequency will be increased to three round trips a day, tAt a meetinj of the Leith Dock Commission last week it was reported that M.C.A. officials who had inspected the pro-posed site for the construction of a flying-boat base at Leith Docks were satisfied with the arrangements; the grant of alicence is expected in the near future. As mentioned in Flight of March 2nd, Aquila Airways propose to use the base on ascheduled service between Leith and Falmouth. > it Representatives of thirty-two nations and seven inter-national organizations are attending an I.C.A.O. Regional Air Navigation meeting which opened in Havana,Cuba, on April nth. The session was called to examine the needs of civil aviation in the Carib-bean area. Among matters on the agenda are airport facilities, navigational aids, air trafficcontrol and rescue services. The meeting i? expected to last for about three weeks. * * * Riugway Airport, owned by the ManchesterCorporation, will be taken over by the State on July 1st. The M.C.A. has stated that compensa-tion will be payable from that date. It is under- stood that a deputation from the Manchester Air-port Committee will shortly ask the Minister to permit the Corporation to retain control and actas agent for the Government. The services at -.ent using the airport will be unaffected by theange. With effect from April 16th, K.L.M. introduced a new summer schedule which includes several frequency increases on European services. A three-times-weekly flight is being made between Glasgow and Amsterdam, and the London- Amsterdam service is now flown daily. The Amsterdam-Manchester-Dublin service is increased from four to six flights weekly, and the frequency of the Oslo flights from four to seven. In addi- tion, the weekly services to New York are in- creased to eight, and westbound flying time on tiie Indonesian route has been reduced by 45 hr hv abolishing overnight stops.
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