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746 FLIGHT. 22 June 1950 CIVIL AVIATION NEWS Francisco and Los Angeles. United are reported to have found that their share of the traffic on this route has declined from 50 per cent of the total in 1948 to 30 per cent in 1949 ; the company considers, however, that coach fares will prove profitable only if operations are conducted on a small scale. 9 It seems that the prospective airlinepassenger in the U.S. is now confronted with the perplexing choice of two fares—one of which is more than double the other—in order to arrive at his destina-tion (with, we feel sure, equal safety) in the company of either 50 or 80 com-panions, according to choice. He may feel that he should also consult vasttomes of accident statistics before decid- ing whether to save a few more dollarsby flying with a non-scheduled carrier. The operator's planning problemsunder these conditions are obviously so complex that he might do well to re-place all sales managers with qualified psychologists. ; ,,. OF VIKING DESCENT: For use on secondary routes and designed fully to meet I.C.A.O. performance requirements—the new Vickers VC-3. After the style of the Varsity, it will incorporate a nosewheel undercarriage with twin wheels. BREVITIES I.C.A.O.'s Fourth Assembly, which met recently at Montreal,has elected representatives of some 20 nations to form a second I.C.A.O. Council; it will serve for a term of three years. # * * According to the Governor of the Falkland Islands, SirMiles Clifford, a seaplane service is being planned to link the Falkland Islands with Chile and Uruguay.• » * Air India International traffic statistics for 1949 includedthe carriage of some 8,000 passengers over 1,297,000 miles. A regularity figure of 100 per cent was achieved. Revenueton-mileage amounted to 4,426,000 as compared with 1,683,000 in 1948, the year in which the company began its operations.* * * On June 9th, an A.O.A. Stratocruiser landed at LondonAirport from New York to complete the airline's 20,000th trans- atlantic crossing. The company's first scheduled non-stop cross-ing of the North Atlantic was on June 20th, 1942, accomplished with a Vought-Sikorsky flying-boat. Record time for the com-pany's present Stratocruiser services is nhr 37mm. A.O.A.'s present schedules include three departures daily for Europe. * * * At the official opening of the new International AviationBuilding constructed by Canadian National Railways in Mon- treal, the Rt. Hon. C. D. Howe, Minister of Trade and Com-merce, stated that Canada firmly believed that multilateral solutions in aviation problems were generally preferable tobilateral ones. " I think we can all agree," he said, " that I.C.A.O. has established an atmosphere in which internationalaviation can continue to expand and prosper." The demand for reservations on Air France's Parisian service(referred to in Flight of April 20th) has been so great that a second weekly return trip has been found necessary. * * * B.O.A.C. announces that passenger bookings on StratocruiserNew York-London services have shown a 40.2 per cent increase over the figure for the corresponding month of last year.* # * Air India's licence to operate a night-mail service betweenBombay and Delhi has been extended by the Air Transport Licensing Board for a further period of six months. The com-pany has also-been authorized to use Vikings as well as Dakotas on the Bombay-Madras-Colombo service. * * * A young Scotswoman—Miss Ellen Murdoch—at present flyingwith P.A.W.A., claims to be the first "international" stewardess to have flown a million miles. Although only 27,Miss Murdoch has spent some 5,600 hr in the air and crossed the Atlantic 130 times. * * * . •' It is understood that Paul Sauer, the South African Minister of Transport, will fly to Britain on August 26th on an unofficial visit, during which he will have talks with Lord Pakenham re- garding B.O.A.C. services to South Africa. He will be a passenger on the first Constellation flight to be made by S.A. NO EXCUSE NOW? Installation of V.H.F. omni-range equip- ment has now been completed at London Airport. The trans- mitter (of American construction) has been loaned by the C.A.A. for trials with suitably equipped aircraft. Capt. W. Proctor, of American Airlines, claims to be thefirst commercial pilot to have flown regularly up to the age of 60. He first flew in Texas in 1918, and has since recordedsome 3,200,000 miles of commercial flying. Recently, after making his last flight on the New York route, he said thathe had fulfilled a youthful resolution that ''although he would never be the best pilot he would certainly live to be theoldest." It is announced in The Hague that the Netherlands Parlia-ment is shortly to consider methods of meeting the large trading loss sustained by K.L.M. as a result of the suspension of theAmsterdam-Jakarta trunk route for seven months of 1949- The loss on this route, which in 1948 provided over a thirdof K.L.M.'s total revenue, amounted to 27,500,000 guilders (approximately £2,582,000), and it has been suggested thatthe Government may to some extent reimburse K.L.M. During a recent tour of Scottish airports, the ParliamentarySecretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Mr. Frank Beswick, M.P., said in an interview that there is to be a meeting at theScottish Office this month to discuss aircraft manufacture and servicing in general, together with the possibilities of main-taining as much aeronautical work as possible at Prestwick. Mr. Beswick showed particular interest in the island services,and his tour included visits to Orkney, Shetland, Tiree, Stornoway and Port Ellen.
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