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FLIGHT, 24 August 1950 127 fell from £2,278,100 to .£1,196,095, an improvement of 47.5 per cent. The chief executive considers that B.E.A. is likely to remain " in the black " for the rest of the summer months. In the same article Mr. Masefield gives details of how in- creased reliability and savings in fuel and money were effected by limiting the maximum cruising-power settings of the engines in the Corporation's Vikings and Dakntas. The new figures are 850 and 650 b.h.p. for the Hercules and Twin Wasp respectively. The Viking timetables are scheduled on 770 b.h.p. per engine (giving a 19G m.p.h. cruising speed at 5,000 ft), whereas those for the Dakotas are scheduled on 550 b.h.p. per engine (giving 160 m.p.h. at 5,000 ft). Additional power is thus available in each case to increase speed to meet headwinds, or to offset delays. The reduction in power used and improvement in punctuality is said to have reduced B.E.A.'s fusl bills by some £5,000 in June alone, apart from further savings which accrue from improved engine reliability and lower maintenance costs. British Airways Operating Statistics for April, 19 JO Revenue a/c-milej ... Total a/c-miles Revenue passengers Revenue pass.-miles Available seat-miles... Rev. load factor (pass.) Cargo (tons) : Mai! Freight Rev. load ton-miles Usable capacity ton-miles Overall rev. load-factor Total revenue hr ... Total non-revenue hr Equivalent annual utilization (rev. Unduplicated route-miles Percentage regularity Average stage (miles) (Figure* for the corresponding period of 1949 are given B.O.A.C. All Areas 2,167.947 (2.550,564) 2,480,636 (2.746.489) 13,722 02,876) 39,558,436 (33,7/4.780) 71,955.911(50,154.081) 55.0(67.2) 137.0 (M2.8) 330.8(31IJ) 5,792.871 (5.077.879) 10.521,043 (9,8/8,980) 55.7 (57.4) 10,080 (13.464) 1,6240.224) 1.4010,277) 70.052 (81.447) 98.4 (97J)1,089 0.0(7) B.O.A.C. WesternAres 332,613 (292,295) 399,068 (3/3.680) 2.695 (2,8/0) 8.636.225 (5,639,/18) 17,574,081(7,692,76/) 49.1(73.3) 27.4 (27.8) 51.9(52.4) 1,089,602 (77C.726) 2,036,079 (1,306,427) 53.9 (60.2) 1,373 0,332) 333 0/7) __ 6,911 (7.700) 97.2 (98.2)1.338 0.078) B.O.A.C. EasternArea 1.395,605 (1.788.591) 1,612,456 (1,915,766) 8.277 (8,019) 26,779,885 (25.576.Z75) 40.769.660(36,594,/50) 65.7(69.9) 95.0 (99.5) 225.9(2/5.5) 4,047,549 (3,801,508) 6,527,347 (6,3/2,207) 62.8 (60.6) 6,720 (9.441) 1,101(777) _ 46.113 (54,202) 99.0 (97.2) 1.099 (1.040) B.O.A.C. SouthAmerican Area 439,729 (469,678) 469.112 (5/7,043) 2,750 (2.047) 4,142,326 (2,499,487) 13,612,170(5,867,/70) 30.4(42.6) 14.6 (15.5) 53.0 (43.6) 655,720 (497.645) 1,957,617 (2.200,346) 33.9 (38.8) 1.987 (2,69/) 190(330) 17,028 09.545) 97.5 (98.1) 933 (884) n parentheses) B.E.A. All Divisions 1.569,381 (/, 195.826) I,59S,354 (1,227,081) 68,374 (J/,6/8) 20,249.951 (14,893.476) 32,760,878(24.967,121) 61.8(59.7) 332.0 (273.3) 705 6 (424.9) 2,120,228 0,560. (89) 3,667,859 (2,76/,467) 57.9 (57.3) 10.496 (8,23/) - 769(615) 1,4470,233) 13,152 03,374) 98.1 (96.4) 222 (202) B.E.A. ContinentalDivision 1.166.284 (795,/28) 1,180,956 (8/0,632) 39.255 122.813) ,A5,hs,676 (9,9/2.085) 24,037,38006,930,49/) 62.9(58.5) 229 8 08/.9) 527 5 (J03.0) 1.669.079 (/./32,387)2,863.681 (2,004.725) 58.4 (56.9) 7,128 (4,809) 100 (99) 1,837 0.420) 10.345 (/0.432) 98.1 (96.1) 358 (363) B.E.A.British Division 403.097 (400,698) 414.398 (4/6,449) 29,119 (28.805) 5,124.275 (4,981,391) 8,723,498 (8,036,630) 58.7 (62.0) 102.2 (91.4) 178.1 (121.9) 451.149 (427.802) 804,178 (756,742) 56.2 (58.3) 3.368 (3,422) 110 046) 1,001 (1.040) 2,807 (2,942) 93.2 (96.6) 112 0'/) B.E.A.'s Associates 100,105 (/5,520) ___ 1,879 (622) 350,753 (33,748) 1,011,126(94J48) 34.7 (35.8) n ^V. J IOO.4 36,259 (2.707) 143,131 (8,011) 25.3 (33.8) 778 (163) _ _ 3,298 (515) 100.0 (94.1) 121 (69) DURING April the British Airways Corporations and com-panies operating under associate agreements with B.E.A. carried a total of almost 84,000 passengers, representing an increase of 29 per cent on the total for April, 1949. The passenger-mileage figure amounted to some 60 million—an increase of 24 per cent—and freight and mail ton-mileage rose by 16 and 7 per cent respectively. Of these totals, B.O.A.C. carried 13,700 passengers and flew almost 40 million passenger-miles, 4 million of these being on the routes in the South American area formerly operated by B.S.A.A. This latter figure was an increase of 66 per cent over that for the corresponding month of last year. Of B.E.A.'s 20 million passenger-miles, 15 million were flown on Continental routes, where traffic was 52.6 per cent greater than in 1949. A spectacular increase (74 per cent) was also seen in the freight-tonnage figure for the same routes. Both Corporations are now achieving improved figures for equivalent annual utilization. In April aircraft of B.O.A.C. and B.E.A. were flying at the rates of 1,401 and 1,447 revenue hours per aircraft respectively. Following the merger of B.S.A.A. with B.O.A.C. on August 1st, 1949, the Corporation was re-organized into three adminis- trative divisions in December. No divisional figures therefore exist for April, 1950. To maintain some comparison with earlier periods, the total statistics for B.O.A.C. are divided into three geographical areas which correspond broadly to the regions formerly served by the Eastern, Western and South American Divisions. BREVITIES A BILATERAL air agreement is reported to have beensigned by Egypt and France. • • • On the occasion of the 129th anniversary of Peru's inde- pendence, a representative of B.O.A.C. was presented with a gold medal and scroll by the Mayor of Lima. The presentation was to mark the opening by the Corporation of an air route between Peru and Europe. * * * The rapid growth of Airways (India), Ltd., is shown by the fact that revenue passenger-mileage has increased from 4,881,000 in 1947 to 17,467,000 in 1949. The company operates twelve DC-3S and two D.H. Doves. • • * Issued by the Meteorological Office, Professional Notes No. 102 discuss the general weather conditions associated with Khamsin depressions along the Mediterranean coast of Tripoli- tania, Libya and Egypt. The origin and characteristics of various sand-storms are given, together with a tentative classification into areas of districts between Tunis and the Canal Zone which are affected by such storms. The pamphlet is obtainable from H.M. Stationery Office, price 4d. Air France is now offering a four-day excursion fare from London to Le Touquet, valid at week-ends and mid-week, for £5 15s. This is believed to be the cheapest return rate between London and the Continent. • • • Two of Aquila Airways' Hythe flying-boats have beenequipped with G.E.C. air-circulation ovens to permit passengers on the gj-houi flight from Madeira to Southampton to beserved with hot meals. * • • The Australian Department of Civil Aviation has granted apermit to the Netherlands Government to make a series of charter flights between Dutch New Guinea and Darwin.K.L.M. will operate these services, which will, in effect, pro- vide a link between New Guinea and the international routespassing through Darwin. ( • • • According to the New York Journal of Commerce, a shortageof nylon for hosiery is likely to reduce the volume of American transatlantic cargo traffic by one half. A leading airlineexecutive has commented: " Present air cargo operations show too great a dependence upon a single commodity . . . the
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