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1951
1951 - 1983.PDF
432 CIVIL AVIATION . . . FLIGHT increased by 45*8 per cent as compared with the correspondingperiod of last year. Pan-American reported a 35 per cent gain between May andApril, while T.W.A.'s improvement in passenger traffic was about 20 per cent. Most airlines consider the outlook tQ be fairly goodfor the autumn, but long-range forecasts for next year are that traffic will be below this year's level. The only major passenger-attracting event in Europe will be the 1952 Olympic Games, which are to be held in Oslo and Helsinki. S.A.S. are expectingto benefit considerably from the influx of tourists and a number of inclusive-rate tours from the United States are already beingorganized. TOURIST FARES CONTRbVERSY THE plan to introduce tourist-class travel on the North Atlanticroute—which formed one of the main topics of discussion at the. recent I.A.T.A. annual general meeting, held in London— is having a rather stormier passage than had been expected. Representatives of eleven transatlantic operators met last week in an attempt to define the precise tourist fares which were to be charged during an experimental period of six months' operation to begin in October, 1952. They failed to reach agreement, and it is understood that the agenda was not completed because of general opposition offered to the proposals put forward by Pan-American Airways. A statement issued by I.A.T.A. said that the group, which was a special sub-committee of the I.A.T.A. Traffic Conferences, found that it would not be possible to bring the programme into effect by means of a mail vote among the Association's members, and that it would therefore have to be referred to a further meeting of the Traffic Conferences, which is to be held some time in November. The intention of the operators concerned to introduce low-cost fares on the North Atlantic route by October, 1952, as originally decided at the Bermuda Conference last May, remains unaltered. Pan-American's vice-president, Mr. Willis Lipscomb, alleged that certain companies had taken advantage of the technical objections of the C.A.B. to repudiate the agreement reached at Bermuda. He told the meeting that Pan American intended "either within the framework of I.A.T.A., or outside it, if neces- sary," to obtain the required permit to introduce tourist fares on North Atlantic services next year "at rates which will appeal to the general public." He hoped it would be possible to obtain general agreement at the forthcoming meeting in November, but said that his company would not agree to a rate-structure which did not provide tourist fares on this route. Mr. Lipscomb believed there would be a substantial increase in the numbers of people travelling if fares were to be drastically reduced. At Bermuda it was pro- visionally decided that a tourist programme should begin in 1952, with a maximum fare of 250 dollars, the precise amount to be determined by cost surveys carried out by a special I.A.T.A. sub- committee. This committee supported the 250-dollar proposal which, however, met with technical disapproval from the U.S. government who would not agree to a limit of four flights a week. The C.A.B. also suggested an earlier starting date than October, 1952. Answering Mr. Lipscomb's allegation that the Bermuda decision was being repudiated, the spokesman for B.O.A.C. said that, so far as the Corporation was concerned, there was no question of repudiation—but that, as the C.A.B. had rejected an essential part of the agreement, the whole basis of it was changed and therefore required further consideration. Unless, by general consent, precise rates and frequencies are fixed in November, a rate war seems likely on transatlantic services next year. The November Traffic Conference will be the last opportunity for airlines to reach an agreement before April 1st, 1952, when the present fare-structure for the North Atlantic is due to expire. ANGLO-SCANDINAVIAN AGREEMENTS TyEGOTIATIONS which have been conducted recently be-11 tween delegations from Denmark, Norway and Sweden, on the one hand, and the United Kingdom on the other, were con-cluded last Friday by the initialling of bilateral agreements govern- ing the exchange of air transport rights between the four countries.The agreements, which are subject to the approval of the indi- vidual governments concerned, recognize the special position ofS.A.S. as the^ joint organization operating on the routes exercising traffic rights in the three interested countries. In scope they coverthe exchange of rights on routes between Britain and Scandinavia, and also on those serving Africa, the Far East and NorthernEurope. PEST CONTROLLER: In addition to the two Hiiier nencopters, wmch, as reported on p. 433, were recently flown out to the Sudan, Pest Control, Ltd., are also sending out an Auster fitted with experimental spraying gear; it is making the 4,000-mi/e journey under its own power. The pilot is Mr. G. N. Snarey, who was formerly a test pilot with Austers. U.K. AIRFIELD ACTIVITY A LTHOUGH the number of air-transport movements recorded**• at United Kingdom airfields in June—figures for which are now available—was nearly five per cent fewer than in the cor-responding month of the previous year, the number of passengers handled increased by 16.6 per cent to a total of 284,858. Theamount of freight on- and off-loaded during the month totalled 4,613 short tons, or 39.4 p;r cent more than in June, 1950. At London Airport air-transport movements amounted to 3,507and the passenger total was 81,3185 these were increases of 42.4 and 60.2 per cent respectively and were due in part to the transferof services from Northolt. The passenger total at Northolt was 81,021, with 4,534 aircraft movements. Detailed figures are:— Airfields June totals, M.C.A. and other U.K. airfields: 1951 1950 London area airfields, June 1951: •London •Northolt •Blackbushe •Bovingdon •Croydon •Gatwick Stansted "rovinciol airfields, June 1951 : Aberdeen (Dyce) 'Belfast (Nutts Corner) Benbecula'Birmingham (Elmdon) Blackpool (Squires Gate) Bristol (Lulsgate Bottom) •Bristol (Whitchurch) •Cardiff •Edinburgh (Turnhouse) •Exeter•Glasgow (Renfrew) ... •HumInverness (Dalcross) ... Islay (Port Ellen) •Isle of Man (Ronaldsway) Kintyre (Machrihanish) Kirkwall Lands End (St. Just) ... Leeds (Yeadon) •Liverpool (Speke) •Lympne •Manchester (Ringway) Nottingham (Tolierton) •Prestwick Shoreham Scilly Isles (St. Marys) •Southampton (Eastleigh) •Southampton Water ... •Southend (Rochford) StornowaySumburgh Tiree Weston-super-Mare Wick . . Channel Islands, lune 1951: Alderney Guernsey Jersey Aircraft Movements Total 56,604 54,815 4,701 5,597 2,900 1,983 2,041 434 690 2,284 963 139 1,742 3,259 18 2,081 3,225 1,200 8081,949 650 142 134 1,824 154 471 519 771 2,005 1,814 2,063 288 1,644 974 539 1,854 5 3,745 142141 139 318 254 n.a. n.a. n.a. Air Trans- port 20,814 21,858 3,507 4,534 220 91 470 721 358 861 125 541 398 137 285 154 41,053 80 133 110 1,476 106 449 501 111 615 774 1,051 8 814 46 507 396 5 114 98134 114 121 240 301 1,262 2,093 Other 35,790 32,957 1,194 1,063 2,680 1,892 1,571 362689 1,926 102 14 1,201 2,861 18 1,944 2 940 1,046 804896 570 9 24 348 48 22 18 660 1,390 1,040 1,012 280 830 928 32 1,458 3,631 44 7 25 197 14 n.a. n.a. n.a. Passen- gers Handled• • ullU ICU (Terminaland Transit) 284,885 244,423 81,318 81,021 3,803 1,436 1,117 476 1,595 13,978 863 4,442 1,698 1,091 937 2,138 1614,248 369 576 424 16,714 355 1,712 2,430 415 8.666 4,011 13,191 16 14,068 167 2.457 5,699 71 812 839594 274 230 618 1,186 10,360 23,812 Freight (Short Tons) 4,613.1 3,310.0 1,260.6 656.8 192.3 87.4 115.5 — 11.1 196.0 1.439.0 1.4 5.3 1.6 —36.6 2.31.3 2.9 31.9 3.4 8.11.8 — 75.0 1,501.9 295.2 — 45.9 — 1.6 4.4 22.5 4.43.9 1.1— 0.6 22.4 61.6 56.1 * Customs Airport, n.a. -=not available. — •= nil or negligible.
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