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1953
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27 March 1953 CIVIL 411 AVIATION NEW SERVICES TO RHODESIA F ROM April 6th three types of air service, at different fares, will be operated between London and the Rhodeshs. The present B.O.A.C. first-class service will be supplemented by "tourist" flights to Lusaka in 56-seat Hermes, with Central African Airways providing connections to other main centres, including Salisbury. Two days earlier, on April 4th, C.A.A. will inaugurate their weekly "Zambezi" coach service between London and the Rhodesias, via East Africa and Nyasaland, using 27-seat Vikings. The following single and return fares between London and Lusaka illustrate the different fare-levels to be offered on the Central African route : First-class, £163 and £293 8s; tourist, £130 and £234; colonial coach, £112 10s and £202 10s. GOOD YEAR FOR T.C.A. FOR the first time in their history, Trans-Canada Air Lines have carried over a million passengers in a single year. The figure for 1952, which has just been published in the company's annual report, shows that 1,132,518 passengers were carried, representing an increase of 16 per cent over the total for the previous year. After payment of income tax the net surplus was $2,007,879 (£7i5jioo); compared with $3,890,957 (£1,392,000). Operating revenues increased by 15 per cent, but this was more than offset by a 22 per cent rise in operating expenses. Other important figures given in the report are summarized as follows: Per cent 1952 1951 increase 28,600,919 25,090,068 14 653,961,415 545,160,296 20 881,585,954 745.279,578 18 4,843,052 4,468,093 8 5,643,920 4,237,880 33 1,398,507 1,174,096 19 77,497,093 65,173,848 19 133,177,327 108,705,797 22 Total aircraft miles flown Passenger-miles flown ... Passenger-miles available Mail ton-miles Cargo ton-miles Express ton-miles Revenue ton-miles flown Ton-miles available The report notes that "performance of the highest order" was given by the company's Canadair North Star aircraft, 23 of which are in service; of these the majority have now been converted to carry 48 passengers instead of 40. During the busiest traffic FRIENDSHIP: A prototype of Fokker's new Dakota-replacement, the F.27 Friendship, is now under construction. Powered by two Rolls-Royce Darts, it will carry 28 passengers and luggage for 310 miles at 246 m.p.h. Shown here is the wooden mock-up, which, although it was completed last year, has not previously been illustrated. DUMMY RUN into the 40ft hold of Bristol's new Freighter Mk 32 by a car of the same manufacture. The first of six "Super Freighters" ordered by Silver City Airways is expected to start work on the cross- Channel ferry on April 1st. This latest model is easily distinguished from earlier Bristol 170s by the longer nose, particularly apparent in this view. months the North Stars achieved the remarkably high daily utilization of approximately 10 hr. The T.C.A. fleet is made up of 27 DC-3S, of which one is equipped as a freighter. Types now on order consist of 15 Viscounts, 3 Bristol Freighters and 8 Super Constellations. The airline believes that, when combined with the present equipment, these machines will constitute "one of the most modern and balanced fleets of air transports in the world today." SPANISH PROGRESS STATISTICS for the 1952 operations of the Spanish company Aviacion y Comercio indicate healthy increases in the activities of this concern, which operates Bristol 170s and a few Languedocs. Figures are as follows (percentage increase over 1951 figures in parentheses): Passengers carried, 144,859 (17.5); route-miles flown, 1,290,000 (17.6); hours flown, 8,480 (14.1); passenger-miles, 31,850,000 (11.5)5 tons of freight carried, 569 (10.5); freight ton-miles, 138,600 (32.8); load-factor, 69.55 (6.21). HUNTING'S DOMESTIC PLANS NOW that ministerial approval has been granted (Flight, March 6th) to the application submitted by Hunting Air Transport, Ltd., for a network of domestic and Continental services centred on Newcastle, the company hopes that at least some of the routes will be opened by May 1st. Approval to operate scheduled services to Oslo, Stockholm, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Dusseldorf, Luxemburg, Basle and Paris is subject to the agreement of the foreign governments concerned, and the fares proposed by Hunting will have to be acceptable not only to the governments but to I.A.T.A. Negotiations necessary to secure these agreements may delay the inauguration of the international services, but it is hoped that at least the London-Newcastle route will be inaugurated by the target date. Dakotas will be used initially, offering two return services daily. Departure-times will permit a traveller to arrive in either city in the morning and spend a clear day there before returning in the evening. Overall journey time between the city-centres will be 3 hr 15 min. Hunting Air Transport have announced their intention to use Vikings as soon as Woolsington Airport, Newcastle, has been improved sufficiently to take the larger aircraft; the Viking will speed up the journey by 20 minutes. The proposed fares for this promising service are £3 10s single and £7 return; subject to Government approval concessions will be made to day or week-end travellers, parties, families and season-ticket holders. In keeping tvith these inexpensive fares, the service will be of the "coach" type which has given such an impetus to ai: traffic in many parts of the world. First- and third-class railway tickets on the same route are, respectively, £5 17s iod (return) and £2 18s lid (single), and £3 18s 3d (return) and £1 19s 3d (single). AIRLINE PILOTS' CONFERENCE THE International Federation of Airline Pilots' Associations is to hold its eighth conference in Chicago from April 6th to 10th. This is the first such conference to be held on the American continent since the Federation was founded in London in April, 1948. Membership comprises nineteen airline pilots' associa tions, representing about 11,000 pilots. Subjects for discussion include airworthiness, with reference to approach speeds and landing problems; airborne radar especially anti-collision warning devices; the new phonetic alphabet (which the Federation opposes); and, in particular, the passenger-carrying capacity of aircraft. Members of the Federa tion are concerned about present developments which they be lieve are leading to the overcrowding of cabins, and they are
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