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1955
1955 - 0301.PDF
301 FLIGHT, 11 March 1955 New terminal building at Kloten, Zurich. Typical transports on the apron include a Viscount, DC-3s, 4s and 6B, Viking and Convair. AIRLINES OF THE WORLD LISTED on the following pages are the essential factsconcerning the 300-odd airlines which operate theworld's scheduled services. As shown by the I.CAO. table below, these companies carried more than 57 million passengers in 1954. More than half this total flew on domestic services within the United States—a point worth bearing in mind when con- sidering the preponderance of American equipment used by the airlines; a healthy domestic market is a fine stimulus for any manufacturer. Nevertheless, Britain has achieved a measure of success in SCHEDULED 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1937 1953-54 1947-54 1952-53 1951-52 1950-51 1949-50 1948-49 1947-48 194fr47 1945-46 Mil** flown 1,206 1,156 1,059 976 890 836 789 708 584 373 165 AIR TRAFFIC Pass. \57.8 52.0 45.0 39.9 31.2 26.5 23.5 21.0 18.2 9.3 2.5 Pass. miles nillions 32.000 28.580 24,540 21.380 16,960 14,480 12.990 11.740 9.630 5,100 880 IN 1»S4—I.C.A.O. STATISTICS Cargo ton- mi las 716 696 668 620 518 390 286 187 82 77 n.a. Mail ton-miles 217 188 175160 143 128 114 88 67 90 n.a. Av. No. par a/e. 26.5 24.7 23.2 21.9 19.1 17.3 16.5 16.6 16.5 13.7 5.3 Av. mil*! par pass. 554 551 547 536 544 546 552 559 529 548 350 Percentage Increase or Decrease Between Years + 4 +70 +9 + 9 + 10 + 6+6 +11 + 21 +57 +11 + 175 +16 +13 +28 +18 +13 +12 + 15 + 96 + 12 +172 +16 +15 +26 + 17 + 11 + 11 + 22 + 89 + 3 +283 + 4 + 8 + 20I 33 + 36 ' +53-I 128 + 6 + 16 + 148 + 7 + 9 + 12 + 12 + 13 + 30 + 3126 + 7 +60 + 6 +6 + 15 + 10 + 5-1 + 1I 20 + 1 -1 + 1 + 2-1 -1 -1 -1 -+6 Not included: U.S.S.R. and the People's Republic of China, n. a.—Not available. seeking customers beyond her shores for the products of her civil-aircraft manufacturing industry. In particular, the word Viscount is now spotted with encouraging frequency among the closely printed lists of operators and their fleets. Doves, Herons, Bristol 170s, also, are distributed throughout the lists though thousands of hours and millions of miles flown may be acknowledged by little more than a line of type. This is inevitable, such is the scope of the air-transport industry today. It will be noted that, as in previous years, the DC-3 is still serving the vast majority of shbrt/medium-stage routes, except in the most highly developed areas. This situation will not change materially for the next year or two, though a promising future can now be forecast for at least two of the DC-3- replacement projects now under way. On the long-haul routes, increased use of the Super Con- stellation and DC-6/7 series has been the only outstanding trend of the past year. The former type was adopted by Pakistan International Airlines, the sole new long-haul carrier of 1955, and will also be used by Lufthansa, shortly due to add further competition to the already keen rivalry between European airlines. On the pages which follow, complete fleet lists are given wherever possible, together with details of aircraft on order; it will be seen that a high proportion of carriers has not yet decided on the type of equipment which best suits their routes and, possibly, their budget. In most cases we have also quoted the number of passengers carried and revenue ton-miles flown by the airline concerned in the calendar year 1954. Where possible, we have used data supplied direct by the airlines. When 1954 figures have not been available, statistics for the preceding year have been included, in order to provide a basis for comparison between companies. The British Airways Corporations are the subject of special study on the two pages overleaf; other airlines are listed in alphabetical order on pages 304-308 inclusive.
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