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1956
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458 FLIGHT, 20 April 1956 An Airwork Viking on the company's Colonial Coach run to East Africa. Operations, Managements and Fleets of Companies offering Scheduled and Charter Services BRITISH INDEPENDENT OPERATORS Air Charter, Ltd.—Channel Air Bridge service for vehiclesand supplementary freight, Southend to Calais and Ostend, also to Rotterdam when the airport there is opened in the late sum-mer 1956. Trooping in West Africa and charter (passengers and freight). Head office, 15 Great Cumberland Place, London, W.I.Main bases, Southend and Stansted, Essex. Managing Director: F. A. Laker. Executives: Capt. E. N. Jennings (chief pilot andoperations manager), G. W. Forster (commercial manager), A. F. Nickalls (chief accountant). Fleet: two Yorks, six Tudors, threeBristol 170s Mk 31, two Bristol 170s Mk 32, two DC-4s. On order: four Bristol 170s Mk 32, one DC-4. In the 12 monthsending September 30th, 1955, Air Charter carried 123,938 passengers, 33,264 short tons of freight, and flew 3,365,929revenue miles. Air Couriers (Transport), Ltd.—Operators of general charterand press and television flying. Head office, Croydon Airport, Surrey. Main base, Croydon. Executives: C. P. L. Godsal.F. W. Griffith (directors) and K. J. Kelly (chief engineer). Fleet: two Rapides and two Gemini. Air Kruise, Ltd. (Trans-Channel Airways).—Scheduledpassenger, inclusive tour and charter services. Head office, Lydd Airport, Lydd, Kent. Main base, Lydd Airport. Scheduledroutes : Lydd to Le Touquet, Ostend and Calais. Inclusive tour routes, Lydd to Basle, Palrna, Turin, Venice, Luxembourg,Barcelona, Lyon, Jersey, Munich, and Manchester to Geneva, Ostend and Luxembourg. Fleet: six Dakotas, three Bristol170s. On order: six Heralds. In 1955 Air Kruise carried 36,500 passengers. Air Navigation and Trading Co., Ltd.—Contract charter ser-vices and flying training. Head office, Squires Gate Airport, Blackpool. Main bases, Blackpool and Middleton. Executives:R. L. Whyham (chairman and chief engineer), G. C. S. Whyham (operations manager), Capt. T. J. Franks (chief pilot), E. Minshaw(C.F.I.), and W. R. MacPherson (chief inspector). Fleet: two Avro 19s, four Ansons, two Rapides, two Dragons, six Austers,four Tiger Moths and three Proctors. On order: one Drover or Otter. In 1955 Air Navigation and Trading carried 18,200passengers. Airviews, Ltd.—Scheduled passenger services, charter andpleasure flights and aerial photography. Head office, Manchester Airport, Wythenshawe, Manchester. Main base, Manchester Air-port. Executives: J. B. Martin and B. M. Martin. Scheduled routes: Manchester-Southampton-Isle of Wight and Manchester-Newquay. Fleet: two Rapides and one Auster. Airways Union, Ltd.—The company controls subsidariesengaged in the manufacture and repair of aircraft and components and the operation of airports, flying clubs, charter services andflying schools. Head office, The Airport, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. Main bases, Weston-super-Mare, Exeter and Ply-mouth. Executives: R. King-Farlow (chairman), S. J. Cox (secretary and general manager), F. G. Jeans, W. R. Parkhouseand R. J. B. Pearse. Fleet: One Gemini, three Austers, four Tiger Moths and one Miles Messenger. In 1955 Airways Unioncarried 4,218 passengers. Airwork, Ltd.—Operators of scheduled overseas passengerservices, long-term contract flying and trooping services. Head office, 35, Piccadilly, London, W.I. Main bases, LondonAirport and Blackbushe. Senior executives: M. D. N. Wyatt (chairman and managing director), Sir Archibald Hope (director),R. Loudon Cumming (director and secretary), A. G. Miller (general manager, commercial), L. A. Lafone (general manager,technical), L. R. Castlemaine (general sales manager). Scheduled routes: Colonial coach services from London to Nairobi, Salis-bury and Accra with intermediate traffic rights on each route. Fleet: four Hermes, eight Vikings and four Dakotas. In 1955Airwork carried 35,762 passengers, 1,332 short tons of freight and three short tons of mail, and flew 11,597,558 revenue short ton-miles on their scheduled services and 16,778,063 capacity ton- miles on their non-scheduled services. Aquila Airways, Ltd.—Scheduled flying-boat passenger ser-vices, and charter and trooping work. Head office, 1 Great Cumberland Place, London, W.I. Main base, Southampton.Executives: B. T. Aikman (managing director) and R. J. Clark (commercial manager). Scheduled routes: Southampton-Lisbon-Madeira-Canary Islands, Southampton-Lisbon-Canary Islands, Southampton-Marseilles-Capri/Ischia, Southampton-Genoa andSanta Margherita and Southampton-Marseilles-Genoa. A ser- A Heron 2 of Cam- brian Airways, one of three used on West Country serrices.
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