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1956
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FLIGHT, 20 April 1956 459 BRITISH INDEPENDENT OPERATORS . . . vice between Southampton and Ibiza (Balearic Islands) has been applied for. Fleet: five Short Solents. In 1955 Aquila Airways carried 11,483 passengers. Autair, Ltd. (Helicopters).—All types of helicopter operation,survey, freight, passenger, pest-control, publicity, aerial film and photography. Antarctic detachment—1955/56 GrahamlandExpedition. Head office: 75 Wigmore Street, London, W.I. Main base, Croydon. Executives: W. H. Armstrong and R. Myhill,Capt. L. R. Lord (chief pilot) and W. S. Shippey (chief engineer). Fleet: 3 Sikorsky S-51s. B.K.S. Air Transport, Ltd.—Scheduled passenger and freightservices, charter and trooping work. Head office, 1 Marylebone High Street, London, W.I. Main bases, Southend, Newcastleand Leeds. Executives: J. W. Bamby, T. D. Keegan and C. J. Stevens. Scheduled routes: Newcastle and/or Leeds to Jersey,Isle of Man, Isle of Wight and Ostend, Southend to Leeds and Leeds to Belfast, Southend to Bilbao, Leeds to London Airport, One of Eagle's 17 Vikings, which are used on scheduled services to the Continent. Leeds to Glasgow and/or Edinburgh, Edinburgh to Belfast.Inclusive tours based on Southend to Corsica, Majorca, Corsica and Majorca, Malago, Barcelona, Oporto, Munich, Klagenfurt,San Sebastian, and Geneva; Newcastle-Lourdes-Newcastle, New- castle and/or Leeds-Basle-Leeds-Newcastle, Leeds-Lourdes-Leeds, Newcastle and/or Leeds-Paris-Leeds-Newcastle. Fleet: five Dakotas and three Vikings. In 1955 B.K.S. carried 32,765passengers and 382 short tons of freight. Britavia, Ltd.—Operators of air trooping, inclusive tour andworld-wide passenger and freight charter services. Head office, I Great Cumberland Place, London, W.I. Main base, Black-bushe. Executives: Eoin C. Mekie (chairman), Air Commodore G. J. Powell (managing director), Colonel J. H. Willink (manager—Hermes division). Fleet: six Hermes IVas. In 1955 Britavia carried 36,847 passengers, 88 short tons of freight and flew8,620,459 revenue short ton-miles. Cambrian Airways, Ltd.—Scheduled passenger services, charterand army co-operation nights. Head office, Rhoose Airport, near Barry, Glamorgan. Main base, Cardiff (Rhoose). Executives:J. H. Watt (chairman), W/C. L. B. Elwin and W. W. Stanley (joint managing directors), B. J. T. Callan (commercial and opera-tions manager), G. A. Perrott (chief pilot) and R. H. Boutcher (chief engineer). Scheduled routes: Liverpool to Cardiff-Bristol-Jersey-Guernsey; Cardiff to Paris-Jersey-Guernsey-Haverford- west-Liverpool-Southampton; Bristol to Paris-Jersey-Guernsey-Liverpool-Southampton; Cheltenham /Gloucester to Paris-Jersey- Guernsey; Southampton to Paris-Bristol-Cardiff; Cardiff, Bristoland Southampton to Nice; Southampton-Dinard; Cardiff-Bristol- Belfast. Additional routes approved by the M.T.C.A. for futureoperation: Haverfordwest-Swansea-Cardiff-London and Haver- fordwest-Dublin (provisional approval). Fleet: two Dakotas, three Doves, three Herons, two Rapides, three Proctors and oneAuster. . Channel Airways (East Anglian Flying Services, Ltd.)—Scheduled passenger and charter services. Head office, South- end Airport, Southend. Main bases, Southend, Ipswich, Shore-ham and Portsmouth. Executives: S/L. R. J. Jones (managing director) and A. E. Hugo Parsons (director-operations).Scheduled routes: Jpswich-Southend-Rochester-Shoreham-Paris; Ipswich - Soudiend - Rochester - Shoreham - Channel Islands;Ipswich-Southend-Ostend; Portsmouth-Shoreham-Paris; Ports- mouth-Channel Islands; Shoreham-Portsmouth-Isle of Wightand Ipswich-Southend-Rotterdam (commencing Autumn 1956). Fleet: three Doves, three Rapides, two Proctors, one Tiger Mothand two Austers. In 1955 Channel Airways carried over 12,000 passengers. Dan-Air Services, Ltd.—Passenger and freight charter, troop-ing and inclusive tour services. Head office, 36/38 New Broad Street, London, E.C.2. Main operatingbase, Blackbushe; maintenance and engin- eering base, Lasham Airfield. Executives:F. E. F. Newman, J. W. Davies, E, O. Wallis (directors), A. F. Austin (secretary),L. E. Moore (general manager). Fleet: one York, two Dakotas. Derby Aviation, Ltd.—Scheduled andcharter passenger services, and inclusive tours; freight carrying and flying schools.Head office, 78 Buckingham Gate, Lon- don, S.W.I. Main bases, Derby andElstree. Executives: G/C. C. A. B. Wil- cock (chairman), J. Harben (deputy chair-man), W/C. H. A. Roxburgh, E. W. Phillips, R. R. Paine, A. C. Felts (secre-tary), K. W. Felts (chief engineer), E. W. A. Lines (chief pilot). Scheduledroutes: Derby-Tollerton-Wolverhampton- Elmdon - Jersey; Derby - Tollerton -Birmingham-Ostend; Tollerton-Derby- Isle of Man; Derby-Isle of Wight. Fleet:two Dakotas, two Marathons, one Anson, two Rapides, one Gemini; light aircraft for training and photography. In 1955 Derby Aviation carried 6,200 passengers and 280 tons of freight. Don Everall (Aviation), Ltd.—Operators of scheduled services,charter and aerial photography, advertising, ambulance services and inclusive tours to the continent. Head office, Elmdon Air-port, Birmingham. Main base, Elmdon. Executives: D. Everall and C. Everall (directors), A. D. Atkinson (operations manager)and E. Holden (chief engineer). Scheduled routes: Birmingham- Leicester East-Coventry-Jersey-Guernsey; Coventry-Wolver-hampton-Ronaldsway; Birmingham-Isle of Wight. Fleet: five Rapides, one Messenger. In 1955 Don Everall carried over6,000 passengers. Eagle Aviation, Ltd.—Operators of scheduled passenger ser-vices, charter and trooping flights. Head office, 29 Clarges Street, London, W.I. Main base, Blackbushe. Executives: H. Bam-burg (managing director), A. Bamburg, N. Ashton Hill, P. C. F. Morgan and Maj-Gen. Greaves (directors), G. W. Pitt (com-mercial manager), W. H. Dixon (airline division) and J. K. Maunder (charter division). Routes: scheduled services fromLondon to Dinard, Luxembourg and Innsbruck; inclusive tour services from London to Pisa, Turin, Valencia, Palma-Minorca,Nice-Corsica, Klagenfurt, Biarritz, Nice, Basle, Palma, Hamburg, Munich, Bordeaux, Venice, La Baule and Zurich. Fleet: 17Vikings and two Dakotas. Fison-Airwork, Ltd.—Operators of helicopters for all forms ofagricultural and industrial work and for passenger or freight charters. Head office, Bourn, Cambridge. Main base, Bourn.Executives: M. D. N. Wyatt (chairman), J. E. Harper, L. A. Lafone, W. J. F. McEwen, W. E. Ripper, G. E. Wildman-Lush-ington (directors), and R. G. Westwood (secretary). Fleet: eight Dan-Air's handsome York, used by the company mainly for freighting and troop- ing operations.
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