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4 January 1957 29 this might reach PanAm's estimate of 72,000 passengers in theyear ending August 31, 1957) should make the loss "insignificant." The examiner recommended that if PanAm's route authority isapproved it should be temporary and should expire at the same time—April 10,1962—as the authorization for Northwest's Seattle-Tokyo services. An interesting aspect of the C.A.B. hearings was the contro-versy over the DC-7Cs long-range capability. The examiner observed that the aircraft is not capable of operating a regularnon-stop service between Seattle and Tokyo, the shortest route, with an economical payload. PanAm can consequently be expectedto plan a fuelling stop on services between California and Tokyo. SCOTTISH LABOUR AND L.A.P. THE expansion of B.E.A.'s engineering base at London Airporthas evoked a protest from the General Council of the Scottish T.U.C. The London area, they complain, has become like "somegreat maw" drawing to itself a proportion of industrial develop- ment which is socially and economically unsound. In a letter to the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, thecouncil say that "although they are aware that their protest may be met by the argument that the expansion at London Airport isbeing made in B.E.A.'s commercial interest, they feel that this view is inconsistent with the responsibility of the Government. Incorrespondence with the previous Minister, concerning the Ren- frew base, the General Council expressed the opinion that Scot-land's future prospects and interests in the expanding aircraft industry were grievously harmed by the transfer; and that theeconomy of this part of the U.K. would increasingly rest on the share obtained from . . . the manufacture and maintenance ofaircraft." In calling the Minister's attention to their concern aboutB.E.A.'s expansion at London Airport, the General Council said that they "believe that growing emigration from Scotland is notunconnected with neglect of its economy. B.E.A.'s expansion is part of a pattern of industrial development which has been clearlydiscernible for some time. The concentration at London, and the surrounding areas, is the reverse of good planning." I.A.T.A. LOOKS AHEAD SOME impressive traffic statistics for the world's scheduled air-lines in 1957 are predicted by I.A.T.A. Last year, the world's scheduled airlines, both international and domestic, carried78,000,000 passengers—a 15 per cent increase over the total for the previous year. A very slightly greater percentage increase in Loc^fri-^C s new fuel tank sealing building for the 1649A Super Constel- lation has been designed to save space by allowing the outer wing—not involved in the sealing operation—to project through slots in the wall. 1957 which would bring the number of passengers carried to90,000,000 is expected by I.A.T.A. "It is not unreasonable to anticipate," said Sir William Hildred, I.A.T.A.'s director general,"that the scheduled airlines . . . will be carrying 100,000,000 passengers in 1958." The number of passengers on the NorthAtlantic route, he said, might pass the 1,000,000 mark for the first time in 1957. COUNTING CARS LAST week we recorded B.E.A.'s claim—after a year in which• their air cargo business expanded by over 25 per cent—to be the biggest air freight carrier in Europe. We are reminded bySilver City Airways that, if vehicle freight is included, their own share of air freight carried in 1956 was even larger: by the end ofthe year they had carried a total 69,500 short tons. A considerable proportion of this total was made up of vehicles ferried on cross-Channel services, but 14,870 short tons were non-vehicle cargoes. B.E.A. carried about 22,000 short tons in the same period. BREVITIES ALITALIA and L.A.I, are expected to be completely reorgan-ized into one corporation, presumably following the loss of an L.A.I, aircraft at Orly and another in the mountains north ofMilan; Italy is reported to be poorly equipped with air navigation and landing aids. Alitalia has four DC-7Cs on order, and L.A.I. has ordered six Viscount 77ODs. * * * The wreckage of an Italian Dakota which crashed on Decem- ber 22 was found four days later on the slopes of Mount Giner, in Northern Italy, at a height of over 8,000ft. The 17 passengers and four crew had all lost their lives. * * *Marcel Dassault are reported to be actively engaged in the design of a gas-turbine-powered supersonic transport. They say that This new French 500 franc airmail stamp features the Sud-Est Caravelle. It will be on sale from this month. F» U » X ii A tC WU r. TV *.' IF, Clarence Johnson, chief engineer of Lockheed, has stated that his firm are not considering production of an aircraft of this type before 1965. * * * Pacific Western Airlines have filed an application for permission to operate to the West Indies. * * * B.O.A.C. have flown 15,000 lb of Hungarian relief supplies across the Atlantic from North America to Vienna. * * * T.C.A. offered a record of 1,635m seat-miles and carried more than 2m passengers in 1956. * * * Three million passengers passed through London Airport in 1956 and a further 800,000 people went to the airport as visitors. * * * The first flight of the Convair 880 is now scheduled to be made in January 1959. * * * Sabena will operate transatlantic services with DC-7Cs through Manchester Airport from January 5. * * * T.A.I. have ordered four Douglas DC-8s. Two will be delivered in the first half of 1960 and the others early in 1961. * * * The search for the T.C.A. North Star which crashed in the mountains of British Columbia on December 10, has been sus- pended indefinitely. * * * Skyways hope to introduce "Every Man Coach-Air" services to the Mediterranean in early April, with Lympne and Lyons as air terminals. It is proposed to operate up to ten return services a day. The inclusive return fare to Nice from London will be about £20. * * * A second edition of the I.A.T.A. Facilitation Policy Manual has been published. This is the airlines' guide to border formalities, customs regulations, sanitation, medical services, quarantine, ex- change faculties, and many other aspects of international regu-lations.
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