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1959
1959 - 0296.PDF
II January 1959 There is a growing resentment towards this .... policy ofAi: India which in latter years has been copied by Pakistan International Airlines. Both these carriers appear to consider that they have a priorjig!;; to traffic out of their respective territories irrespective of the des'.res of those wishing to use and pay for air transport on a charterba,; ;, There is no restriction by the Ministry of Transport and Civil Avv'tion, but a feeling is developing that reciprocal action should betak n to ensure that Air-India meets with obstacles out of London exstly similar to those imposed on British aircraft uplifting fromInd a. This requires either an independent or scheduled airline carrier wishing to perform a charter to first obtain a 'no-objection certificate'from Air-India before clearance is granted; this certificate is usually refused if Air-India has offered to perform the charter even though itsprice may be above competition. In any case, on all charter nights from Bombay, a tax amounting to 5 per cent of the total tourist single farehas to be paid to Air-India. On a crew of 50 seamen to London, this amounts to an additional £325 which has to be paid by the charterer.This is a .... form of taxation, blatantly imposed, from which a charterer receives no additional service, and helps to defeat attemptsto provide economical air transportation." S.A.S. CARAVELLE PROGRAMME / :^ AY 15 has been set as the starting date for Caravelle scheduledservices by S.A.S. The carrier has now revealed the broad details of the route network to be operated by these aircraft.From mid-May the Caravelles will take over the services emanating from Stockholm and Copenhagen and leading south-wards through Dusseldorf or Vienna to the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Among the points served will be Munich, Vienna,Budapest, Athens, Istanbul, Ankara, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Baghdad, Basra, Teheran, Abadan and Kuwait (the last-namedbeing an addition to the S.A.S. network). Certain services to Cairo will be extended to Khartoum. Two further services to the Mediterranean will be opened inJuly, and this will introduce Prague, Stuttgart, Geneva, Milan and Rome to the Caravelle programme. Runway restrictions at Oslo will prevent the operation ofCaravelles into the Norwegian capital for some months. BREVITIES T.W.A. plan to operate their entire L.1649 fleet in economy- class configuration. * * * B.O.A.C. have started a regular once-weekly Britannia service between London and Doha on the Persian Gulf. * * * Mr. Clarence Skinner, New Zealand's vice-premier, said duringa recent visit to Fokker that there was a good chance that N.Z.N.A.C. might buy a number of Friendships. G/C. R. C. M.Collard, Handley Page's sales director, recently visited New Zealand, following up interest there also in the Dart Herald. * * * According to the Financial Times, "a U.S. finance group closelyconnected with Pan American" is negotiating with Austrian Air- lines concerning the raising of that operators' capital. * * * A Viking of Overseas Aviation made a charter flight from Berlinto Cairo earlier this month. It is believed that this was the first commercial charter by a British-registered aircraft to Egypt sinceSuez. * * * The Australian Department of Civil Aviation has refused Mr.C. A. Butler permission to import six Caravelles to be operated by a new company registered as Continental Airlines Pty. (Flight,August 22, 1958). * * * The number of seats to be offered on B.O.A.C.'s NorthAmerican services from Manchester will be 1,042 per week next summer compared with 824 last year—an increase of 40 per cent.Of 13 services per week through Manchester, ten will be operated by DC-7Cs and, three by Britannias. * * * The M.T.C.A. are being urged by the Institution of Pro-fessional Civil Servants to settle a pay claim submitted 15 months ago on behalf of 600 air traffic control officers. The claim is for£2,500 to £2,700 for senior officers now earning £1,935 to £2,200; and £2,300 for those getting £1,665 and £1,785. Increases forother grades are being sought also. * * * Air Navigation and Trading Ltd. have acquired a DHA-3Drover (three Gipsy Major engines) in Australia, and have in- structed de Havilland (Australia) to incorporate certain modifica-tions. When these have been completed the aircraft—provisionally allotted the registration G-APPP—will be flown to the company'sbase at Squires Gate Airport, Blackpool. Application has been made to operate services between Blackpool and London.* * * F. B. Ayer have sold two Convair 240s to Southeast Airlines.The operators paid $500,000 for the two aircraft and placed an option on two more at the same price. Another Ayer 240 has beensold to a business user. Of the 30 Convair 240s bought by Ayer from American Airlines, ten are now with Ayer. So far threehave been sold, two leased and two placed on option. Incidentally, F- B. Ayer value their two ex-Continental DC-6Bs at £550,000($1,550,000) total, and not each, as previously reported in these Pages. K.L.M. have ordered Canadian Marconi Doppler navigation aids to the value of $150,000 to fit in their DC-8s. * * * Aviation and General Insurance Co. Ltd. have moved fromLime Street to Royal Mail House, 19 Leadenhall Street, London, E.C.3. * * * Mr. Karl J. Springer has succeeded the late Mr. Russell Baker,who died last November, as president of Pacific Western Airlines of Vancouver. * * * It is reported that Aeroflot have put the 11-18 into service ontheir polar routes. The aircraft has reportedly been making cargo-carrying proving flights during the past few months. * * * A Curtiss Commando, operated by the Argentinian indepen-dent carrier Austral, crashed in the sea off Mar del Plata on January 17. There was only one survivor among the 52 personson board. * * * A "complete victualling service for aircraft" will, it is claimed,be provided by Airborne Catering (Southend-on-Sea) Ltd., a new company whose address is Holmwood Hotel, First Avenue,Westcliff -on-Sea. * * * B.A.L.P.A. has submitted to B.O.A.C. a claim for a pay increasefor B.O.A.C. jet pilots. No figures have been disclosed. About 80 pilots (of Comet 4s) are involved, but their number will increasewhen Boeing 707s are in service next year. * * * •••••...Noise of the Comet 4 and the Boeing 707 could, say B.O.A.C., prevent the operation of jet services to Melbourne. Comet 4s aredue to serve Australia in December. The Australian authorities are sending a team of observers to Britain to study Comet 4 noiselevels. * • * * ••••-.A C.A.B. report has blamed the pilot of the National Guard T-33 jet trainer for the collision with a Capital Viscount nearBrunswick, Maryland, last May. The report says that the T-33 pilot, Capt. Julius R. McCoy, failed "to exercise proper and adequate vigilance to see and avoid other traffic." * * * A de Havilland spokesman last week confirmed reports thatPan American have been discussing with D.H. the possible pur- chase of Comet 4s. Meanwhile the possibility that C.P.A.L. maypurchase Comet 4s may depend upon the imminent outcome of the recent hearings on the airline's application to operate Canadiantranscontinental services in competition with T.C.A. * * * It is the view of the M.T.C.A. that any further significantreduction in noise at London Airport is unlikely to be achieved. Mr. Airey Neave (Joint Parliamentary Secretary until last week)said: "We have done what we can to minimize the disturbance; but this is not to say that as air traffic increases and changes itspattern it will be possible indefinitely to retain all existing restric- tions on operations." Earlier this month C.A.A. moved from the old Bula- wayo airport to the new one recently completed at a cost of nearly £lm. Here a C.A.A. Viscount is seen departing on the twice - daily scheduled service to Salisbury
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