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10 April 1959 507 Another Aer Lingus innovation at Dublin Airport (see opposite page) is this cargo terminal, opened last month. Based on an existing hangar, it accommodates all sections of the airline's cargo branch under one roof CDR. G. O. WATERS TT is with regret that Flight records the death, after a long period* of ill-health, of Cdr. G. O. Waters, O.B.E., until April 1 last year chairman and managing director of Air Terminals Ltd.After serving as Croydon's first station superintendent from 1929 until 1934, he became commercial assistant to Railway AirServices and later general manager and then managing director of Channel Island Airways, Jersey Airways and Guernsey Airways.Cdr. Waters joined B.E.A. in 1946, eventually becoming traffic director, and in 1955 was appointed chairman and managingdirector of Air Terminals, with the responsibility for building and operating the West London air terminal, in Cromwell Road, SouthKensington. C.A.B. AND THE FARE DIFFERENTIAL THOUGH the Civil Aeronautics Board inevitably approved theI.A.T.A. agreement on the jet v. turboprop fare differential, just as it previously approved jet surcharges on U.S. domesticservices, the Board is still non-committal about the long-term desirability of a differential. It will be recalled that the C.A.B.'s original statement of policywas neither approving nor disapproving; now the Board has put on record a further statement. In this it says: "In view of thefact that the agreement is to be effective for a limited period, a year in which the major transition to jet operations should be accom-plished ... the Board concludes that the approval of the agree- ment would be consistent with the public interest." In approving the surcharge for U.S. domestic flights, the Boardsaid that its action "should not be construed as a final determina- tion of the complex pricing problems that may attend the intro-duction of commercial jet air services." The fare differential thus seems to be one of those rare matters of pricing controversy onwhich the CAB. has given no positive guidance to the airlines. Rather has it remained non-committal and fallen in with theproposals of the airlines, international as well as U.S. domestic. NO BREAD IN THE SANDWICH I.A.T.A.'s rather pompous-sounding resolution at Parisin February to "liberalize the provisions for economy-class catering" passed one of the warmest—and silliest—air transportcontroversies of recent years : "What is a sandwich?" The sand- wich became the austerity symbol of the economy class and Flight,with many others, poked fun (most recently in "The Economist," March 27, 1959) at the more-than-liberal interpretation of theruling imposed upon themselves by members of the international association of airlines.Now the airline sandwich is no more; from the beginning of this month it became a memory, to join the luncheon box and thewickerwork chair. The open-sandwich meal has been replaced by "cold collations." B.O.A.C., for instance, are now offering mealsincluding two cold meats (from a choice of chicken, ham, turkey, fillet beef, ox-tongue or meat pie) with mixed salad, and roll andbutter, followed by cheese and fruit. They can serve coffee, tea, milk, mineral water and fruit juices, and bread and butter, pre-serves or sandwiches in between meals. The concessions include permission to sell one packet of cigarettes to each economy-classpassenger; and full cigarette and liquor services will be offered after October 1. BREVITIES The Air Registration Board have issued the following amend- ments to B.C.A.R.S: Contents list, issue 28; general foreword, issue 20; section "D," issue 4. * * * It is reported from Warsaw that negotiations are in progressfor the establishment of a joint communist airline to operate transatlantic services with Tu-114s. LOT expects to use turbo-props on all international services by 1961. * * * It is reported from Moscow that certification trials of the 11-18— which was originally expected to enter service last year—have now been completed. Its appearance "in large numbers in the very near future" is promised. * * * I.A.T.A.'s 72-hour reservation reconfirmation rule has been extended to include international flights from the U.K., Ireland, continental Europe and Israel, as well as Canada and the U.S. In the European area, the rule applies only to westbound trans- atlantic passengers. * * * S.A.S. intend to start Caravelle services on May 15, three daysafter Air France. The first four Caravelles from Sud-Aviation should have been delivered by April 15 and five others will bedelivered this year. Deliveries in 1960 will be at the rate of one a month for four months and thereafter at two a month. * * • Pan American are planning a Boeing 707-120 proving flight toBuenos Aires, in anticipation of possible summer jet schedules to South America. Aviation Week reports "uncertainties" as to air-ports, navigation and other operational problems. Next month Pan American will increase jet services from London to NewYork to two per day. * * * ...... Two new books in the "Famous Airliners" series by DerekHarvey have been published. One (No. 3 in the series) describes in accurate detail the Douglas airliners DC-1 to DC-7C, and theother (No. 4) describes the de Havilland Comet family. The Publishers are Cassell & Co. Ltd., 35 Red Lion Square, London,w.C.l, and the price of each book is 10s 6d. T.W.A.'s operating loss in 1958 was about £139,000. Losses inthe previous two years were £1,620,000 and £1,479,000. * * * On March 31 Allegheny Airlines conducted a simulated scheduled operation over their routes with the Canadair 540. * * * If Air Ceylon receive rights to operate a new Colombo-Rangoon- Canton or Peking service they may buy Electras or Comet 4s. * * * Eagle have postponed introduction of the Manchester - Ham-burg - Copenhagen service until 1960. Reasons given are "present equipment problems and the late announcement of the service."* * * A second Britannia 307 for Air Charter was delivered to Southend on March 24. It had previously been operating on charter to El Al. * * * There were no survivors among the 24 people on board an Indian Airlines' DC-3 which crashed shortly after taking off from Agartala, Assam, on March 28. The cause of the accident is not known. * * * Saab are reported to be doing design studies and conductinga market survey into the possibilities of building a transport of about Friendship size powered by twin Darts. Svenska Flygmotormight build the engines under licence. * * *The arrangement made last year between Aerlinte and Seaboard and Western, whereby the latter undertook to invest£500,000 in Aerlinte, has been cancelled as a result of the purchase by the Irish airline of three Boeing 720-048s to operate on Irishtransatlantic services. * * * Pac Aero at Santa Monica are undertaking the first productionAllison 501-D13 re-engining of a Conyair 340. The aircraft was purchased by Allison from Hawaiian Airlines. F.A.A. certificationis aimed for October and a fixed price of £174,000 per conversion is offered. Allison's original Convair conversion, the Turboliner,has been sold to a private operator. (. w r-'f-' '• I • "^i ,.,'••
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