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1959
1959 - 1085.PDF
532 FLIGHT, 17 April 1959 WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY. THE BRITISH CARRIERS . . . Air Couriers (Transport) Ltd. operate general charter Sights and Pressand television flying. Head Office: Croydon Airport, Surrey. Executives: C. P. L. Gogsal,F. W. Griffith, directors; K. J. Kelly, chief engineer. Fleet: three Rapide, two Gemini. Air Kruise—see British Aviation Services. Air Navigation and Trading Ltd. is engaged on charter services andflying training at its Blackpool and Middleton bases. Head Office: Squires Gate Airport, Blackpool. Executives: R. L.Whyham, chairman; G. C. Whyham, operations manager; R. E. Lowe, chief pilot. Fleet: one Avro 19, three Rapide, two Dragon, two Marathon,one Drover, two Chipmunk, one Pembroke. Airviews (M/CR) Ltd., the successor company to Airviews Ltd., con-centrates on aerial photography and advertising. Head Office: Wythenshawe, Manchester. Executives: J. B. Martinand R. Lamprell, directors. Fleet: one Auster. Airways Union Ltd. Charter flying is only one of many activities, this company also being engaged on component manufacture, aircraft repair, airport management, and running flying schools and clubs.Head Office: Weston-super-Mare Airport, Somerset. Executives: R. King-Farlow, chairman; S. J. Cox, secretary and general manager. Fleet:one Gemini, three Auster, five Tiger Moth, one Messenger, two Chipmunk. Airwork Ltd. This is the parent of the Airwork group. Though noofficial statement has been made, important changes within the Airwork group are likely to take place in the near future. The main shareholders in Airwork are Whitehall Securities, BlueStar Shipping and Furness Withy. Airwork in turn controls Airwork Services Ltd., Transair, Straits Air Freight Express Ltd. and Morton/Olley Air Services Ltd. and holds a substantial share in Air Charter, Fison Airwork and Commercial Air Services (Rhodesia).Head Office; Airwork House, 35 Piccadilly, London, W.I. Executives: M. D. N. Wyatt, chairman /managing director; R. Loudon Cumming,director/secretary; Hon. W. K. Davison, general manager; L. R. E. Castlemaine, sales manager; G. E. Ford, operations manager; K. R.Sangster, commercial manager; L. A. Lafone, general manager technical; W. W. Warner, chief engineer; A. D. Page, aircraft sales manager. Fleet:four Viscount, three Hermes, four Viking (with the exception of two Viscount 831s all these aircraft are being offered for sale). Aquila Airways—see British Aviation Services. Autair Ltd. conduct all types of charter helicopter operations, theirexperience including service with Antarctic expeditions. Head Office: 75 Wigmore Street, London, W.I. Executives: W. H.Armstrong, managing director; G. Jacques, operations manager; T. Howie, chief engineer. Fleet: seven Bell 47. Aviation Traders—see Air Charter. BKS Air Transport Ltd. conduct scheduled services from bases atSouthend, Newcastle and Leeds to Jersey, Isle of Wight, Ostend, Bergen, Bilbao, Dusseldorf, Belfast, Glasgow and London. Inclusivetours are also operated. Head Office: Berk House, Baker St., London, W.I. Executives: C. J.Stevens, managing director; J. N. Barnby, director; A. Selby Lowndes, commercial manager; H. W. Ayre, chief pilot; J. Beer, secretary. Fleet:four DC-3, three Ambassador, one Consul, one Anson. Bristow Helicopters Ltd. operates helicopter charter services, specializ-ing in work for whaling and oil companies. Air Whaling Ltd. and Bristow Helicopters (Bermuda) Ltd. are two subsidiary companies. Head Office: Henstridge Aerodrome, Templecombe, Somerset.Executives: Alan E. Bristow, chairman and managing director; G. Russell-Fry, financial director; A. G. Green, operations director; J. N.Woolley, technical director. Fleet: two Widgeon, two Whirlwind, eight Bell 47G. Britavia—see British Aviation Services Ltd. British Aviation Services Ltd. have now become one of Britain's largestindependents, their principal constituent airlines being Britavia Ltd. and Silver City Ltd. The Britavia division operates Hermes from Black-bushe and concentrates on trooping services and inclusive-tours. This division was also responsible for the Aquila Airways flying-boat serviceswhich were suspended last September. The main activities of Silver City Airways Ltd. are the cross-Channel ferry services (from Ferryfield to Le Touquet, Calais and Ostend, from Southampton to Cherbourg and Deauville, and from An African Air Safaris' Viking at Southend Belfast to Ronaldsway and Stranraer) and coach-air services fromLondon to Paris with an air link between Manston and Le Touquet (the coach-air service London - Lyon has been suspended).In addition to taking over the cross-Channel services formerly oper- ated by Air Kruise, Silver City has—by the formation of a NorthernDivision—absorbed Dragon Airways at Newcastle, Lancashire Air- craft Corporation at Blackpool and Manx Airlines at Ronaldsway. TheNorthern Division's scheduled network includes international routes from Newcastle to Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Brussels and Amsterdam,and from Blackpool to Ostend and Dublin, and domestic routes Unking Blackpool, Newcastle, Isle of Man, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham,Leeds/Bradford, Glasgow, Carlisle and Jersey. Head Office: 62 Brompton Road, London, S.W.3. Executives: Eoin C.Mekie, chairman; A.V-M. S. D. MacDonald, general manager, BAS; W. G. Franklin, commercial director; M. D. Day, technical director.Fleet: seven Bristol 170 Mk. 31, 14 Bristol 170 Mk 32, seven DC-3, one DC-2, three Solent, five Hermes, two Heron, three Rapide, oneConsul. Cambrian Airways Ltd. has expanded its scheduled network sinceconcluding a 10-year contract with BEA in 1956, although a reverse in traffic was experienced last year. The company concentrates on servicesto the Channel Islands. In February 1958 BEA acquired a 33J per cent share in Cambrian.Head Office: Rhoose Airport, Cardiff, Wales. Executives: J. Morgan, chairman (with effect from last week); W/C. L. B. Elwin, managingdirector; W. W. Stanley, secretary; B. J. Callan, operations manager; G. A. Perrott, chief pilot; R. H. Boutcher, chief engineer. Fleet: twoDC-3 (chartered from BEA). Channel Airways (East Anglian Flying Services Ltd.). Scheduledpassenger services from Southend to Rotterdam, Channel Isles, Ostend and Le Touquet, with connections to Birmingham, Ipswich andRochester. Head Office: Southend Airport, Essex. Executives: S/R. R. J. Jones,managing director; A. E. Hugo Parsons, director operations. Fleet: four Dove (for sale), two Rapide, two Bristol 170, two Viking. Continental Air Services Ltd. operate charters and inclusive-tours fromRotterdam and Blackbushe. Continental Engineering Services Ltd. is an associated company.Head Office: 29 Hill St., St. Helier, Jersey. Executives: I. J. MacLean, managing director; V. H. Jeffries, operations director. Fleet: five Viking. Dan-Air Services Ltd. carries out charter nights and inclusive-toursfrom Blackbushe and a scheduled Summer service to Jersey. Head Office: 36-58 New Broad Street, London, E.C.2. Executives:F. E. F. Newman, J. W. Davies, E. O. Walh's, directors; J. A. Brown, secretary; L. E. Moore, general manager. Fleet: four York, twoBristol 170. Derby Aviation Ltd. A wide range of activities include scheduledservices from Derby, Northampton, Luton, Oxford, Cambridge and Staverton to the Channel Islands and from Derby to the Isle of Man,Glasgow and Ostend, inclusive-tours, charter services, flying training, aerial survey, aircraft sales and maintenance. Head Office: 78 Buckingham Gate, London, S.W.I. Executives: G/C.C. A. B. Wilcock, chairman; J. Harben Grice, W/C. H. A. Roxburgh, D. W. T. Sullivan, R. R. Paine, directors; M. Ager, secretary; A. C. Felts,commercial manager; Capt. R. Milsom, chief pilot; D. Aldridge, traffic manager. Fleet: five DC-3, three Marathon, two Anson, one Consul. Don Everall Aviation Ltd. operate scheduled services from the Midlands to the Isle of Man and to the Channel Isles, charter services and inclu- sive-routes from their main base at Wolverhampton.Head Office: Elmdon Airport, Birmingham. Executives: D. Everall and C. Everall, directors; Capt. A. L. Fermin, operations manager andchief pilot; E. Holden, general manager. Fleet: one DC-3, three Rapide, one Messenger, one Autocrat. Dragon Airways—see British Aviation Services. Britannias are already in use by Air Charter
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