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1959
1959 - 1105.PDF
50 FLIGHT 17 APRIL 1959 ITANNIA demonstrated by new Britannia 312's play leading part in first-ever round-the-world jet airliner service Latest evidence of Britannia dependability and operating economy is provided by BOAC's enterprise in setting up the first-ever round-the-world jet airliner service* This achievement by a British airline using British aircraft makes it possible to fly round the world in 3 days, 14 hours, 50 minutes—less than 87 hours, a figure expected to be reduced soon to under 80 hours. Britannia versatility brings profit to operators Already Britannia routes encircle the earth, service almost every major city in the wTorld. Britannias fly over 2\ million miles a month; show unique range flexibility by covering stage lengths ranging from 300 miles inter-city to nearly 5,000 miles transpolar. They make no special demands on length and strength of existing runways. At the same time Britannias are attracting new traffic with their quiet comfort and cruising speeds of over 400 mph—at least as high as any turboprop or piston- engined airliner in service anywhere in the world today. They prove their versatility by carrying a tremendous variety of freight loads, and bring profit to operators. New traffic .-..„;.-, , •. Since introducing Britannias, El Al Israel Airlines have trebled their share of transatlantic traffic, while Canadian Pacific Airlines on their transpolar Vancouver-Amster- dam route in 1958 gained a 32% increase in westbound traffic over the same period of the preceding year. Eig Charter assignments Air Charter Ltd. Britannia flights between Christmas Island and Great Britain have been carrying no less than 128 persons—largest-ever passenger loads regularly car- ried across the Atlantic by a civil operator. Only 15 days after receiving their first Britannia, Air Charter had com- pleted a full route-proving programme across the Atlantic and Pacific; the aircraft was thus earning money almost at once. Furthermore, in its first three months, it achieved an average utilisation of 7.28 hours a day. Hunting-Clan Air Transport experience, too, has proved the Britannia unequalled at carrying large payloads at high speed over long distances. Recently a Hunting-Clan Britannia flew round the world in 65 hours flying time— a distance of 24,000 miles at an average speed of 374 mph. On the Christmas Island-London leg of the flight the aircraft was carrying 127 persons. . Engine reliability Britannia operating economy is rooted particularly in the proven reliability of its Proteus engines. Overhaul life on the Proteus 705 series reached 2,000 hours in under 2 years. No engine of comparable power in service today
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