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FLIGHT, 8 April 1960 AIRLINES. 487 OF THE WORLD THE BRITISH CARRIERS . . . inclusive tours is operated, also charter services, flying training, aerialsurvey, aircraft sales and maintenance. Head Office: 78 Buckingham Palace Gate, London SW1. Executives-Gp Capt C. A. B. Wilcock, chairman; Wg Cdr H. A. Roxburgh, R. R. Paine, D. W. T. Sullivan, directors; M. Ager, secretary; A. C. Felts,commercial manager; Capt R. Milson, chief pilot; D. Aldridge, traffic manager. Fleet: six DC-3, three Marathon, two Anson, one Consul. Don Everall (Aviation) Ltd operate scheduled services from the Mid-lands to Jersey, Guernsey, Exeter and the Isle of Wight; inclusive tours; and passenger and freight charter services. Main base: BirminghamAirport, engineering base; Wolverhampton. Head Office: Elmdon Airport, Birmingham. Executives: D. Everall andC. Everall, directors; E. Holden, general manager and chief engineer; A. L. Firmin, operations manager; M. J. Bastwick, commercial manager.Fleet: two DC-3. •... .-• ,-. .-,>•-, Eagle Airways Ltd was founded in 1953 and has now the largestEuropean network of scheduled passenger and freight services of any British independent carrier. Services are operated with Vikings fromLondon to Luxembourg, Innsbruck, Dinard, La Baule, Basle (air/rail), Ostend and Jersey, and with DC-6Cs from London to Dinard and LaBaule, Pisa, Rimini and Innsbruck. Viking services are operated from Manchester to Ostend and Bergen and DC-6C services from Birming-ham to Palma. Eagle Airways is to be controlled by the Cunard Steam- ship Company, with whom an agreement has recently been negotiated(see British Eagle International Airways Ltd, page 486). Eagle Airways (Bermuda) Ltd operates scheduled passenger and freightservices from Bermuda to the US, Canada and the Bahamas. Eagle Airways (Bahamas) Ltd operates scheduled passenger and freightservices from Nassau to Miami. Both this company and Eagle Airways (Bermuda) have applied to the US Civil Aeronautics Board to operateunder the name British Eagle International Airways (see page 486). Eagle Aviation Ltd was founded in 1948 and operates charter, troopingand inclusive-tour services. This company was the original applicant for the Very Low Fare colonial coach services on British cabotage routes,applications which have led to a considerable extension of low-fare services on British cabotage—as well as international—routes. Executair Ltd—see Rotorports Ltd. -~ .. . Hunting-Clan—see Airwork/Hunting-Clan, page 485. Inter-City Airways Ltd—see Rotorports Ltd. ' - Jersey Airlines Ltd operates scheduled services linking the ChannelIslands to Londont, Manchester, Southampton, Bournemouth and Exeter in the United Kingdom to Paris, St Brieuc and Dinard inFrance. Head Office: The States' Airport, Jersey. Executives: M. L. Thomas,chairman and managing director; B. W. Gardiner, T. C. Chandler, R. L. Weir, directors; H. F. Popham, secretary. Fleet: six Heron, six DC-3,one Rapide. ' . , Orion Airways Ltd operates inclusive tours and charters fromBlackbushe, Gatwick and Coventry Airport. Scheduled services will be operated from Coventry Airport on the completion of the runwaywhich is to be finished in September 1960. These services are to Dinard and Toulouse with passengers, and freight services to Rotterdam,Antwerp and Dusseldorf. The head office will be moved to Coventry Airport on the completion of the runway. Executives: A. V. Donati, chairman and managing director; P. Cross,secretary; A. D. Heard, commercial manager; A. S. K. Paine, chief engineer; Capt D. W. Heard, operations manager. Fleet: three Viking. Pegasus Airlines Ltd was formed in 1958 for inclusive tours andcharter flights. Operational base is at Blackbushe Airport. Head Office: 236 Old Bedford Road, Luton. Executives: C. G. Clay-don, chairman; R. P. Wigley, chief engineer. Fleet: three Viking. Jersey operate the world's largest fleet of Herons on scheduled services Morton Air Services Ltd—see Airwork/Hunting-Clan. North-South Airlines Ltd was formed in 1959. Services from Leeds toExeter - Bournemouth - Isle of Wight started in June. Charter flying and training are other activities.Head Office: Yeadon Airport, Leeds. Executives: E. O. Boardman, chairman; A. W. Platts, vice-chairman; G. G. Rennard, managingdirector; A. C. Southward, chief pilot. Employees: 6. Fleet: one Heron IB. OUey Air Service Ltd—see Airwork/Hunting-Clan. ... x •.'.;:;,;.. Rotorports Ltd was founded in 1957 to construct and operate heliportsin the United Kingdom. An associate company, Executair Ltd, has been formed to operate charter air services primarily for business execu-tives using a Westland Widgeon. Rotorpor* is now associated with Inter-City Airways Ltd, which subject to Government approval isplanning to operate scheduled helicopter services over the route Portsmouth - Ryde and Southampton - Ryde. Scottish Airlines Ltd is engaged on charter services for passengers andfreight and on a scheduled service between Prestwick and Ronaldsway. Head Office: Prestwick Airport, Ayrshire. Executives: I. C. Grant,general manager; D. McConnell, secretary; W. A. Wilkinson, technical manager. Fleet: two Twin Pioneer, one DC-3. Silver City—see British Aviation Services. Skyways Ltd operate scheduled services between London - Malta -Tunis and Cyprus and an animal scheduled freight service between Stansted and Beauvais.Head Office: 6-7 Berkeley St, London Wl. Executives: Sir Wavell Wakefield, chairman; E. Rylands, managing director; C. F. Dickson,D. J. Bibby, L. O'B. Harding, directors; D. J. Davies, secretary; H. P. Snelling, general manager (commercial); Capt J. Michie, operationsmanager; J. Twiss, general manager (admin). Fleet: four Constel- lation, six Hermes, eight York, one DC-3. Skyways Coach-Air Ltd operates scheduled coach-air services fromLondon to Paris, Lyons and Nice, Montpellier and Vichy, Tours and Dijon.Head Office: 33 Elizabeth St, London SW1. Executives: directors as Skyways Ltd; D. J. Davies, secretary; R. Birkett, general manager; J. L.Clarke, manager (UK). Starways Ltd operate a scheduled service between Liverpool andLondon, to Glasgow, Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, London, and Liverpool to Exeter and Newquay, in addition to charterflights in inclusive tours. Head Office: Speke Airport, Liverpool 24. Executives: F. H. Wilson,chairman ; J. A. Wilson, A. M. Wilson, Capt G. K. Leigh, G. C. Gates, directors; J. M. Kent, traffic manager; B. C. L. Johnson, commercialmanager; L. C. Crompton, chief inspector. Tradair Ltd, formed in 1957, operates scheduled passenger freight,inclusive tour, contract and ad hoc charter flights from Southend, Essex. An innovation is an unscheduled freight service to Hamburg andGothenburg at rates well below the basic IATA scale. Head Office: Prince Rupert House, 64 Queen St, London EC4.Executives: E. S. Hanks, chairman; L. N. Monickendam, technical director; Capt J. L. T. Allen, operations director; A. S. Pike, commercialmanager; H. H. Porter s sales manager. Fleet: four Viking Mk 2, twoViking IB, two Viking IB freighters, two Viscount 707. Transair Ltd—see Airwork/Hunting-Clan. Pegasus operate a fleet of three Vikings from Black- . r, bushe Airport
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