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1960
1960 - 2059.PDF
23 SEPTEMBER 1960 FLIGHT in Britain Today The quickest, most sought after transport system in Britain BEA's internal services in the UK now carry morethan 1| million passengers a year. Each day this summer, between London and Scotland alone, BEAis offering more than one thousand seats, provided by 15 flights from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. each day. Compare this with thirteen years ago. A travellerthen wanting to fly from (say) London to Glasgow would have found that the lowest fare was £12.10return, and he had a choice of only 3 services each HOW BEA HAS DEVELOPED BRITAIN'S INTERNAL SERVICES day. Now passengers have a choice of first andtourist class travel at fares going as low as £8 return for the off-peak services. Or compare Manchester. Thirteen years ago therewere only 2 services a day; now BEA operates no less than 8 services a day between London andManchester, 2 services a day between Manchester and Birmingham and 2 services a day betweenManchester and Glasgow. Thus in the whole UK in 1947 BEA scheduled fewinternal services. Today in 1960 BEA provides no less than 150 daily services at the height of the season for travel within Britain alone. More travellers take to the air BEA has devoted more than thirteen years to the development of air travel within the UK. In the early years of developing BEA's internal services within the United Kingdom, BEA sustained consider- able financial losses. Despite this, BEA was convinced that air travel would be welcomed between the principal cities of the BEA prepares for future growth BEA has always planned for the future. The first turbo-prop services to be operatedanywhere in the world were operated between London and Edinburgh as long ago as 1950. This was the introduction of the ;aow world-famous Viscount. Since that timeinternal services of BEA have been increasingly operated by Viscount aircraft. The increasing demand for air travel in the UK led BEA in 1955 to plan with Vickersand Rolls-Royce the powerful 110-seater Vanguard. In 1961 BEA will again be increasing the seats available on its internal services by introducing this large modern aircraftwithin the UK. BEA will then offer more than 10,000 seats a day between London and the principal regional centres of the country. In thirteen years of serving the travelling public, BEA has increassd its service to the passenger travelling within the UK by no less than five times, and looks forward to providing a better service still in the future. BRITISH EUROPEAN AIRWAYS country, and these services are now successful and popular. This has been made possible by a vigorous policy of cheaper fares; by the provision of faster and more frequent services; by the introduction of fast modern aircraft; and by the provision of first and tourist class services on the principal trunk routes.
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