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1961
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418 FLIGHT, 30 March 1961 The shape of the Comet in the skies of the Middle East is now a familiar one as services operated by MEA, UAA, BOAC and BEA steadily build up. Seen here over Beirut is a Comet 4C of MEA, whose aspirations to form a Pan-Arab airline could lead to new orders from other airline oper- ators in the Middle East AIR COMMERCE . . . NORTH-SOUTH TRIES AGAIN LAST June the AT AC rejected North-South Airlines" applicationfor a Leeds/Bradford - Leavesden daily service, using Heronsand Heralds (Leavesden is a de Havilland airfield near Watford, north of London). Having overcome earlier ATAC objections, theyhave now applied again, for a twice-daily return service. The airline points out that while BKS Air Transport's Leeds/Bradford - London(Heathrow) service connects with onward flights from London, the North-South service will provide a 40min flight to and fromLeavesden—45 min from Watford Junction to Euston by rail— for passengers wishing to reach Central London, or the West Riding,without delay. The proposed service will operate morning and evening in both directions at £7 15s return and £4 12s single. Meanwhile, the BKS service, started in October, continues tomake healthy progress through the winter months, averaging about a 60 per cent load factor. YOU CAN'T GET AWAY FROM IT A TELEPHONE service for airline passengers has from thel\ beginning of this month been made available by the GPO to callers in Great Britain. Passengers can also telephone to subscribersin the British Isles. If tests are satisfactory, the Post Office would make the service—which is an extension of the existing UK long-range HF radiotelephone service from ships at sea—available to any airline or to any privately owned aircraft. Only El Al's Britannias are equipped with telephones as yet, butthe service they offer has already been put to use. Such facilities are not unique; the American Telephone and Telegraph Companyand some European countries operate a comparable service. According to a newspaper report, El Al has found that it takes about ten minutes to call a subscriber on the ground but up to anhour in the reverse direction. The charge depends upon the position of the aircraft. In the zone between 35°W, 35°E, and 35°N, whichcovers most of Europe and extends about half-way across the Atlantic, the charge is £1 16s for three minutes and 12s for eachadditional minute. On top of this there is a report charge of 4s. For areas outside this zone, the charge will be £3 for three minutesand £1 for each additional minute, plus a report charge of 6s. OVERSEAS AVIATION'S EXPANSION PLANS A SCHEDULED service from London Gatwick to Madeira hasr\ been applied for by Overseas Aviation, the third carrier (follow- ing Silver City and BEA) to bid for this route. Overseas specify theuse of Argonauts at first and later Viscounts, Vanguards or Tridents. This independent has also applied for scheduled services fromBirmingham to Geneva, Nice and Salzburg/Rimini, and from Jersey to Rome and Barcelona. The company's interest in theArgosy is also recorded in an application to operate a vehicle ferry and passenger cargo service between Gatwick and Ostend at aninitial frequency of eight round trips a day, starting with Bristol 170s. MORE RANGE FOR THE DC-8 TMPROVEMENTS in payload and range are announced by1 Douglas for the Pratt & Whitney JT3D-1 turbofan-powered DC-8 Series 50, the first of which flew on December 20 last. Theflight-test programme on range, just completed, indicates that the Series 50 should have 23 per cent better range than JT4-poweredDC-8s now in service, plus a further 7 per cent range due to the extended leading edge. There should also be an increase in long-range cruising speed. These figures are considerably better than those anticipated in theofficial Douglas figures previously published. Maximum still-air Now based at London Gatwick, Maitland Drewery operate three Viscount 708s purchased from Air France last year. Fitted with 58 seats they are used for inclusive tours and general charter work. The company recently sold its two Vikings to Air Safaris, the sale being handled by H. Clarkson Ltd fflaittanti Brewery
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