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480 FLIGHT, 13 April 1961 WORLD AIRLINES SURVEY . . . M. A. Palmer, administration; R. Cater, operations manager; CaptA. B. Howes, chief pilot; and R. D. Reed, traffic manager. Fleet: three Constellation 049E. Jersey Airlines operates scheduled services linking the Channel Islandsto London, Manchester, Coventry, Bournemouth and Exeter in the United Kingdom, to Paris, St. Brieuc and Dinard in France, and toDublin and Bilbao. 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. On order: six Handley Page Herald. Lloyd International Airways is a newly-formed British company whichoperates from Marshall's Airport at Cambridge with a DC-4 purchased from Loftleidir. Head Office: Princes House, 190/195 Piccadilly, London Wl.Executives: J. Ortiz Patino, chairman; M. Mavrolear, C. B. M. Lloyd and A. L. Macleod, joint managing directors; Capt R. P. Wigley,operational director. Fleet: one DC-4. Maitland Drewery Aviation Ltd operate passenger and freight chartersand inclusive tour services from Gatwick Airport and from Berlin Templehof. A commercial department at Rotterdam Airport has justbeen opened and is operated in conjunction with Rotterdam-Air. Head Office: 128 Station Road, Sidcup, Kent. Executives: W. E. Drewery, chairman; J. R. Maitland, managingdirector; R. L. Davies, director; M. G. Harridine, commercial manager. Fleet: three Viscount V.708. Mercury Airlines is the operating company of Overseas Air Trans-port. Directors and staffs of the two concerns are the same, the name Mercury Airlines being taken to avoid confusion with Overseas Avia-tion with which Overseas Air Transport has no connection. Aircraft owned by Overseas Air Transport (see col 2) fly in Mercury Airlinescolours and are based at Manchester. Head Office: 22 Broad Street, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands. Metropolitan Air Movements were formed in June 1960 and hope soonto start executive travel operations on an ad hoc and contract basis. They are based at Gatwick but maintenance is in the hands of A. J.Whittemore at Biggin Hill. Head Office: 16 Berkeley Street, London Wl. Executives: Air Chief Marshal Sir Guy Garrod, chairman; Lt-ColC. L. Melville; M. E. Jarvie; M. A. Winslett; Geoffrey Try; G. James H. Jeffs; B. H. M. Winslett and J. S. Colchester, secretaries.Fleet: one Heron Mk 2, one Dove. ISorth-South Airlines Ltd was formed in 1959 and now operates servicesfrom Leeds/Bradford to Exeter-Bournemouth and Isle of Wight. Appli- cation has been made for a daily service from Leeds/Bradford to Leaves-den, near Watford. Head Office: Yeadon Airport, Leeds. Executives: E. O. Boardman, chairman; A. W. Platts, vice-chairman;G. C. Rennard, managing director; A. C. Southward, chief pilot. Fleet: one Heron IB. On order: one Herald. Overseas Air Transport Ltd operate a seasonal scheduled service fromManchester to the Isle of Wight, executive flights and general charter. Other services are operated in conjunction with Derby Aviation. One of the three DC-4s of Starways, the Liverpoot-bcsed independent Skyways DC-3s operate coach/air/coach services to Paris, Vichy, Montpellier, Lyons and Tours The operating company is called Mercury Airlines, to avoid confusionwith Overseas Aviation, with whom Overseas Air Transport Ltd have no connection. The aircraft operate in Mercury Airlines colours.Main base is at Manchester Airport, Wythenshawe, Manchester 22. Head Office: 22 Broad Street, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands.Executives: Lord Calthorpe, managing director; A. G. Calthorpe and P. F. Gurdon, directors; Capt I. O. Wallace, director of operations.Fleet: two Heron IB. Overseas Aviation (CI) Ltd. Having expanded rapidly since operationsbegan in March 1958, and now based at London Gatwick, Overseas Aviation have recently applied for services from Gatwick (their mainbase) to Madeira, Birmingham to Geneva, Nice and Salzburg/Rimini, and from Jersey to Rome and Barcelona. A vehicle-ferry service betweenGatwick and Ostend and inclusive tour services between Manchester and Turin have also been applied for. Among new aircraft mentioned in theseapplications are Viscounts, Vanguards and Tridents. The company is also believed to be interested in the Argosy.Head Office: 6 York Street, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands. Executives: R. Myhill, chairman and managing director; B. A. Drom-goole, deputy managing director and sales director; Capt D. B. Lud- berg, operations director; Capt P. de Vere Stevens, operations director;E. P. Hessey, general manager; G. B. Mollett, traffic manager; H. P. Heberer, commercial manager; G. P. L. Dunstone, operations manager;Capt A. J. Burridge, chief pilot; P. Diment, company secretary. Fleet: five Argonaut, seven Viking. Pegasus Airlines Ltd (Claydon Aviation Ltd) was formed in 1958 forinclusive tours and charter flights. Operational bases are at London Gatwick and Blackpool, between which points a scheduled service isoperated. Head Office: 236 Old Bedford Road, Luton. Executives: C. G. Claydon, chairman; A. Kennedy, chief engineer.Fleet: three Viking. Rotorports Ltd was founded in 1957 to construct and operate heliportsin the United Kingdom. An associate company, Executair Ltd, was formed to operate charter services primarily for business executivesusing a Westland Widgeon. Head Office: Kent House, 87 Regent St, London Wl. Skyways Ltd operate a scheduled service between London, Malta and Tunis in conjunction with BEA, and an animal scheduled freight servicebetween Stansted and Beauvais. Head Office: 6-7 Berkeley Street, London Wl.Executives: Sir Wavell Wakefield, chairman; E. Rylands. managing director; C. F. Dickson, director; D. J. Davies. secretary; H. P. Snel-ling, general manager (commercial); CaptJ. Michie, operations manager. Fleet: four Constellation, six Hermes, eight York, two DC-3 (on hire) Skyways Coach-Air Ltd operates scheduled coach-air services fromLondon and Lympne to Beauvais, Paris. Lyons, Vichy, Montpellier and Tours. The terminal is at 33 Elizabeth Street, London SW1.Head Office: 6-7 Berkeley Street, London Wl. Executives: Directors as Skyways Ltd; D. J. Davies, secretary; R.Birkett, general manager; J. L. Clarke, manager (UK). Fleet, four DC-3. Starways Ltd operate scheduled services between Liverpool, Londonand Glasgow, Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, London and Liverpool to Exeter and Newquay, in addition to charter flights and 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, commercial manager; L. C. Crompton. chief inspector.Fleet: two DC-6 (ex-American Airlines), three DC-4. one Viscount (ex-Air France). On order: one Viscount (ex-Air France). Tradair Ltd was formed in 1957 and now operates from Southendscheduled passenger services, inclusive tours, contract and ad hoc charters. Scheduled passenger services from Manchester and South-end to Masstricht are to be introduced this year and approval has been obtained for a weekly direct service to Seville and Casablanca usingViscounts. Head Office: Prince Rupert House, 64 Queen Street, London EC4.Executives: E. S. Hanks, chairman; L. N. Monnickendam, technical director; J. A. Alderson, secretary and financial controller; V. J.Stimpson, operations manager and chief pilot. Fleet: three Viking, four Viking 1B, two Viscount 707. Trans-European Airways started operations from Swansea in May 1959with two Rapide, transferring to Coventry in May 1960. The airline proposes to extend operations from its Coventry base to includemedium and long-range charter work and, with two Doves for which orders have recently been placed, to operate scheduled services linkingCoventry with Birmingham and Newcastle, the Isle of Wight, and Swansea and Exeter.Head Office: Coventry Airport, Coventry, Warwickshire. Executives: E. D. Kayton, Capt A. M. Ross, Capt A. C. Stauber,L. Percy, directors; Capt A. J. Nicol, chief pilot. Fleet: two D.H. Rapide, one Bristol 170, two Constellation L.049.On order: two Bristol 170 Mk 31, two D.H. Dove. Wesrpoint Aviation A new charter operator based at Exeter Airport.Head Office: Longpark, Newton Road. Torquay. Executives: S. H. J. Mann, managing director; J. S. Mann, generalmanager; D. R. Mann, chief pilot.
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