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1962
1962 - 0033.PDF
As aircraft have got larger so have the coaches that feed them. The 37-seat I-^-deckers operated for so long by BEA are now to be supplemented by double-deckers of the type shown here, the result of collaboration between BEA, London Transport and AECIPark Royal. Accommodation is for 55 passengers, 38 up and 17 down. Incorporated is a neat built-in tail lift for pre-loaded baggage containers, which are lifted to make space for loose or bulky baggage Sierra Leone Joins ICAO The latest member of ICAO is Sierra Leone, whose admission brings to 90 the total of member states. Repeat Order for 707s Lufthansa has ordered two more Boeing 707s for delivery in 1963 and 1964 to add to the five aircraft of this type it already has. New BOAC Appointment Mr Trevor J. Glover is to become BOAC's assistant general manager in South America in succession to the late Mr M. A. Snowball. BUA London - Lagos Licence The ATLB has granted BUA its application (Flight, November 30, page 864) to operate a service between London and Lagos. Aerlinte Jet Load Factors Aerlinte Eireann's Boeing 720s achieved a load factor of 67 per cent over the Atlantic during the third quarter of 1961—believed the highest load factor on the route. New Japanese Carrier Fuji Airlines Co has applied to the Japan ese CAB for a route between Tokyo and Kyushu. The company is said to have five Convair 240s and is likely to be operational this month. London - Karachi Record Attempt A Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 720B made an attempt on the non-stop London - Karachi record on December 31. On board was a Flight International representative. IFALPA Conference in Stockholm This year's Annual Conference of the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations will take place in Stockholm from March 27 to April 3. The Swedish pilots will be the hosts. FAI Receives ICAO Award The Council of ICAO has voted unanimously to bestow the second Edward Warner award, for "outstanding contributions to the development of international civil aviation," on the FAI. DC-8 Order Book The Douglas DC-8 order book stands at 153 with 18 still to be delivered, as follows: TCA, 1 -40; Alitalia, 3 -40; National, 6 -50; Delta, 3 -50; Aeronaves, 1 -50; KLM, 1 -50; JAL, 1 -50; Philippine Air Lines, 2 -50. Property Owners Sue PNYA More than 800 owners of property near Idlewild have jointly sued the Port of New York Authority and 40 airlines for $2m (about £714,000) damages because jet noise has allegedly reduced the market value of their homes. Aircar Ltd Formed Aircar Ltd is a newly-formed company of aviation insurance claims specialists with Mr David Proud love as managing director and Mr R. C. Barratt as principal surveyor. Aircar Ltd is an associate of Aircar Engineering International Inc, of Washington, DC. Atlantic ITX Mr Cecil Garstang, general manager of Thomas Cook and Son, says that agents would like to see a tour-basing Atlantic fare of about £70. This would mean a reduction for agents arranging packaged tours of more than a third over the current £114 6s excursion fare. Imperial Airlines Certificate Suspended The FAA has suspended the operating certificate of Imperial Airlines, a US "non-sked,"one of whose Constellations crashed at Richmond, Va, on November 8 killing 74 US Army recruits and the crew of three. The suspension order puts Imperial out of business until it can demonstrate to the FAA that its operations meet all Federal standards. Even before Europe's largest turboprop was delivered, its economics •would have pointed to this as being a logical and sensible course to follow. Instead, tourist fares have continued to rise and Vickers, as was announced recently, have lost £15m on the aircraft that could have made the biggest contribution to reversing this trend. Referring to the traffic recession in 1961 (we must not forget that there was an increase in traffic and the recession was only in the rate of growth) Lord Douglas criticises some European airlines for not wanting to reduce services. This seems to imply that BEA's answer to a waning traffic growth is to reduce services and accept increased fares. Yet was the recession not worst among normal tourist-class passengers who had been hardest hit by the repeated 5 per cent increases in fares ? These methods of dealing with reces sion run directly counter to the North Atlantic method of solving similar problems. The probable cause of Europe's present troubles is the adoption of too many promotional, creative and ITX fares—too much special and seasonal traffic travelling at too low a rate. An unkind jingle being heard in Europe goes: "If your baggage is brown and your eyes are blue, BEA has a fare for you." Promotional, creative and ITX fares are a good thing for solving the problems of adverse traffic flows, but they can be a heady mixture for the commercial branch which imbibes of them too freely. It would not perhaps be reasonable to expect that those who see BEA face to face will form quite the same impression of the corpora tion as does Lord Douglas in his mirror. The graphs tell some thing of the story seen from outside. BEA have done well in Europe. The question is: could they—can they—do better? J.N.E. Left, Mr H. R. 0. Stephens has been appointed traffic manager of * Skyways with effect from December I. He will continue to represent Skyways at I ATA conferences, which he did in his former capacity of the airline's IATA and interline manager. Right, Wg Cdr A. T. H. Willis, RAF (Retd), formerly regional sales engineer for Africa of Vickers- Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd, has joined Nigeria Airways to assist the technical adviser, Mr O. Coker. In our issue of December 21 Wg Cdr Willis was inadvertently captioned as Mr Stephens, and we regret any confusion that may have been caused
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