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1962
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FLIGHT International, 12 April 1962 m anager; D. M. Parlane, operations manager; A. G. Bartlett, North Atlantic manager. Employees: about 40. Fleet: one DC-7C leased from Sabena. Cambrian Airways Ltd began scheduled ser vices in 1949 and concentrates on serving South Wales and the West of England. A ten-year operating agreement was signed with BEA in 1956 and the corporation acquired a 33 per cent share in Cambrian in 1958. Routes operated are from Cardiff and Bristol to Man chester (as a feeder to BOAC and BEA ser vices) and Liverpool; from Manchester and Liverpool through Cardiff and Bristol to the Channel Islands; from Cardiff and Bristol to Bournemouth and Paris; from Cork to London direct and via Cardiff or Bristol. A five times weekly service from Glasgow and Man chester to Bristol and Cardiff began on April 2. Up to four Heralds may eventually be ordered. Head Office: Cardiff (Rhoose) Airport, Barry. Glamorganshire, Wales. Executives: J. Morgan, chairman; Wg Cdr L. B. Elwin, managing director; W. W. Stanley, secretary; B. J. T. Callan, operations manager; G. A. Perrott, chief pilot; R. H. Boutcher, chief engineer. Fleet: eight DC-3. On order: one Herald. Channel Air Bridge Ltd, a British United Air ways company, operates vehicle ferry, pas senger and freight services from Southend to Basle and Geneva, and to Calais, Ostend and Rotterdam. Similar services to Strasbourg will operate from June 1. Rail-air-rail services with British and Belgian National Railways are operated between London and Belgium. Services to Switzerland, Rotterdam and Strasbourg are operated with Aviation Traders' Carvairs and shorter routes with Bristol Freighters. British licences are held for ser vices to Bremen, Dusseldorf and Lyons but foreign government approval is still awaited. Head Office: 21 Wigmore Street, London Wl. Executives: D. A. Whybrow, director and general manager; H. E. Cross, commercial manager; G. P. Parselle, sales manager; A. T. Pugh, project and development manager. Employees: 201. Fleet: two ATL-98 Carvaii. eight Bristol 170 Freighter 32, one Bristol 170 Freighter 31. On order: eight Carvairs—delivery current. Channel Airways (East Anglian Flying Services Ltd) have been based at Southend since 1947 and now operate frequent scheduled passenger and freight services from Southend, Ipswich and Rochester to the Channel Islands, Rotter dam, Ostend, and Paris; and also from Ports mouth to the Channel Islands. Licences are held to operate vehicle ferry services from Bristol to Dublin, Cork, Jersey and Bilbao and from Southend to Jersey and Bilbao, and it is intended to operate these in 1963. Application has been made to operate from June 1, 1962 a vehicle ferry service between Liverpool and Dublin. Special express coach services link Norwich with Ipswich; and Eastbourne, Brighton, Worthing, London, Reading, Basingstoke and Guildford with Portsmouth. Inclusive tour, charter and freight flights are carried out in very large numbers each year. Head Office: Southend Municipal Airport, Essex. Executives: Sqn. Ldr R. J. Jones, managing director; A. E. Hugo Parsons, operations director; T. A. Atkins, technical manager; S. M. P. Walsh, chief pilot. Employees: 180. Fleet: two DC-4, six DC-3, three Viking, two Bristol Freighter 21, two Dove. An ATL98 (Carvair) is on order. Cunard Eagle Airways Ltd is the successor to Eagle Airways, which was founded in 1953 and acquired by the Cunard Steamship Co in 1960 and which has, with its associated companies, the largest European and trans atlantic network of scheduled routes of any British independent. Services are operated from London to Luxembourg, Innsbruck, Dinard, La Baule, Jersey, Pisa and Rimini; from Manchester to Bergen; and from Bir mingham to Palma. Cunard Eagle also operate charter, trooping and inclusive tour services. Cunard Eagle have been granted licences 547 ••i de Havilland Comet 4 of BOAC by the Air Transport Licensing Board for a number of additional routes. These include services between London and Geneva, Copen hagen, Stockholm, Venice, Dublin, Belfast, Edinburgh and Glasgow; between Manchester and/or Birmingham and Nice; and between Liverpool and Dublin. The "Cunarder Jet" Boeing 707 service on the London - Bermuda - Nassau - Miami route will be inaugurated on May 5, followed two days later by a new 707 service to Montego Bay and Kingston, Jamaica, via Bermuda and Nassau. Head Office: Marble Arch House, 40 Edgware Road, London W2. Executives: H. R. Bamberg, chairman and managing director; M. A. Guinane, deputy managing director; N. Ashton Hill, Sir John Brocklebank, F. F. A. Burden, W. Donald, Maj-Gen C. G. B. Greaves, G. D. Peacock, J. H. Sauvage and R. H. Senior, directors. Employees: 1,100. Fleet: two Britannia 324, two Boeing 707-420, four DC-6C, two Viscount 707, two Vis count 755. Cunard Eagle Airways (Bahamas) Ltd operates four Viscount flights a day between Nassau and Miami, plus a weekly Britannia service. Cunard Eagle Airways (Bermuda) Ltd operates a daily Viscount service from Bermuda to New York, and Viscount and Britannia services from Bermuda to Nassau. Dan-Air Services Ltd was formed in 1953 with one DC-3, taking its name from the founder directors Davies and Newman. Dan-Air now operates an extensive network of UK domestic services, including seasonal services from London (Gatwick) to Jersey and Ply mouth, and Unking the Isle of Man with Plymouth, Exeter, Bristol, Cardiff, Swansea, Cheltenham and Glasgow. All-the-year-round services are run to Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool, Newcastle and Rotterdam; a Gatwick - Dundee service is due to start shortly. Other routes planned include Gatwick - Kristiansand (Nor way), Newcastle - Liverpool - Shoreham, Shore- ham-Ostend, Bristol-La Baule and Bristol-Bordeaux. IT and charter flights are also operated. Gatwick is the main base and Bristol the secondary base. Head Office: 36-38 New Broad Street, London EC2. Executives: F. E. F. Newman, J. W. Davies, L. E. Moore, directors; J. E. M. Gardner, secretary; R. A. Pigeon, commercial manager; A. Snudden, traffic manager. Fleet: four York, four Ambassador, three Freighter 31, three DC-3, two Dove. Derby Aviation Ltd (operators of Derby Airways) operate scheduled services, mostly seasonal, from Derby, Northampton, Luton, Carlisle, Cambridge, Gloucester and Chelten ham to the Channel Islands and from Derby to Belfast, Cork, Dublin,the Isle of Man, Glasgow, Rotterdam, Luxembourg and Ostend. The Cork, Jersey, Luxembourg and Ostend services are also operated via Birmingham. Other seasonal services are from Cardiff and Bristol to Ostend, Palma, Perpignan, Barcelona and Luxembourg. Ostend is also served from Swansea and Cambridge, and Dublin from Luton. Inclusive tour and charter flights are also operated, and Derby undertakes flying training, aerial survey, aircraft sales and maintenance. Head Office: 78 Buckingham Gate, London SW1. Executives: Wg Cdr H. A. Roxburgh, chair man; R. R. Paine, joint managing director; D. W. T. Sullivan, M. Ager, dirctors; A. C. Felts, chief accountant; Capt T. A. J. Mayo, commercial manager; D. Aldridge, traffic manager; Capt T. Pike, chief pilot; K. W. Felts, chief engineer; F. Marshall, chief inspector. Employees: 275. Fleet: three Argonaut, seven DC-3, two Dove, two aerial-survey Anson, 16 light aircraft. Devonair is a charter operator whose activities include executive flying from Coventry Air port, and the running of Coventry's main tenance base and flying club. Devonair also has a base at RAF Chivenor. Head Office: The North Devon Air Centre, Wraston Gate, Braunton, Devon. Executives: Maurice L. Looker, managing director; R. M. Wilson, A. G. Bird, A. Wood-burn; Mrs O. Looker, secretary. Fleet: one Aerovan, one D.H.90 Dragonfly, one Apache, six light aircraft. Eros Airline (UK) Ltd is a new British inde pendent that is understood to be backed by travel interests closely connected with Cyprus, and associated with the Cyprus-registered Eros Airline. Eros planned to operate its first charter flights before the end of March, and will concentrate on charter and IT flights. Head Office: 11 Goodge Street, London Wl. Executives: A. E. Homatas, managing director; V. J. Debenham, sales and commercial direc tor; Capt V. J. Townsend, chief pilot; Norman Jones, publicity director. Fleet: three Viking. Euravia (London) Ltd is a recently formed independent that was due to start operations on April 1 with ex-El Al Constellations from Luton. Euravia is backed by substantial financial interests in the travel industry, and Universal Sky Tours Ltd holds 20 per cent of the capital. Euravia will concentrate on IT and group charter flights. Head Office: 150 Southampton Row, London WC2. Executives: J. E. D. Williams, managing director; J. C. Harrington, director; P. J. Ward, secretary; E. P. Hessey, operations and traffic manager; S. Finnigan, chief engineer. Fleet: two L.049 Constellation, one L.149 Constellation. Executive Air Transport Ltd started non-scheduled operations in April 1961 and began its first scheduled service on April 3 last on the Birmingham - Leeds/Bradford route, with a technical stop at Wolverhampton. Initial frequency is thrice-weekly, although approval has been granted for up to seven services a week. Executive has also begun scheduled services from Birmingham to Bournemouth and Sandown and to Newcastle. Head Office: Neville House, 42-46 Hagley Road, Birmingham 16. Executives: G. Roland Dawes, chairman; Capt E. A. Ashton, managing director; Capt A. D. Atkinson, chief pilot; R. D. Frank, traffic manager. Fleet: one DC-3, one Heron 2, one Dove. Jersey Airlines operates scheduled services, some of which are seasonal, linking the Chan nel Islands to London, Manchester, Coventry, Bournemouth, Southampton and Exeter m the United Kingdom, to Paris, St Brieuc, Dinard and Cherbourg in France, to Dublin, Cork and Belfast in Ireland and to Amsterdam. Jersey Airlines began Herald services on May 19, 1961 and BEA has now disposed of its 25 per cent holding in the airline. Head Office: The States' Airport, Jersey. Executives: M. L. Thomas, chairman and managing director; Capt B. W. Gardiner, director of operations; T. C. Chandler, director of engineering; H. F. Popham, secretary; Capt J. A. Spencer, chief pilot; H. I. Allan, commercial manager. Fleet: one Herald 200, eight DC-3, four Heron. On order: five Herald 200.
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