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772 FLIGHT International 17 May 1962 This DC-7C is leased from the French independent TAI by Madair, the recently formed flag carrier of the Republic of Madagascar. It is used to operate a once-weekly Paris - Nice-Djibouti-Tananarive service AIR COMMERCE A SCOTTISH AIRPORT AUTHORITY? THE prospect of a Scottish Airport Authority recently arose when the civic authorities of Edinburgh and Glasgow announced their opposition to the municipalization of their airports. At a private meeting of the Counties of Cities Association in Edinburgh, Aber deen attempted to get approval for a national conference to deal with the airports question, but no decision was made except to refer the matter to a future meeting. As a result, Aberdeen's Lord Provost, Prof J. M. Graham, ex pressed his disappointment and said: "We had hoped for immediate and full support from the Association. Edinburgh and Glasgow have both expressed opposition to the Ministry of Aviation's plans to municipalize their airports, but are confining themselves at the moment just to saying so. We want positive action." A town coun cil committee had been formed in Aberdeen to consider the matter. But while the Aberdonians are for pressing on, Edinburgh and Glasgow are reluctant to take positive steps, perhaps because they have little experience of airport operation. That Turnhouse and Renfrew incur losses is known, but the exact amounts and how they are broken down are treated as confidential by the Ministry. Nor are the cities concerned likely to be told until Mr Thorneycroft is ready to open negotiations, and this will not be until legislation to establish an independent British airport authority—put off last December to the next session of Parliament—has been put before the House. AEROFLOT FORUM IN a recent talk to members of Aviation Forum Mr E. A. Smirnov, UK representative, said that in 1961 Aeroflot carried 22m passen gers; in 1962 they hoped to carry 28m and by 1980 200m. Mr Smirnov introduced a film In Our Sky illustrating the range of Aeroflot's activities—from providing utility aircraft for remote areas, running modern airports and air traffic control centres, to the operation of fast regular trunk services using Tu-104s and Tu-114s. During discussion Mr Smirnov revealed that already there were cities in the USSR where twice as many passengers were carried by air compared with rail—and as part of the current seven-year plan due to end in 1965, it was the aim of the Government that Aeroflot should carry all passengers on journeys of 1,000km and over. The long-distance role for railways would then primarily be for suitable freight. Aerofiot economics could not be discussed as a subject separate from the overall planned economy because the Government re garded the saving of time for Soviet citiziens as a saving of national cost and effort. Nevertheless the fares were intended to cover operating costs and Mr Smirnov believed that fares were several hundred per cent lower than their Western equivalents. On busy routes extra aircraft would always be provided to meet traffic de mand and holiday peak traffic to popular areas such as the Black Sea did not result in an idle surplus in winter—partly due to the long holiday season (May to October) and partly because of main tenance requirements and the existence of alternative tasks in other areas—generated by winter conditions for which Aeroflot were perennially prepared. A Soviet citizen had the right to complain Airport London (Heathrow) Manchester (Ringway) Jersey London (Gatwick) Glasgow (Renfrew) Belfast (Nutts Corner) Prestwiek Isle of Man (Ronaldsway) Birmingham Guernsey Grand Total 6,176,318 5,380,937 944,505 751,541 816,525 685,685 812,656 475,020 760.608 652,180 515.204 428,553 366,686 301,257 332.048 275,343 329.873 283,566 299.982 224,503 Ur Corpor Terminal 3,312.224 2.901,Sll 592,940 473,818 370,702 341,577 219,522 170.363 617,179 519,965 442,929 371,653 77,702 67,609 131.572 108,293 211,068 / 74,779 126,750 /03.686 BRITAIN'S Passeng SCHEDULED SERVIC •ted Kingc ations Transit 797 605 61,803 60,047 11,840 9,/9/ 214 169 1,735 /.582 34 114 76,331 69,04/ 20,990 21,985 24,855 24,40/ 15,436 3,120 om operators Others Terminal | Transit 196.520 / /5.566 40,840 20,236 — 112.675 76,974 31,642 22,076 50,336 4/.664 15,634 11,452 154.486 120.725 12,968 8,048 2,907 34 203 167 60 _36 3,986 2,353 48 526 364 805 227 TOP TEN AIRPORTS ers Handled in 1961 ES Foreign operators Terminal 2,355.296 2,064,5/8 148.062 / (8,447 5,279 5,565 33,292 5,59/ 76,009 7/,836 1,249 53 72,975 62.132 18.064 / 6,879 54.186 48,397 — Transit 92.909 9/,650 18,175 (8,699 968 1.631 276 76 16,327 15,679 4,011 49 79,133 64,062 2,838 3.335 90 37 — NON-SCHEDULED FLIG United Kingd Corporations Terminal 70,169 3,974 — 18,699 1,494 1,295 16,822 3 437 ~~ Transit 15,035 441 — 175 — 324 5.652 — 917 — am operators Others Terminal 88,973 61,061 404.522 316,908 13,323 6,401 7,896 3,078 20,452 120,429 Transit 1,235 3,302 21.136 6,334 1,030 1,258 2,373 226 1,431 37,367 HTS Foreign c Terminal 37,063 37,301 13,129 5.570 1.876 1,211 102,425 12,793 1,747 /,590 2,604 /,3/6 7.766 6,622 207 77 2,628 793 perators Transit 3,890 3,933 575 631 202 19 2,076 1,119 122 370 777 31 4,354 7,645 58 34 36 20 — Source? Ministry of Aviation. Figures in italics are I960 totals
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