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FLIGHT Internationa , 6 September 1962 387 (5) BEA's order for 24 Tridents, and probably the further option on 12, stood fast and would not be affected by licensing decisions. First Trident delivery had been promised by DH next July, and the type might be operating ad hoc services by Christmas 1963. BEA were still keen to buy two Vertol 107s, one possibly for intro duction on Land's End - Scillies; the Ministry of Aviation was "a bit dubious" about the need for buying American helicopters, but there was no suitable British helicopter available. (6) Mr Milward said: "We dislike having our results compared with airlines—and you would be surprised how many there are— who don't pay interest or landing fees." In his opinion there is • only one kind of profit, and that is after payment of interest. Any other profit is a false profit." Iraqi Airways' 720Bs An order for two Boeing 720Bs by Iraqi \irways has been approved by the Iraq Council of Ministers. The English-language newspaper Iraq Times reported that the order is expected to be signed next month with delivery of the first aircraft early next year and a second some 12 months later. The Iraq Times also said that the Boeings would be used to expand the airline's services to include Tokyo and the United States. Air Links Hermes Later this month Air Links are due to re- equip with three Handiey Page Hermes. One was formerly operated by Air Safaris and the other two by Skyways. The fleet will prob ably operate with the name "HP.81 Handiey Page .Airliner." DUTCH BLUES- THERE is something symbolic about the absence of colour from KLM's latest annual report. In contrast with the gay vivacity of previous reports the latest issue is comparatively drab. In 1960 KLM suffered a small deficit, so small that it was offset by capital gains from the sale of aircraft. But despite a hopeful start to the year, 1961 saw the airline's finances go haywire with a loss equiva lent to £10m (over £2m of which was represented by a cut in the book values of the piston aircraft). Most obviously this loss was due to a drop in load factor from 59 to 55 per cent. But equally significant was the unhappy fact that a 9 per cent cut in unit costs (to 30 pence per c.t.m.) was more than offset by a 15 per cent reduction in average revenue rates. Devalu ation of the guilder exerted a downward influence on both these two rates, but particularly important was the dilution of revenues by the carriage of a higher proportion of low-rated traffic (economy class passengers, various excursion fares and more freight). To extricate the airline from this financial embarrassment the management are already taking various drastic measures to reduce the level of costs. J»* Edition, an all-out effort is being taken to bolster revenues, r.otably by promoting the idea of Amsterdam as the gateway to Europe and also by improving the quality ofKLM's passenger service. Despite these steps, the report notes that "there is little likelihood of profitability being restored in the immediate future." For this reason the Dutch Government has agreed to come Now in use at London Heathrow Airport is an inter-com munication system through which passenger and freight de parture services are co-ordinated for all aircraft handled by British Europeon Airways. The BEA station controllers hand ling departures on the new AEI system work side-by-side on three parallel 40-line control panels, housed in consoles over looking the aircraft stands. Each control panel is linked to six 20-line satellite units manned by sub-controllers, each in turn responsible for a particular aspect of servicing the aircraft for departure to the airline's aid by granting loans of up to Fl 50m and by guaran teeing other loans of up to Fl 375m. This latter guarantee will allow a refinancing of KLM's existing dollar loan on less onerous terms and will also permit the negotiation of fresh loans to cover the purchase of new unspecified equipment (jet Electra-replace- ments?). Although the report is unusually quiet on the tender subject of bilateral air agreements, reference to discussions with Air Union must be read in the context that such a plan would be more likely to alleviate KLM's chronic traffic rights' problem than would the apparently abortive scheme to join forces with SAS and Swissair. If nothing else, the difficulties of 1961 must have impressed the Dutch with the problems of going it alone. —AND BELGIAN BLUES ANOTHER airline to sing a sad song of unfulfilled expectations is KLM's southern neighbour Sabena. Although the theme of the song is the same, the actual details are surprisingly different. Whereas KLM appear to have suffered a system-wide reverse. Artist's impression of the ATL-98 Carvair, two of which will probably be used by Aer Lingus Irish International Airlines on a new car ferry service between Ireland and Britain next year. Plans for the new service, which will start in May, call for an initial frequency of two flights per day between Dublin and selected points in Britain. It is estimated that about 4,000 cars will be transported between the two countries during the first season's operation. No British terminals have yet been selected, but they are likely to be Liverpool and Bristol, though the company is considering other points such as Birmingham
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