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FLIGHT International, 9 January 1964 AIR COMMERCE . . . Another Scandinavian Caravelle SAS have ordered a 16th Caravelle for delivery in February next year. —and Another for Aerolineas Aerolineas Argentinas, who already have a fleet of three Sud Caravelle 6Rs in service, have now ordered a fourth. DC-7 for Flying Enterprise The Danish airline Flying Enterprise, which operates Canadair DC-4Ms, has acquired two ex-American Airlines DC-7s. New Cambrian Appointment Mr Leslie Castlemaine is appointed commercial and sales manager of Cambrian Airways, effective from January 6. He will be based at Cardiff (Rhoose) Airport. He has recently been seconded to Ghana Airways by British United, for whom he was general sales manager. USA v. PIA The USA State Department has agreed to delivery of a fourth Boeing 720B to PIA on condition that the Pakistan airline maintains strict control and supervision of Boeing spares stationed on Chinese soil. PIA are planning to inaugurate a Karachi - Tokyo service via Canton and Pekin this year. NAMC YS-11 Troubles? According to the Tokyo newspaper Yomiuri, defects in the design of the YS-11 have been discovered and as a result the aircraft will not be in service until August 1965 instead of August 1964 as scheduled originally. Faulty design has been revealed in the wing and tail, according to the newspaper. More Fans for the Irish? According to Aviation Daily, Irish International Airlines are planning to sell their three Boeing 720s and to buy two more turbofan 707s. The airline has one Boeing 707-320C convertible on order. According to Capt W. J. Scott of Irish International, the 720s will be up for sale at about $3.5m each, having cost about $5.25m each new. London-Tel Aviv BOAC-BEA Pool? A special pooling agree- ment is being negotiated between BOAC and BEA on the London - Tel Aviv route. It is understood that the agreement is a commercial arrangement between the two corporations, both of which will con- tinue to fly the route, and there is said to be no suggestion that the arrangement has any connection with the Anglo-Israel bilateral air agreement. Cambrian and Mercury to Cork Cambrian's application for a scheduled Liverpool - Cork service has been granted by the ATLB. The licence is effective from April 1 for three years, and frequency is not more than ten flights weekly in any one direction. Mercury Airlines have also been granted a licence to operate scheduled services to Cork from Newcastle and/or Leeds/Bradford from April 1. BOAC's Jamaica Fares Cut Mr John Pringle, chairman of the Jamaica Tourist Board, has welcomed the new BOAC lower fares, which he says "will unquestionably provide the much needed boost to the development of tourism to Jamaica out of the UK." A new 14-21-day return excursion fare of £160—more than £85 less than the normal economy return fare—was introduced just before Christmas. In addition, a £176 30-day excursion fare is being offered. USSR/USA Air Link According to Aviation Week, the main stumbling block in the opening up of New York - Moscow air ser- vice is Scandinavia's insistence that Aeroflot should grant SAS beyond-Moscow rights to Tokyo before being allowed to over-fly Scandinavian territory on a Moscow-New York route. Mr Najeeb Halaby of the FAA, recently in Moscow for talks on the pro- posed service, expects an agreement to be signed by the end of January. He hopes Aeroflot will be ready to start proving flights in April and that regular New York - Moscow services may be introduced in the summer. Mr Halaby has said of Russian super- sonics: "They could have spoofed me but I have the impression that their programme is about the same as ours." Mr Henry Marking, MC, BEA's [next chief executive (see page 45) Another Convair for Swissair Swissair have ordered an eighth Convair 990A for operation from next May From Newcastle to Paris BKS's application for a service between Newcastle and/or Leeds to Paris (Le Bourget) has been granted by the ATLB. Iberia to Glasgow Renfrew Direct summer service flights from Glasgow to Barcelona and Palma by Iberia Super Constellation will be inaugurated on June 1, initially on a weekly basis. If successful the service will be operated with Caravelles. Boeing-Boeing Near Miss French authorities are investigating a near collision between a USAF Boeing jet transport carrying Mr Robert McNamara, US Secretary of Defense, and a TWA Boeing 707 near Paris on January 1. Thai Re-equipment Thai Airways are returning the three DC-6Bs and their one Convair 990 leased from SAS. Delivery of the first of four Caravelles leased from SAS, and painted in Thai livery, is reported to be imminent. SAS have sold the first of three DC-6Bs to Icelandair. Skyways to Barcelona The application made by Skyways, a Euravia subsidiary, for a scheduled service from Luton to Barcelona has been granted by the ATLB. The licence, which is effective from May 1 until October 15, 1965, provides for the operation of Britannias. Air Transport at Oxford The Royal Aeronautical Society's 9th Air Transport Congress will take place at Oxford this year, at St Edmund's Hall, on March 31 to April 18. Application forms may be obtained from the Secretary, Air Transport Course, 4 Hamilton Place, London Wl (GROsvenor 3515). Heron Order The Danish independent Falcks Flyvetjeneste has ordered a Heron 2D from Hawker Siddeley's DH division for delivery before May 1. The company already has three Heron 2s, one Dove, one Aero Commander 560, one Lockheed-LASA 60 and a KZ IV. Another Danish operator, Scan-Fly, has bought a Heron from the German company Sudflug. All Nippon Jet Lease The Japanese domestic airline All Nippon, which has been offered April delivery of Hawker Siddeley Tridents by arrangement with BEA, has been negotiating with Sud and Boeing a possible lease of Caravelles or Boeing 720s for operation from April to meet JAL Convair 880 competitoin. The airline has said, according to Aviation Daily, that its plans to purchase new jets are "entirely separate" from any lease arrangement. US Voice Recorders in 1966 The FAA will require cockpit voice recorders to be installed by July 1, 1966. The programme is as follows: all turbine powered aeroplanes are to be so fitted by July 1, 1965; all pressurized four-engined piston aeroplanes by January 1, 1966; and all other types over 12,5001b by July 1, 1966. The FAA has issued a draft detail proposal (Notice No 63-46) and the dead- line for comment is February 28, 1964. Nord 262s for Air Inter Air Inter has confirmed an order for four Nord 262s for delivery from April-August 1964, the result of com- mercial tests made during 1963 with Nord 260s. Air Inter's new 26-passenger, pressurized 262s will be used on the following routes: from Paris to Clermont-Ferrand, Nantes and Pau; Nantes - Nimes; and plans are in hand for their use on Clermont-Ferrand - Lyon, Finisterre - Nantes, Lyon - Toulouse and Lyon - Bordeaux.
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